Elevation Capital

Indian venture capital backing early-stage startups

Head of HR

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

10–15+ years of progressive human resources experience.
Experience managing both retail/frontline workforces and corporate teams.
Strong exposure to high-growth or multi-location environments.
Proven experience in organizational design and building human resources systems from scratch.
Understanding of Indian labor laws and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead and execute a people strategy aligned with business growth plans.
Partner closely with the CEO and leadership team on organizational design, workforce planning, and succession.
Build scalable human resources systems for a multi-location retail footprint.
Design hiring strategy for corporate functions, including marketing, operations, finance, and product, as well as retail functions.
Improve hiring efficiency metrics, including time-to-fill, quality of hire, and cost-per-hire.
Build a strong employer brand across retail and corporate talent markets.
Build performance management systems suitable for target-driven frontline retail roles and goal- and outcome-driven corporate functions.
Drive manager capability development.
Implement structured feedback and review processes.
Manage large-scale frontline workforce challenges, including attrition control, manpower planning, incentive frameworks, attendance, and compliance.
Ensure statutory compliance across states, including Provident Fund, Employees’ State Insurance, and Shops and Establishments requirements.
Design compensation philosophy across retail and corporate functions.
Ensure internal equity and market competitiveness.
Drive engagement initiatives across stores and corporate functions.
Build a high-trust culture through employee and manager surveys, rewards and recognition, and team bonding.
Oversee payroll, benefits, and human resources management systems.
Ensure compliance with labor laws across locations.
Standardize human resources policies across functions.

Head HR

Elevation Capital · Bengaluru, India · — · Posted 2026-06-11

Workplace: on_site

Description

This role is with one of our portfolio companies.

Role Summary

We are looking for a strategic and execution-focused Head of HR to lead the people function across both our corporate office and retail network. This role will lead and build scalable people systems, strengthen leadership capability, and drive a high-performance culture across diverse employee groups. The ideal candidate understands the nuances of managing frontline retail teams and corporate talent, and can balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

Key Responsibilities

HR Strategy & Business Partnership

Lead and execute a people strategy aligned with business growth plans
Partner closely with the CEO and leadership team on org design, workforce planning, and succession
Build scalable HR systems for a multi-location retail footprint
Talent Acquisition (Corporate + Retail)
Design hiring strategy for: Corporate (marketing, operations, finance, product, etc.) and Retail functions
Improve hiring efficiency metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, cost-per-hire)
Build a strong employer brand across retail and corporate talent markets
Performance & Capability:
Build performance management systems suitable for: Frontline retail staff (target-driven roles)and Corporate functions (goal & outcome-driven roles)
Drive manager capability development.
Implement structured feedback and review processes

Retail HR Operations:

Manage large-scale frontline workforce challenges: Attrition control, Manpower
planning, Incentive frameworks, Attendance & compliance
Ensure statutory compliance across states (PF, ESI, Shops & Establishments, etc.)

Compensation & Benefits

Design compensation philosophy across retail and corporate.
Ensure internal equity and market competitiveness

Culture & Engagement

Build a high-performance, ownership-driven culture.
Drive engagement initiatives across stores and corporate.
Build a high-trust culture through employee and manager surveys, rewards and recognition and team bonding

HR Operations & Compliance

Oversee payroll, benefits, and HRMS systems.
Ensure compliance with all labour laws across locations.
Standardize HR policies across functions

Requirements

10–15+ years of progressive HR experience.
Experience managing both retail/frontline workforce and corporate teams.
Strong exposure to high-growth or multi-location environments.
Proven experience in org design and building HR systems from scratch.
Understanding of Indian labour laws and compliance requirements.
Strong stakeholder management skills and executive presence.

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About the Company

Elevation Capital

Indian venture capital backing early-stage startups

Elevation Capital is a venture capital firm focused on India, partnering with founders from day one. It invests in early-stage Indian startups and provides hands-on guidance and access to a network of domain experts to help companies scale. The firm differentiates itself through undivided, day-one partnership and deep local expertise, backing category-defining companies at early stages. Its goal is to build and scale category-defining Indian tech businesses and expand India's tech ecosystem.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: $3.7B
Headquarters: Gurugram, India
Founded: 2011

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