CHRO

Role: CHRO

YOE: 18-25Years

Location: Chennai

Role:

• Lead AI-native organization design by redefining teams roles workflows and operating models to align with business strategy and AI-driven ways of working.
• Build frameworks for human-AI collaboration productivity measurement and augmented performance across the organization.
• Drive a top 1% talent density agenda through precision hiring talent mapping and strong engineering product and leadership pipelines.
• Strengthen employer branding referral ecosystems and community engagement to attract and retain high-caliber talent.
• Own leadership hiring for VP Director and other critical leadership roles while building robust succession plans for key positions.
• Identify and accelerate high-potential talent through structured leadership development coaching and capability-building programs.
• Shape and scale a high-performance culture that balances ownership speed accountability psychological safety and innovation.
• Partner closely with the CEO and leadership team on organizational strategy workforce planning capability roadmaps and AI-led workforce transformation.
• Design differentiated performance and rewards frameworks aligned to business outcomes talent impact and market competitiveness.
• Drive AI-enabled HR operations people analytics retention strategies and compliance across global geographies including India the US.

Desired candidate profile

1. Understands how organizations will evolve in an AI-native world and can redesign teams roles workflows incentives and operating models to leverage AI effectively.
2. Thinks beyond traditional hiring and builds systems that consistently raise talent quality and create a high-talent-density organization.
3. Possesses a deep understanding of how high-performing engineering and technology organizations operate and has partnered extensively with Engineering Product and Technology leadership teams.
4. Demonstrates the ability to lead through ambiguity make decisions with incomplete information and successfully navigate periods of rapid growth and organizational change.
5. Operates as a strategic business partner to the CEO founders and executive leadership team influencing business decisions beyond the HR function.
6. Has successfully built scaled or transformed organizational culture while preserving accountability ownership innovation and high-performance standards.
7. Brings experience in AI-driven workforce transformation automation initiatives workforce augmentation and future-of-work programs.
8. Uses workforce analytics talent metrics engagement data attrition trends and organizational insights to drive data-based people decisions.

Desired candidate experience

1. Possesses 18 years of progressive HR leadership experience preferably within technology-led organizations.
2. Has significant experience in IT Services Product Engineering Software Product Digital Technology or GCC environments.
3. Has successfully led HR for organizations with 500 employees and managed HR teams across multiple functions.
4. Demonstrates a strong track record in organization design business transformation and scaling organizations during periods of growth.
5. Has extensive experience in executive hiring succession planning leadership development and building organizational capability.
6. Has successfully shaped strengthened or transformed organizational culture at scale.
7. Has worked directly with CEOs founders business leaders or executive leadership teams as a trusted advisor and strategic partner.
8. Understands talent strategies required for engineering product platform and technology organizations.
9. Brings exposure to global or multi-geography workforce management across India and international markets.
10. Has experience leveraging modern HR technologies AI-enabled HR tools HRIS platforms ATS solutions and people analytics systems.
11. Experience within high-growth startups GCCs product engineering organizations digital-first enterprises or software product companies will be highly preferred.
12. Has supported organizations through transformation initiatives such as rapid scaling digital transformation acquisitions restructuring or global expansion.