dau Agency
Website:
dauagency.com
Job details:
Job Title: HR Manager
Location: Gurugram, Sector 45 - Full time
Experience Required: 4-7 years
CTC: ₹60,000 - 90,000/mo
About the role
dau Agency is a MarTech agency delivering SEO, GBP, Paid Media, Creative, and Tech services to 100+ brand clients across India. We are a 30-person team and we are hiring an HR Manager to own the people function - reporting directly to the CEO.
What you will own
- End-to-end hiring across all departments - sourcing, screening, interviews, and offer closures.
- Bi-annual appraisal cycles - KRA frameworks per role, performance reviews, and merit discussions with leadership.
- Retention tracking - flag risks early, support career conversations, and work with managers on team health.
- Offboarding and compliance - documentation, NDA enforcement, asset recovery, and exit interviews.
- PIPs and performance management - structured, documented, and legally sound.
- Payroll coordination with external finance and payroll vendors - inputs, reconciliation, and query resolution.
- HR ops - Zoho People, attendance, leave management, and asset inventory.
What we are looking for
- 4-7 years in a generalist HR role, preferably at a digital agency, startup, or consulting firm
- Has independently run at least one full appraisal cycle
- Has personally closed hires across functions, not just coordinated interviews
- Direct communicator - comfortable working closely with founders
- Working knowledge of Indian labour compliance - PF, ESIC, gratuity, termination law
- Hands-on with Zoho People or a comparable HRMS
- Has handled terminations and offboarding with proper documentation
- Comfortable owning the function independently without a team below
What this role is not
- A coordination role - we need someone who owns outcomes, not manages calendars.
- A second chair - you will be the only HR person; the role needs full ownership from day one.
- A process-heavy environment - we move fast and expect the same from HR.
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