Senior HR Manager

• The Senior HR Manager is accountable for solving SKO
• Systems' talent-acquisition capacity challenge at a strategic level: building
• durable sourcing relationships and talent-pool partnerships that bring the
• company's ~4-month time-to-fill down to a sustainable level, setting AI-enabled
• recruiting strategy and tooling, and owning compensation, workforce planning,
• HR technology, and policy governance. This role is intentionally scoped to
• handle these responsibilities — strategic HR leadership, career architecture,
• culture ownership, and multi-geography coordination across Pune and London. It
• directly manages the HR Recruitment Associate and works as a close peer partner
• to the HR Manager, with both roles reporting to the COO.

Essential Functions / Deliverables

Talent Pipeline & Sourcing Partnerships

• •Build and
• maintain direct relationships with recruitment agencies, technical communities,
• coding bootcamps, engineering colleges, and passive-talent networks specific to SKO's scarce skills (Android, Angular, .NET, SQL/Oracle, DevOps, technical
• BA/PM).

•Reduce

dependency on reactive job-board posting by developing a proactive, always-on

talent pipeline.

•Own

employer-branding efforts that materially shorten time-to-fill from the current

~4-month average.

Recruitment Strategy, AI Tooling & Oversight

•Set

• end-to-end recruiting strategy and process design for the HR function.
• •Select,
• implement, and continuously improve AI-assisted sourcing, screening, and
• interview-automation tools.

•Directly

manage, coach, and review the HR Recruitment Associate's execution and pipeline

metrics.

•Personally

lead sourcing and closing conversations for senior or business-critical hires.

Strategic HR Leadership, Workforce Planning & Career

Architecture

•Partner

• with leadership on headcount and workforce planning aligned to the 3-year
• product roadmap.
• •Design a
• dual-track (individual contributor / management) career-ladder framework to
• support technical talent retention.

•Coordinate

HR practices and basic employment considerations across both the Pune and

London offices, escalating multi-country complexity to external counsel or the COO as needed.

Compensation & Benefits Strategy

•Design

competitive, market-aligned pay bands for scarce technical skills.

•Lead

annual compensation benchmarking and review cycles for leadership approval.

HR Technology, Analytics & Digital Transformation

• •Own the
• HRMS roadmap, including evaluation of the current platform against
• alternatives.

•Build

recruiting and workforce analytics dashboards for leadership.

•Drive

automation across HR processes, prioritizing AI-enabled recruiting workflows.

Policy Governance, Compliance, Culture & Engagement

•Set HR

policy direction and partner with the HR Manager on POSH and statutory

compliance execution, ensuring governance standards are met.

•Own

company-level culture, engagement, and DEI strategy and direction (day-to-day

administration remains with the HR Manager).

Team Leadership, Mentorship

•Manage,

coach, and develop the HR Recruitment Associate.

•Partner

collaboratively with the HR Manager on shared HR initiatives, mentoring one

another in areas of respective strength.

•Build

demonstrated capability across compensation strategy, HRMS transformation, and

multi-geography coordination.

Requirements

Minimum Education : Bachelor's

degree required; MBA/PGDM in Human Resources preferred

Discipline/Major :Human

• Resources Management, Business Administration, or related field
• Required Certifications :SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP,
• HRCI, CIPD, or NHRD (India) — valued, not mandatory
• Required Years & Area of Experience :8–14 years of progressive HR
• experience, including recruitment/talent acquisition leadership within a
• software, SaaS, or technology product company; demonstrated experience building
• sourcing partnerships/talent pipelines and deploying AI-enabled recruiting
• tools
• Critical Technical/Computer Skills :HRIS/ATS platforms (Zoho People/Recruit or similar); AI-assisted
• sourcing and screening tools (e.g., resume scoring, automated first-round
• interview platforms); people-analytics/dash boarding tools; compensation
• benchmarking tools
• Other Requirements (Key Competencies) :Relationship-building and networking; negotiation; data-driven
• decision making; coaching and team leadership; business acumen; adaptability;
• ethical judgment

Preferred EducationMBA/PGDM

• in Human Resources
• Preferred Experience : Experience
• in a technology/software product company with distributed or global operations;
• hands-on experience deploying AI tools in recruitment, such as automating
• first-round screening interviews; prior exposure to multi-country HR operations
• (e.g., UK or other international employment basics) is a plus given SKO's Pune
• and London footprint
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Strong relationship-building and networking ability; data fluency;
• comfort partnering with engineering/technical leadership; AI-tool fluency for
• recruiting automation
• Growth Path : This role
• is deliberately structured as a stepping stone to HR Director. Demonstrated
• success in compensation strategy, HRMS transformation, workforce/career
• architecture, and multi-geography coordination will form the basis for
• evaluating elevation to HR Director; this is a development opportunity, not a
• guaranteed timeline.

Ethics & Compliance :This

• position requires full commitment to fostering the highest standards, while
• promoting an ethical and compliant culture. This includes integrity, honesty,
• and respectful treatment of others, as well as a willingness to speak up when
• misconduct or concerning behaviors are evident or perceived.