Head of People, India

Posted 10 Days Ago
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Gurugram, Haryana, IND
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Software
The Role
Lead and own the end-to-end People function for Nothing in India, building strategic direction, compliance, payroll accuracy and vendor relationships. Manage and grow local Talent Acquisition and People Ops teams, partner with India leadership on org design and workforce planning, and drive values-aligned people practices across the region.
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About Nothing

Nothing exists to make tech feel exciting again.

We’re building a different kind of technology company, one that puts design, emotion, and human creativity at the heart of everything we do. From the way our products look and feel to how we communicate and show up in culture, we believe technology should make you feel something.

Founded in London in 2020, we’ve grown from idea to global challenger in just a few years. Backed by GV (Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, and C Ventures, and investors like Tony Fadell (iPod), Casey Neistat, and Kevin Lin (Twitch), we’re now sold in 40+ markets with millions of users worldwide.

About the Team

Nothing is moving at pace, delivering hardware to a global audience with India standing as our most significant territory. However, our People infrastructure hasn't kept up. We currently lack a senior leader to provide strategic direction, establish necessary processes, or bridge the gap between the team and leadership. This position is about creating that foundation. You will act as the essential link, implementing the structural rigor and internal systems required for an operation of this scale.

 What You'll Do
  • Set strategic direction for the People function in India while staying hands-on enough to fix what's actually broken
  • Own the People function end to end, reporting into the VP of People and acting as the senior People voice in the region
  • Lead and develop the local Talent Acquisition and People Ops team, giving them clear ownership and room to grow
  • Partner directly with India leadership on org design, workforce planning, and the people decisions that come with running Nothing's largest market
  • Set the standard for compliance across India operations; including statutory requirements, payroll accuracy, and POSH.
  • Own vendor relationships (HR outsourcing, insurance, HRIS) and make the call on service quality, escalating to global People where needed
 What We're Looking For
  • Someone who can be the face of the People team - driving values alignment and building trust with employees and executives alike
  • A track record of driving mission, vision, and values into how a team actually operates, not just what's on a slide
  • Experience leading a People or HR function, ideally somewhere that moved fast and asked you to build as you went
  • Background in hardware, consumer tech, retail, or another operationally intensive industry
  • Comfortable switching between hands-on execution and strategic conversations with senior leaders in the same day
  • Experience leading teams through change, from restructures to new ways of working, without losing trust along the way
  • Solid grounding in Indian employment law, statutory compliance, and payroll practices
  • A track record of managing and growing a small team
  • Confident working across geographies and functions, including with a global People team based outside India

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Nothing. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

 How We Work
  • Location: Gurgaon
  • Working Pattern: Full-time, in-office, five days a week. We can work around personal needs where it makes sense, but being together is how we do our best work.

Skills Required

  • Proven experience leading a People or HR function
  • Background in hardware, consumer tech, retail, or operationally intensive industry
  • Solid grounding in Indian employment law, statutory compliance, and payroll practices
  • Track record of managing and growing a small team
  • Experience in org design, workforce planning, and leading teams through change
  • Experience leading Talent Acquisition and People Operations teams
  • Ability to set strategic direction while remaining hands-on to resolve operational issues
  • Experience owning vendor relationships (HR outsourcing, insurance, HRIS) and evaluating service quality
  • Strong ability to drive mission, vision, and values into everyday team operations and build trust with employees and executives
  • Comfortable collaborating across geographies and with a global People team
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The Company
HQ: Köniz
15,311 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Today, we’re left with just a few large incumbents. Lacking instinct and courage, they use research and analysis as crutches to make cold, unexciting and derivative products. Consumers are bored, no longer inspired by technology and instead feel uneasy about big tech and its impact on people's lives and society. Nothing is igniting change in the world. We’re here to make tech fun again, unleash creativity, and inspire our community to shape the future with us. About us: Nothing is a UK-based privately held company with backing from GV (formerly Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, C Ventures and other private investors including Tony Fadell (Principal at Future Shape & inventor of the iPod), Casey Neistat (YouTube personality and Co-founder of Beme), Kevin Lin (Co-founder of Twitch) and Steve Huffman (Co-founder and CEO of Reddit

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