This role will own performance management, employee engagement, culture, and people management across GalaxEye. You will work closely with leadership, vertical heads, managers, and employees to build a high-performance and people-centric organization.
Performance Management
- Own the end-to-end performance management cycle.
- Drive goal setting, KRAs/KPIs, reviews, and feedback cycles.
- Track completion of performance reviews across teams.
- Work with managers on performance feedback and improvement plans.
- Identify performance trends and recommend interventions.
- Maintain performance records and documentation.
Employee Engagement & Culture
- Drive employee engagement and culture initiatives.
- Plan team-building activities, employee events, and engagement programs.
- Conduct employee pulse checks, surveys, and regular check-ins.
- Identify engagement and culture-related concerns.
- Work with leadership to improve employee experience.
- Build initiatives that strengthen cross-functional collaboration.
People Management
- Act as a trusted HR partner to employees and managers.
- Partner with vertical heads on people-related matters.
- Support managers with employee concerns and workplace issues.
- Facilitate conflict resolution and difficult conversations.
- Conduct regular employee check-ins.
- Support career development and employee growth.
HR Operations & Processes
- Build and improve HR policies, processes, and workflows.
- Ensure consistent implementation of HR processes across teams.
- Manage employee lifecycle processes from onboarding to exit.
- Maintain accurate employee records and HR documentation.
- Coordinate with Finance, Legal, Admin, and leadership on people-related matters.
- Identify opportunities to automate and improve HR processes.
HRMS & Technology
- Manage employee data and HR processes through HRMS/HRIS platforms.
- Hands-on experience with Zoho People is preferred.
- Experience with Zoho Recruit and other Zoho applications is an advantage.
- Manage attendance, leave, employee records, onboarding, and performance processes through HR systems.
- Maintain accurate and updated employee data.
- Build HR reports and dashboards for management.
- Identify opportunities to automate HR workflows using technology.
Learning & Development
- Identify training and development needs across teams.
- Coordinate training, workshops, and capability-building programs.
- Support leadership and manager development initiatives.
- Build employee growth and development frameworks.
- Track participation and effectiveness of L&D initiatives.
HR Analytics & Reporting
- Track key people metrics including:
- Performance
- Employee engagement
- Attrition
- Attendance
- Employee development
- HR process completion
- Performance
- Prepare regular HR reports for leadership.
- Use people data to identify trends and support decision-making.
- Develop meaningful HR dashboards and metrics.
RequirementsWhat We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in HR, People Operations, or People & Culture.
- Strong experience in performance management and employee engagement.
- Experience working with managers and senior leadership.
- Strong understanding of employee lifecycle and people practices.
- Hands-on experience with HRMS/HRIS platforms.
- Zoho People experience preferred.
- Zoho Recruit experience is an added advantage.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong stakeholder and conflict-management skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive employee matters with confidentiality.
- Strong ownership and execution skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment.
- Strong analytical and organisational skills.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in HR, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
- Experience in a startup, technology, deep-tech, engineering, or high-growth organisation.
- Experience setting up or improving HR processes from the ground up.
- Experience with employee engagement, organisational development, and culture-building initiatives.
- Effective and timely performance review cycles.
- Strong employee participation in engagement initiatives.
- Improved employee experience and engagement.
- Effective manager adoption of people processes.
- Timely resolution of employee concerns.
- Accurate and efficient HR operations.
- Effective use of HRMS and people data.
- Stronger people-management practices across GalaxEye.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in HR, People Operations, or People and Culture
- Strong experience in performance management and employee engagement
- Experience working with managers and senior leadership
- Strong understanding of employee lifecycle and people practices
- Hands-on experience with HRMS or HRIS platforms
- Experience with Zoho People
- Experience with Zoho Recruit
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong stakeholder and conflict-management skills
- Ability to handle sensitive employee matters confidentially
- Strong ownership and execution skills
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in HR, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field
- Experience in a startup, technology, deep-tech, engineering, or high-growth organization
- Experience setting up or improving HR processes from the ground up
- Experience with employee engagement, organizational development, and culture-building initiatives
What We Do
GalaxEye is an Indian space-tech startup developing advanced Earth-observation technologies. Its flagship Drishti Mission uses a multisensor imaging satellite combining optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar data to produce high-resolution imagery, including through cloud cover and at night. The company applies artificial intelligence, computer vision, and geospatial analysis to support governments, defense organizations, and industries with actionable insights.







