HR Operations Lead

About Glean:Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industrys most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem powering intelligent Search an AI Assistant and scalable AI agents on one secure open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors flexible LLM choice and robust APIs Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern scale and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles.At its core Glean is redefining how enterprises find use and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people content and activity delivering deeply personalized context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Gleans agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industrys broadest range of data: enterprise and world structured and unstructured historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding hours of productivity gained each week and smarter safer decisions at every level.Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies (Top 10 2025) by CNBCs Disruptor 50 Bloombergs AI Startups to Watch (2026) Forbes AI 50 and Gartners Tech Innovators in Agentic AI Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50 industries and 1000 employees in more than 25 countries were helping the worlds largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.If youre excited to shape how the world works youll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams Zoom ServiceNow Zendesk GitHub and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. Youll ship agentic capabilities on an open extensible stack with the craft and care required for enterprise trust as we bring Work AI to every employee in every company.About the Role:Glean is seeking an HR Operations Lead India to own the core India HR operations charter. This role will build rigor scale and continuity across compliance-heavy and process-heavy people operations areas and over time become the operational anchor for India HR operations as the company grows.You will:

• Lead HR operations for India across compliance payroll benefits audits and employee lifecycle processes ensuring reliable and scalable execution.
• Build and run compliant efficient processes for labor law requirements statutory documentation filings coordination and operational readiness.
• Oversee payroll inputs benefits administration and related vendor partnerships to deliver accuracy timeliness and a strong employee experience.
• Strengthen audit readiness and controls through clear documentation process governance follow-through and continuous improvement.
• Create and improve SOPs process maps trackers calendars and ownership models that bring consistency and scale to India HR operations.
• Partner closely with HRBPs Finance Legal Payroll and external vendors to solve issues and keep day-to-day operations running smoothly.
• Identify process gaps and lead improvements that reduce manual work mitigate risk and improve operational quality as the organization grows.
• Support implementation of policy labor code entity and people process changes in India.
• Help shape the long-term India HR operations operating model and define how work should scale over time.

About you:

• You bring 57 years of experience in India HR operations people operations HR shared services environment.
• You have strong hands-on experience in labor compliance payroll coordination audits and benefits administration.
• You have built or tightened HR processes in a scaling company environment and know how to create structure without adding unnecessary complexity.
• You have strong ownership attention to detail and judgment when handling sensitive employee and compliance matters.
• You are effective at vendor and stakeholder management across cross-functional partners.
• You can move comfortably between strategic process design and hands-on execution.
• You have experience working with HR systems and operational data controls.
• Startup or high-growth company experience in a global setup is preferred

Location:

• This role is hybrid (3 days a week in our Bangalore office)

Compensation & Benefits:

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location level job-related knowledge skills and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation equity and benefits.

Were committed to building and sustaining a diverse inclusive workplace. We strive to attract and retain people with a wide range of backgrounds experiences and perspectives and we do not discriminate on the basis of gender ethnicity sexual orientation religion civil or family status age disability or race.#LI-HYBRIDAI-First Mindset at Glean:At Glean AI fluency is core to how we work and were committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. As part of the interview process youll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about design and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools platforms or workflows you use today prior Glean experience isnt required.Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants:Depending on your location the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) or other privacy laws may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available in our . By submitting your application you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as applicants and their applications are subject to arbitration of disputes as outlined in our Applicant Arbitration Agreement.
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Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1