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
- 610+ 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
