Director – Human Resources

About the job

This job role is onsite - Noida or Jaipur Only About Aelum Aelum Consulting is a fast-growing, founder-led ServiceNow transformation partner, building high-impact digital, advisory, and platform solutions for global enterprises. We are entering our next growth phase, with aggressive plans across India, UK, GCC, and North America. We are looking for a Director – Human Resources who can build, scale, and institutionalize Aelum’s people agenda — not just run HR operations. Role Purpose This is a strategic leadership role responsible for shaping Aelum’s people strategy as a growth engine. You will: • Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO & leadership team • Build scalable HR systems for a high-performance consulting organization • Balance culture, speed, governance, and retention • Create leadership depth across sales, delivery, and practices Key Responsibilities People Strategy & Org Design • Design workforce planning aligned to revenue, practices, geographies • Define org structures for Sales, Delivery, Presales, Practices • Drive succession planning for leadership roles Leadership Hiring & Talent Philosophy • Own hiring strategy for senior & critical roles (Sales Directors, Practice Heads, Delivery Leaders) • Partner closely with founders on fitment, psychology, commitment • Build strong post-offer engagement & dropout prevention frameworks Performance, Rewards & ESOP • Design and institutionalize: • KRA / KPI / OKR frameworks • Variable pay & OTE models • ESOP philosophy & long-term incentives • Ensure performance differentiation is real, fair, and data-driven Culture, Governance & Compliance • Build Aelum’s culture code, leadership principles, and values • Ensure HR governance across India, UK, GCC • Handle sensitive employee relations & ethics matters HR Organization Build-out • Build and mentor: • GM – HR Operations • HR Business Partners (Sales, Delivery) • Talent Acquisition leadership • Shift HR from dependency-driven to system-driven "I am best to define Aelum culture" must be responded in the screening question -1. This will let us know that you have read the job description. Numeric response - 9 What We’re Looking For Must-Have • 6–10+ years in HR leadership roles • Experience in IT Services / Consulting / SaaS / Digital firms • Proven track record of scaling organizations (200 → 700+) • Strong exposure to: Leadership hiring, Performance & compensation design; Founder / board-level interaction • High maturity in people psychology & conflict handling Good-to-Have • Experience with global entities (UK / GCC / US) • Exposure to ESOPs, long-term incentives • Consulting / product ecosystem experience (ServiceNow, Salesforce, SaaS) What This Role Is NOT • Not a pure HR operations role • Not an HRBP-only role • Not a compliance-only or payroll-centric role This is a builder + strategist role. Why Join Aelum • Direct access to founders & strategic decision-making • Opportunity to build HR from first principles • High ownership, high trust, high impact • Shape the culture of a fast-growing global firm

Requirements

• HR leadership
• People strategy
• Performance design
• Organizational design
• Employee relations

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years in HR leadership roles
• Experience in IT Services / Consulting / SaaS / Digital firms

Preferred Technologies

• HR leadership
• People strategy
• Performance design
• Organizational design
• Employee relations

Benefits

• Direct access to founders
• High ownership
• High trust
• High impact

About the company

Aelum Consulting is a fast-growing, founder-led ServiceNow transformation partner, building high-impact digital, advisory, and platform solutions for global enterprises. We are entering our next growth phase, with aggressive plans across India, UK, GCC, and North America.