Talent Acquisition & Culture Lead Full Time NEW

About Olio

Olio Global AdTech LLP is a growth marketing and technology transformation agency having its offices in Mumbai & Pune. We’re a 25-person team across Strategy, Technology, SEO, Performance Marketing, Content, Creative, UI UX.

This is a foundational hire. You’ll be Olio’s dedicated hiring, people operations & culture leader, reporting directly to the Founders, with a meaningful seat in shaping how Olio scales over the next 18-24 months. 

Why This Role Is Different

Most HR roles are either pure recruitment or pure operations — But here you’ll wear three hats and become Olio’s HRM operational backbone.

Pillar 1 — Talent Acquisition (35%):

Own the full hiring lifecycle for 15-20 hires across the year. JD creation, sourcing, screening, scheduling, offer rollout, joining. You’ll close most junior/mid hires yourself; partner with founders on senior hires.

Pillar 2 — People Operations & Employer Branding (40%):

Own onboarding, employee handbook, POSH compliance, performance reviews, engagement, exits — and equally important, build Olio’s employer brand. We want innovative ideas and execution that make Olio one of the most desirable agencies to work at in India.

Pillar 3 — Operations & Founder’s Office (25%):

Run office administration across both Mumbai HQ and Pune Baner, coordinate founder calendars and travel, manage vendors and finance liaison with accounts, own internal programs (Training, L&D), drive internal communications, and become the operational glue between the core team and the rest of the team.

Who You Are

Experience: 3-5 years in HR, Talent Acquisition, or HR + Admin/Operations roles. Currently at HR Executive / Sr. HR Executive / TA Specialist / HR & Admin Manager level.

Background (non-negotiable): You’ve worked in-house at a marketing, advertising, digital, or creative agency. Bonus if you’ve already worn both HR and Operations hats.

Track record: You’ve personally closed 10+ hires, you’ve been involved in onboarding/ policies/ engagement, and ideally you’ve also driven employer branding initiatives or owned operational/admin work.

Mindset: You’re hungry. You want to own something, not coordinate someone else’s work. You’re a builder, not a maintainer. You enjoy variety — moving between hiring, trainings, founder meetings, and creative employer-brand campaigns, vendor calls in a single day energizes you.

Creative-marketing instinct (key for employer branding): You think like a marketer when it comes to employer brand. You know what makes content stand out on LinkedIn & respective digital platforms. You’re not afraid to pitch unconventional ideas.

Tech & AI fluency: You actively use AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) for JDs, screening, outreach, content drafts, and operational efficiency. You’re comfortable with modern hiring stacks.

Operational instinct: You think in systems and spot inefficiencies early. You create structure, improve team alignment, and build scalable hiring and culture processes that drive clarity and execution.

Communication: Sharp written and verbal communication with the ability to confidently manage conversations across all levels.

Why You’ll Want This Role

• Founder-level visibility from Day 1 — you report directly to the founders, no layers.
• Build the People & Operations function from scratch — every system, policy, and program.
• Own employer branding as a real growth area, not an afterthought — bring your most creative ideas and ship them.
• Real ownership across hiring, people, employer brand, and operations — four career tracks compounding in one seat.
• AI-first agency culture — you’ll work with modern tools and modern thinking, not legacy processes.
• Clear growth path — Head of People & Operations within 18-24 months on strong performance.
• Genuinely flexible — hybrid, not daily office. Travel only when needed (To Ghatkopar, Mumbai HQ & Baner Pune.)

Apply If

You’ve worked at an agency, you’re hungry to own something bigger than your current role, you’ve got creative employer-branding ideas you want to ship, and you want to build the People and Operations backbone at a scale-up that’s serious about doing this right. We’d love to hear from you.