Happiness Officer (People Ops Lead)

Designation: People Ops Lead

Grade: G5

At N53 Techworks LLP, we don’t just build tech, we build trust.

We’re on a mission to establish a gold standard in organizational culture, built on transparency, structure, and empathy.

Happiness Officer

From recruitment pipelines and onboarding rituals to policy design and compliance oversight, this role combines operational excellence with human-centered leadership. You'll also manage select high-touch hiring partnerships, coordinate across multiple teams, handle asynchronous communications, and enhance the candidate experience across roles and regions.

This isn’t a typical HR role. It’s for someone eager to develop the systems that foster culture, ownership, and lasting trust.

• Run the end-to-end hiring pipeline for various roles (tech, business, support)
• Design and maintain recruiting trackers, dashboards, and interview workflows
• Manage async communication with external/internal stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Share, schedule, and follow up on candidate profiles and interview feedback
• Source, screen, and shortlist candidates using platforms
• Own the end-to-end execution of hiring partnerships with external stakeholders from sourcing and shortlisting to scheduling and stakeholder updates
• Operate across multiple tools and folders with high accuracy and documentation discipline

• Create and manage structured onboarding journeys
• Own HR documentation, welcome kits, team intros, and compliance handoffs
• Run periodic team check-ins, culture rituals, and exit interviews

• Draft, publish, and enforce HR policies: leave, conduct, reimbursement, WFH, etc.
• Manage compliance tasks (PF, ESIC, TDS, labor law basics, Contracts, NDAs, offer letters)
• Support audit/compliance readiness alongside Finance & Compliance leads

• Own payroll inputs, salary tracking, and reimbursements
• Maintain compensation records across full-time, part-time, and intern pools
• Ensure clean records for audits, onboarding, and offboarding

• Have 3–5 years of experience in HR / People Ops roles, ideally in fast-paced startups
• Can handle high-ownership roles that combine clarity, empathy, and precision
• Have excellent command of Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, or ATS tools
• Communicate clearly in emails, documentation, and stakeholder updates
• Are structured, sensitive, and proactive in equal parts

• Work directly with the founder with complete trust and full autonomy
• Flexible hours and a remote-friendly setup (we value results)