Senior Human Resource Manager

Senior HR Manager Aerem

Location: Mumbai   |   Reporting to: CEO   |   Experience: 812 years

About Aerem

Aerem is building an integrated platform for solar adoption, bringing together financing, commerce, technology and project execution to make solar simpler and more accessible for businesses and homeowners.

As Aerem scales rapidly, we are looking for a Senior HR Manager to build the people foundations required for the next phase of growth.

The Role

We are looking for a strong, hands-on builder who can get hiring and HR operations humming, create a great employee experience, protect our culture, and over time become a trusted partner to managers across the business.

This is a hands-on role. You will be close to the work, setting up processes from scratch and making them simple, reliable and ready to scale across both corporate and field teams.

What Youll Focus On

1. Talent Acquisition

Build a dependable hiring engine as Aerem grows.

• Own hiring across corporate and field roles, and support the Founder on leadership hiring.
• Build structured hiring processes, talent pipelines and interview practices that improve the speed and quality of hires.
• Bring discipline to hiring: clear role briefs, hiring manager accountability, and tracking of time-to-hire and offer-to-joining conversion.
• Develop targeted approaches for critical and difficult-to-hire roles.

2. HR Operations

Make payroll, compliance, policies, employee data and day-to-day HR seamless and reliable.

• Ensure accurate, on-time payroll and statutory compliance across corporate and field employees.
• Put in place clear, practical HR policies and make sure they are applied consistently.
• Maintain clean employee data and simple HR MIS covering headcount, hiring and attrition.
• Use HR technology and automation to reduce manual work and keep processes running smoothly as we scale.

3. Employee Experience

Create a consistent employee journey from joining through performance, engagement and exit.

• Build a consistent lifecycle across pre-boarding, onboarding, 30/60/90-day check-ins, performance reviews, engagement and exit.
• Design HR processes that work for both corporate and field employees, including attendance and field workforce management.
• Run the performance review cycle and help managers set clear goals for their teams.
• Set up regular channels for employee feedback and communication, and act on what you hear.

4. Culture & Manager Support

Protect Aerem’s culture as we scale and give managers practical support on people issues.

• Help preserve Aerem’s entrepreneurial, ownership-driven culture as the company grows.
• Be a practical, go-to partner for managers on people issues such as performance conversations, team concerns, conduct and exits.
• Equip managers with simple tools and guidance on core people practices.
• Work closely with business leaders to understand their people needs and translate them into practical HR solutions.

What We’re Looking For

• 8–12 years of HR experience, ideally including time in a high-growth startup or scale-up.
• Strong hands-on experience in talent acquisition and HR operations, including payroll, compliance and policies.
• Experience supporting field / frontline workforces alongside corporate teams.
• A builder who is comfortable setting up processes from scratch and keeping them simple and reliable.
• Proven ability to work closely with founders and business leaders and translate business priorities into people interventions.
• Approachable and practical; someone managers and employees trust to help solve people issues.
• Comfortable with HR technology, MIS and using data to track what matters.
• Strong execution orientation with the ability to balance speed, rigour and simplicity.

Good to Have

• Exposure to performance management frameworks, compensation or incentive design.
• Experience scaling a team through a phase of rapid headcount growth.

What Success Looks Like

In the first 6–12 months:

• Hiring runs like a dependable engine: roles are filled on time with quality hires, and offer-to-joining conversion is strong.
• Payroll, compliance and everyday HR processes run smoothly and without surprises.
• Every employee, corporate or field, has a consistent experience from joining to exit.
• Managers see HR as a practical, go-to partner, and Aerem’s culture stays strong as the team grows. Role & responsibilities