JOB DETAILS
Director - Human Resource
CompanyNoise
LocationGurugram
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJune 14, 2026

About The Company
India's number 1 smartwatch brand, Noise was founded with the mission to democratise connected lifestyle for Indians. With consumer centricity at its core, Noise has constantly come up with industry-leading and path-breaking innovations in audio and connected tech. With 9 industry-first innovations to our credit, we forge our way into the future with a heightened sense of co-creation and innovation in our products. We lay equal emphasis on our people and today have what we refer to as some of the best minds in the business. What ties us all is our quest for the best and we do it whilst cutting out the external opinions and listening to the noise within.
About the Role
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Why this role exists</strong><br>We are not looking for someone to run HR. We are looking for someone to build the people system that builds the company.<br>This is a founder-partner role. You will work directly with the founders on questions that actually matter:<br>● Who we hire<br>● How we operate<br>● What kind of company we become<br>If your instinct is to follow playbooks, this won’t work. If your instinct is to write one, read on.<br><br><strong>What success looks like</strong><br>Not headcount. Not engagement scores. Revenue per employee.<br>We scale through talent density, better systems, and AI leverage - not by adding bodies.<br><br><strong>What will you own</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">●Culture & Operating System: Translate founder intent into how the company actually behaves. Build a culture of ownership, speed, and craft - and protect it as we scale.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">●Talent Density: Raise the hiring bar. Every hire should improve the average. Build a global talent lens - the best people won’t all sit in Gurugram</p><p style="text-align: justify;">●AI-Native HR: Rebuild HR from first principles with AI at the core - not as an add-on. Drive productivity programs that make every employee materially better.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">●Performance & Rewards: Create a system that is honest, fast, and differentiated. Reward outcomes, not tenure. Push the middle. Pull the top.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">●Leadership & Capability: Build internal leaders, not dependency on external hiring. Design real development - not training theatre.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">●Employee Experience: Treat every touchpoint like a product. From hiring to exit - intentional, sharp, and worth recommending.<br><br><strong>Who you are</strong><br>● A builder, not an operator of inherited systems<br>● AI-native in how you think and work<br>● A first-principles thinker, not benchmark-driven<br>● Someone who has personally shaped culture, not just maintained it<br>● A magnet for strong talent - people want to work with you again<br>● Equally comfortable with strategy and detail<br>● Direct, low-ego, high-agency<br>Pedigree is optional. What you’ve built isn’t.<br><br><strong>What won’t work</strong><br>● Playbook HR<br>● Incremental thinking<br>● Comfort with average performance<br>● Treating culture as events, not behaviour<br><br><strong>Why this is a career-defining role</strong><br>You don’t often get to build the people engine of a company at this stage - with founder access, real mandate, and global ambition. This is one of those times.<br><br><strong>The Ideal "Noisemaker" :</strong><br>- Full-time MBA in Human Resources from a premier institute<br>- 10 to 15 years of post-MBA experience with substantial exposure to a fast-paced start-up/ new-age organization<br>- A very strong focus on people development and culture building<br>- You need to be a people person with strong leadership abilities<br>- Should be comfortable working in a rapidly growing and ever-evolving organization.<br>- Should have led the creation & implementation of HR strategy (Employee engagement, performance, manpower, rewards & L&D)<br>- Demonstrated innovation around key HR programs (Engagement, Rewards, Performance) to meet business needs<br>- An excellent communicator, you will need to ensure that the chaos of growth is managed well and people's productivity is effectively channelized to meet the company's goals.</p>
Key Skills
Culture BuildingTalent AcquisitionAI IntegrationPerformance ManagementStrategic HR PlanningLeadership DevelopmentEmployee Experience DesignOrganizational DesignChange ManagementRewards and RecognitionL&D StrategyFirst-Principles Thinking
Categories
Human ResourcesManagement & Leadership
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
Build a scalable people system and culture of ownership, speed, and craft from first principles. Drive talent density and productivity by integrating AI-native HR processes and designing high-performance reward systems.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
10+
💼Company Size
894
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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