# Lead People Function

**Company:** [Elevation Capital](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/3LjfmyGdBb174hHkLQaqXY.md)
**Location:** Hyderabad, India
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time

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## Description

**This role is with one of our portfolio companies.**

**Function-** People / HR

**Reporting to-** Chief People Officer (CPO)

**Location-** Hyderabad

**Role Overview:**

The Lead – People Function is a senior individual-contributor-cum-people-manager role responsible for anchoring company'e end-to-end people agenda. This role acts as the primary architect and executor of scalable HR systems, culture, and capability across a high-growth manufacturing environment.

The Lead will provide strategic direction, coaching, and quality oversight to the team while personally driving enterprise-wide people initiatives. This role demands equal command of big-picture people strategy and on-ground execution excellence — someone who can translate the CPO’s vision into programmes that measurably impact business outcomes.

**Key Responsibilities:**

-   Act as the senior HR interface for the leadership team; advise on workforce planning, organisation design, and structural interventions during rapid scaling.
-   Design the team’s operating model, allocating accountability across roles to ensure both strategic and transactional HR needs are met effectively.
-   Serve as an escalation point and coach for the People Partners on complex employee relations, stakeholder, and compliance matters.
-   Define and own talent acquisition strategy — channel mix, sourcing partnerships, campus linkages, and employer brand positioning in the talent markets.
-   Oversee full-cycle hiring quality and turnaround time; hold the People Partners accountable to hiring SLAs and quality metrics.
-   Lead capability gap analysis across functions and drive targeted L&D interventions in partnership with external providers and internal SMEs.
-   Build a leadership pipeline through structured development programmes and succession planning.
-   Own the employee experience lifecycle — from onboarding to exit — ensuring every touchpoint reflects company’s values of safety, excellence, and ownership.
-   Ensure robust governance of all HR processes — payroll, HRIS, benefits, statutory compliances, and labour law adherence — with zero critical lapses.
-   Own the People dashboard presented to the CPO and leadership team; define key metrics, build narratives, and drive data-led decisions.
-   Lead the digitisation of People processes and drive adoption of HRIS/HRMS tools across the organisation.
-   Lead the people dimension of organisational change — restructures, new site ramp-ups, policy transitions, and digital HR adoption programmes.

## Requirements

-   Post-Graduate degree — MBA (HR) or equivalent from a reputed institution.
-   8–12 years of progressive HR experience; minimum 2–3 years in a team leadership or senior HRBP role.
-   Manufacturing, Aerospace, Engineering, Automotive, or high-growth startup environment strongly preferred.
-   Strong command of Indian Labour Law and statutory compliance
-   Proficiency in HRIS/HRMS platforms and HR analytics tools
-   Working knowledge of OD frameworks, competency modelling, and L&D design
-   Advanced MS Office / Google Workspace skills; ability to build board-level decks and dashboards