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You will be in the HRMS at 1pm and in a sensitive ER conversation at 8pm. That’s the role.\nThe role sits at the intersection of people, process, and systems - and is critical to delivering a reliable employee experience at scale.\nWe need someone who has scaled people functions before, not at a 5,000 person company with 20 HRBPs, but at a company that looked a lot like us - a 50+ headcount and growing steadily: fast, distributed, ambitious. Someone who can set up the infrastructure that lets us hire well, retain the people who drive outcomes, and build managers who don’t need hand-holding.\nThis is a builder role, not a maintainer role. If you need a fully staffed HR team and mature processes to do your best work - this isn’t the right fit.\nWHO YOU ARE\nYou have 8-15 years of HR/People experience, with meaningful experience owning a broad HR function in a growing organisation\nYou have built or significantly improved HR infrastructure in a company that was scaling fast, you know what corners to cut and which ones you can't\nYou have worked closely with founders and senior leaders and are comfortable being their people adviser, not just an HR service provider\nYou to understand the business, team and context before jumping to a solution\nYou think in systems, not transactions\nYou solve the root problem, not the symptomYou are direct with founders and leaders, you give your view, disagree openly when needed, and commit fully once a decision is made\nYou don't need a large HR team to do the work well. You can execute alongside the people you're enabling\nYou are credible on the technical details, employment law, compensation mechanics, HRMS administration, payroll and compliance, without getting lost in them\nYou care about people's outcomes. You measure yourself by what actually changes, not by programs launched\nYou are comfortable operating in ambiguity and building structure where there isn't a perfect playbook\nYou can move seamlessly between strategic people decisions and hands-on execution\nWHAT WE OFFER\nA seat at the leadership table, not a support function that gets consulted after decisions are made\nDirect ownership of the People function, with the opportunity to shape how it evolves as SwiftSku grows\nThe scope to improve and build the people function with leadership that will back the right calls\nCompetitive compensation with meaningful equity, we will share the upside with the people who build it\nA company that genuinely cares for its people, the decisions you make will help define the culture for years\nROLE DETAILS\nPeople Infrastructure\nThe foundation that makes everything else possible\nOwn and continuously improve the people operations framework: processes, policies, employment structures and employee lifecycle\nOwn Keka as the HR system of record: data integrity, workflows, reporting and adoption\nMaintain and improve documentation standards across the employee lifecycle\nOwn payroll operations and ensure payroll inputs, validation and processing are accurate and timely Identify gaps in existing people infrastructure and build simple, scalable solutions\nEnsure the company remains compliant as we grow across locations and geographies\nHR Business Partnership\nStrategic counsel to leadership and founders\nAct as a trusted adviser tofounders and the leadership team on people matters\nPartner with leaders on organisational decisions, team health, performance, difficult cases and growth trade-offs\nMake people data useful: surface patterns, flag risks and present options\nOwn sensitive Employee Relations matters end-to-end: investigations, documentation and resolution, with consistency and without unnecessary escalation\nRepresent the employee perspective in leadership decisions, not as a blocker, but as someone who helps the company make better calls\nSpend time with leaders to understand their teams and help them become better managers\nBuild credibility across the organisation so employees and managers see People as a trusted partner\nCulture & Engagement\nDistributed by structure, connected by intention\nOwn the engagement signal: pulse cadence, synthesis and action, not just survey scores, but what changes because of them\nBuild and improve the rituals and systems that sustain culture as we grow\nOwn recognition and engagement initiatives that are meaningful rather than performative\nMaintain a flight-risk radar and work with leaders on proactive retention before people have already decided to leave\nBe the honest voice in the room about culture drift: call it when you see it, propose solutions and track whether they're working\nCompensation, Payroll & Rewards\nOwn payroll operations end-to-end, ensuring inputs are collected, validated and processed accurately and on time\nBuild and maintain compensation bands that provide consistency across offers, promotions and raises\nPartner with leadership on compensation decisions and ensure they are grounded in a clear framework\nBuild and manage the annual compensation review process\nReview and improve the benefits approach as the organisation scales\nTalent & Hiring\nPartner with hiring managers and leadership to define role scopes, success profiles and hiring bars before roles open\nPartner with the TA function to ensure hiring processes are structured, consistent and aligned with organisational needs\nWork with leadership on workforce planning and anticipate future people requirements 2 - 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