About Us
Aarki is an AI company that builds advertising solutions to drive mobile revenue growth. We use AI to find audiences in a privacy-first world by using trillions of contextual bidding signals coupled with proprietary neural net based models. Our platform includes a full-service team and Unified Creative Strategy that delivers ad creative ideation and execution. We have worked with hundreds of advertisers over 14 years and see 5M mobile ad requests per second from over 10B devices driving performance for publishers and brands. It is independently operated and headquartered in San Francisco, CA with offices across the United States, EMEA, and APAC.
About The Role
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People Operations (People Ops) Manager is responsible for building, scaling, and sustaining people-centric systems that enable employees and the business to thrive. The role blends
HR operations, employee experience, compliance, and culture, with a strong focus on data, process, and continuous improvement.
Unlike traditional HR, People Ops emphasizes
employee experience, transparency, and operational excellence across the entire employee lifecycle.
People Operations Manager will focus on enhancing the employee experience and fostering a positive company culture by managing various aspects of the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, compensation, benefits, training, and compliance. This is an in-office role based at our Bangalore office.
Reponsibilities
HR Operations & Compliance
- Manage end-to-end onboarding and offboarding, ensuring timely documentation, onboarding kit distribution, system updates, and coordination with IT/Admin
- Draft, release and manage offer letters, ensuring compliance and statutory requirements
- Manage payroll compliance: provide accurate inputs, ensure statutory deductions (PF, ESI, TDS, gratuity etc) are handled, Support compliance audits and provide HR related data and reports
- Track and close probation completion, confirmation communication, and documentation
- Administer insurance onboarding, updates, and support processes
- Ensure asset mapping, business card/ID issuance, and office readiness are aligned with process SLAs
- Ensure POSH compliance
- Manage business travel logistics, approvals, bookings, and post-travel reimbursements
Employee Engagement & Experience
- Design and execute monthly/quarterly engagement initiatives, pan-org celebrations, and R&R programs
- Organize trips, offsites, and townhalls, including planning, communication, logistics, and execution
- Curate and distribute onboarding kits, goodies, and experience-focused gifts
- Roll out pulse surveys, track engagement health, and analyze employee feedback
- Own end-to-end employee journey: onboarding, engagement, performance, growth, and offboarding
- Ensure consistent, inclusive, and scalable people processes
Operational Support & Vendor Management
- Maintain a well-functioning office by coordinating supply needs and administrative support
- Onboard new vendors to improve service quality and streamline engagement/event-related procurement
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for seamless execution of HR processes
People Systems & Data
- Own and optimize HRIS and people tools
- Track and analyze people metrics (attrition, engagement, headcount, performance trends)
- Use data to inform leadership decisions and improve people programs
Continuous Improvement & Development
- Identify gaps and propose process improvements in onboarding, engagement, and operations
- Stay updated with best practices in employee engagement and HR automation
- Participate in or drive learning and development initiatives to upskill in tools, communication, and event execution
Experience
Required Skills / Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in human resource management
- Strong knowledge of payroll management, and benefits administration.
- Knowledge of Indian labor laws and compliance requirements.
- Experience in handling international and domestic employee mobility.
- Proficiency in HRMS and digital HR tools.
- Collaborative and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
- Goal oriented and Hands-on mindset.
- Adaptable and cooperative in dynamic team environments
- High emotional intelligence and communication skills
- Process-driven, detail-oriented, and systems-minded
- Ability to balance employee advocacy with business needs
- Data literacy and comfort with HR tools and analytics
