Manager - Human Resources

Gender Preference: Female Candidates Only

Office Timings: 11:30 AM 8:30 PM

StarClinch is looking for a street-smart, logical, and highly adaptable HR Manager who thrives in the fast-paced startup ecosystem. You will be responsible for hiring both IT & Non-IT talent, building a resilient team culture, and handling the inevitable churn that comes with scaling a startup. This role demands someone with strong negotiation skills, a sharp hiring instinct, and the ability to balance empathy with practicality in decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• End-to-End Hiring: Identify, attract, and recruit individual contributors who aspire to become future leaders.
• Startup Hiring Mindset: Understand the unique challenges of hiring in a startupwhere teams are small, dynamic, and fragileand find candidates who fit this ecosystem.
• Talent Management: Strategize and execute employee engagement, retention, and succession planning.
• Workforce Planning: Anticipate hiring needs, build a pipeline of talent, and manage fast-moving hiring cycles.
• Performance & Culture Building: Develop a workplace culture that encourages high performance, ownership, and leadership mindset.
• Handling Employee Transitions: Manage new joiners, exits, and attrition without disruption, ensuring smooth transitions.
• Flexibility & Commitment: While regular work hours are 11:30 AM 8:30 PM, occasional delays in log-out time (8:30 - 9 PM) should not be an issue.

Requirements

Who Should Apply?

• HR professionals from the startup ecosystem who understand the teething issues of scaling a company.
• Logical, street-smart negotiators who can convince, close, and onboard the right talent effectively.
• Someone who understands that people join and leave, and can manage hiring/replacements swiftly.
• Someone who is not rigid about job roles, willing to step up beyond traditional HR tasks when required.
• A firm yet empathetic leader who can handle high-pressure hiring cycles with patience and agility
• Knowledge of HR functions (pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development, etc.)
• Proficient in MS Office and MS Excel; knowledge of HRMS and ATS is a plus
• Outstanding organizational, communications, and time-management skills required
• Degree in Human Resources or related field
• Problem-solving and decision-making aptitude