AlgorithmX
Website:
thealgorithmx.com
Job details:
About:
AlgorithmX is a US-based technology company building next-generation AI and FinTech products for global markets. Our mission is to create category-defining products by combining cutting-edge artificial intelligence, modern engineering, and exceptional user experiences.
As we establish our India operations, we're looking for our first HR leader to build the people function from the ground up.
This is a rare opportunity to architect the HR foundation of a fast-growing technology company from Day One.
Role Overview:
We are seeking an exceptional Human Resources Manager who can build, lead, and scale every aspect of the People function.
This is not a maintenance role.
You will work directly with the Founder to establish hiring strategies, create people processes, build an outstanding employer brand, shape company culture, and ensure AlgorithmX becomes one of the best technology companies to work for.
If you enjoy creating systems from scratch rather than managing existing ones, we'd love to speak with you.
Talent Acquisition:
- Build and own the end-to-end recruitment function
- Hire top talent across:
Artificial Intelligence | Software Engineering | Product Management | UI/UX Design | DevOps & Cloud | QA | Blockchain | Sales | Digital Marketing | Finance & Operations
- Design hiring strategies for India and international expansion
- Create interview frameworks and competency-based hiring processes
- Build relationships with universities, communities, and recruitment partners
- Develop referral and employer branding programs
- Reduce hiring timelines while maintaining quality
HR Strategy & People Operations:
- Build the complete HR function from scratch
- Create scalable HR policies and processes
- Design employee lifecycle management
- Build onboarding and offboarding frameworks
- Develop employee handbook and company policies
- Implement HRMS and automation tools
- Ensure legal and statutory compliance
Culture & Employee Experience:
- Build a high-performance culture
- Design employee engagement initiatives
- Create learning and development programs
- Drive performance management
- Implement feedback systems
- Improve employee satisfaction and retention
- Foster collaboration, ownership, and innovation
Performance Experience:
- Design goal-setting frameworks (OKRs/KPIs)
- Performance reviews
- Career progression frameworks
- Promotions
- Succession planning
- Talent reviews
- High-potential employee programs
Compensation & Benefits:
- Design compensation structures
- Salary benchmarking
- Incentive plans
- ESOP administration (future)
- Benefits management
- Reward & Recognition programs
Compliance & Governance:
- Labour law compliance
- POSH compliance
- Employment contracts
- HR documentation
- Internal audits
- Vendor management
- HR risk mitigation
Leadership & Strategic Partnership:
- Partner directly with Founder & Leadership
- Workforce planning
- Organization design
- Department structuring
- Headcount planning
- Budget planning
- HR analytics and reporting
- Leadership coaching
Ideal Candidate:
Experience:
- 3-5 years of progressive HR experience
- Experience in software development, SaaS, AI, FinTech, or technology companies
- Experience scaling organizations from early-stage to growth-stage
- Proven success hiring engineering and product talent
- Experience building HR systems rather than only managing existing ones
Must Haves:
- Exceptional Talent Acquisition expertise
- Strong stakeholder management
- Excellent communication skills
- High ownership mentality
- Strong business acumen
- Experience with HRMS platforms
- Knowledge of Indian labour laws
- Data-driven decision making
- Employer branding experience
- Excellent negotiation skills
Preferred:
- Startup experience
- US company exposure
- Experience hiring globally
- Experience with AI recruitment tools
- Experience scaling teams beyond 100 employees
Tools you'll work with:
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- ATS platforms
- HRMS platforms
- Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace
- Slack
- Notion / Confluence
- Excel & HR Analytics
- AI-powered recruiting tools
What we're looking for:
We're looking for someone who is:
- Entrepreneurial
- Highly organized
- Process-oriented
- People-first
- Business-minded
- Detail-oriented
- Trustworthy
- Curious
- Adaptable
- Comfortable working in ambiguity
Why Join Us ?
- Build the HR function from Day One
- Work directly with the Founder
- Shape the future culture of the company
- Hire world-class talent
- High ownership and decision-making authority
- Opportunity to grow into Head of People / CHRO
- Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives
- Build products with global impact in AI and FinTech
Success Metrics:
- Build a scalable HR function
- Achieve hiring targets across all business functions
- Reduce time-to-hire while maintaining hiring quality
- Establish structured HR policies and SOPs
- Launch onboarding and performance management frameworks
- Build a strong employer brand
- Achieve high offer acceptance and employee retention
- Establish HR analytics dashboards and reporting
If you're excited about building rather than maintaining, solving people challenges at scale, and creating a world-class workplace from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you.
Click on Apply to know more.