People Ops and Strategy Associate

About the job

Role: 👩🏻 💼 Title: People Ops and Strategy Associate 🌏 Location: Full-Time, On-Site – North Bangalore HQ 🎯 Open to: Freshers & early-career professionals Why This Role Matters 🚀 At Rocket Health, people are our strongest system. We’re looking for a People Ops & Strategy Associate to help us scale our healthcare startup from 130+ to 250+ team members across hybrid and remote teams. This ... role is ideal for someone who wants to learn how people, culture, compliance, and systems come together in a fast-growing healthcare company, while working closely with founders, healthcare leaders, and the People Ops team. This is not just an HR role- it’s an opportunity to understand how a mission-driven healthcare startup truly operates. What You’ll Do 🧰 1. Hiring, Lifecycle & Contracts • Coordinate end-to-end hiring — scheduling, candidate follow-ups, and closing loops • Draft and issue offer letters, NDAs, contracts, and addenda • Support onboarding and offboarding in collaboration with founders and healthcare leads • Maintain hiring trackers, background checks, and onboarding documentation 2. Legal, Compliance & Payroll • Maintain payroll sheets, leave trackers, and support smooth monthly payroll execution • Coordinate with finance, payroll vendors, and consultants for data, queries, and compliance updates • Ensure adherence to PF, ESI, and India’s HR compliance framework • Track policy violations, therapist flags, and support escalations in collaboration with legal and HR teams 3. People Ops, Systems & Data • Keep employee records updated across Google Sheets, Notion, and internal dashboards • Build and improve workflows — onboarding, exits, surveys, and internal processes • Maintain structured, accurate documentation across all People Ops systems • Support reporting, audits, and internal data hygiene 4. Culture, Community & Engagement • Drive team engagement initiatives — birthdays, milestones, and meaningful team moments • Support performance review cycles and feedback processes with founders • Contribute to retention initiatives — learning budgets, career check-ins, and growth tracks • Build a strong sense of community and belonging across teams through thoughtful engagement 5. Rocket Academy Operations • Own the lead pipeline and cohort planning, including tracking, follow-ups, and maintaining weekly/monthly calendars • Drive end-to-end Academy operations, from program launches and cross-team coordination to learner onboarding, experience, and performance tracking You’ll thrive in this role if you ✅ • You’re an early-career professional excited to build in People Ops, HR, and startup operations • You have strong attention to detail and bring structure to everything you manage • You’re confident coordinating across teams and communicating clearly • You’re curious about hiring, culture, compliance, and people systems at scale • You’re comfortable working with tools like Google Sheets and Notion • You’re Bangalore-based and open to working 5 days a week from the office Why You’ll Love Working Here 🌈 • Hands-on exposure across hiring, payroll, compliance, and culture • Work closely with founders and People Ops leadership • Be part of a mission-driven healthcare company shaping real impact • High ownership early — grow into leading projects and processes Application Process 🎥 Please fill out the form, which will ask you to complete an assignment. You will also need to upload a 1–2-minute self-recorded video explaining why you’re a good fit for the role and your relevant experience (this can be submitted as a file or an unlisted YouTube link). 📩 For any queries, feel free to reach out at hiring@rockethealth.app P.S. — We’re not building a typical health-tech company. We’re building a team of driven, thoughtful, and passionate individuals solving real problems in Indian healthcare. If that excites you, we’d love to build this with you 🔥