Manager - People & Culture

Position : People and Culture Manager

Experience : 3 -5 years

Location : Bangalore ( 6 Days WFO)

Role Overview :

The Manager - People & Culture will be first HR person and will play a foundational role in shaping our people function. The role will initially focus on talent acquisition ensuring that we hire the best talent across R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and business teams. The individual will also set up HR policies, performance management frameworks, employee engagement practices, and ensure compliance with labour laws and regulations. This is a rare 0- 1 role with direct impact on growth and culture.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding:

- Lead end-to-end hiring across business, R&D, and operations roles with speed and quality.

- Build a strong talent pipeline through direct sourcing, networks, and partnerships.

- Design and implement structured hiring processes, assessment frameworks, and strong candidate experience.

- Partner with founders and BU heads to close senior/critical roles within aggressive timelines.

- Build employer brand in chemicals and manufacturing talent markets.

2. HR Operations & Compliance:

- Set up HR policies.

- Ensure compliance with POSH, Factories Act, and labour laws and other such policies

- Establish performance management and review cycles.

3. Culture & Engagement:

- Build culture from grounds up.

- Act as the cultural ambassador across teams.

Qualifications :

- 5-8 years of HR experience, ideally in a startup / growth-stage company.

- Proven success in high-volume and leadership hiring.

- Strong foundation as an HR generalist, with recruitment as a core strength.

- Exposure to manufacturing / chemicals / pharma sectors is a plus.

- Ability to thrive in ambiguity, set up processes from scratch, and scale them.

- Excellent interpersonal skills, high empathy, and a business-first mindset.

Why join us ?

- Create real impact by building people function from the ground up and making hiring a core strategic driver of growth.

- A chance to join a well-funded company in its early stages, providing you a high growth and learning environment.

- Work with a team of highly passionate and hungry individuals who want to leave a lasting impact on the speciality chemicals industry.

- Competitive salary + attractive ESOPs, high ownership sharing in our growth and success.