Head People and Culture, Chennai

Chennai - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: Head - People and Culture Chennai
Experience: 7-10 years
Salary: upto 18 LPA

Role Overview:

The Head of People & Culture will lead and scale human capital and organizational development functions at Madhi Foundation a fast-growing nonprofit dedicated to foundational learning. You will build and strengthen HR systems talent acquisition performance management learning & development culture and people operations partnering closely with senior leadership to nurture a high-performance values-driven workplace that enables the organizations growth and impact.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:

Create a robust HCM strategy along with the COO and your team and lead its execution through the year
Design plan and execute an inclusive and rigorous selection process from identifying hiring requirements to successful onboarding
Identify and setup talent acquisition pipelines and leverage such networks to find the best talent.
Leverage data to build a more cohesive understanding of the existing workforce strengths gaps/risks and strategise accordingly.

Culture and Team Management:

Review design and execute improvements to organisational structure; find knowledge and skills gaps and help address them
Liaison with sub-vertical domain and team leads regarding vertical climate employee wellbeing project updates proposals and planning
Develop and build on relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and responsiveness of existing operations and help define new operational strategies by working with Vertical and Sub-vertical heads on special projects
Manage team spaces to foster agility and cohesiveness and maximise the impact driven by the organisation

Learning & Development

Nurture development of an organisational culture that emphasizes on quality continuous improvement key employee retention and development high performance and aligns to core value
Lead the L&D sub-vertical to strategise create and implement a framework that provides diverse and need-specific learning opportunities for all team members
Lead the implementation of performance management systems that include performance

HR Operations

Supervise effective execution of HR Operations systems such as payroll HRIS goal setting process etc. to ensure optimal organisational efficiency and employee satisfaction
Design Human Resources policies that are fair transparent compliant and in alignment to core values.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

Relevant Bachelors degree (Masters preferred).
710 years in HR/People & Culture with managerial experience.
Experience in nonprofit or development sector preferred.
Outstanding interpersonal & communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a diverse team of people

Hiring Note: Applications will be reviewed on rolling basis. This job is first posted on Feb 25 2026 on Ground Zero

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Role: Head - People and Culture ChennaiExperience: 7-10 yearsSalary: upto 18 LPA Role Overview: The Head of People & Culture will lead and scale human capital and organizational development functions at Madhi Foundation a fast-growing nonprofit dedicated to foundational learning. You will build and...