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Job Title: Senior HR Manager and Office Manager

Location: Hyderabad, India – On-site / In-Person Role

Other Office Location: Mumbai

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced and resourceful Senior HR Manager and Office Manager to lead and manage human resources and administrative operations for our India offices, primarily based in Hyderabad, with additional oversight of our Mumbai location. This in-person role reports directly to the Global HR Director based at our U.S. Headquarters. The ideal candidate must possess a thorough understanding of Indian labor laws, strong HR leadership capabilities, and excellent communication skills to align local HR practices with

global business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition:

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for India operations – sourcing, interviewing, offer management, and onboarding.

• Partner with global and local hiring managers to identify role requirements and implement effective hiring strategies.

• Maintain relationships with recruitment agencies, job portals, and university placement cells for campus hiring.

Onboarding & Induction:

• Oversee employee onboarding and orientation programs to ensure a smooth transition for new hires.

• Ensure timely documentation, background verification, and induction training.

Performance Management:

• Lead annual and mid-year performance appraisal cycles using global tools and frameworks.

• Support managers in goal setting, feedback delivery, and performance improvement planning.

• Align performance KPIs with organizational objectives and compensation planning.

Payroll & Benefits Administration:

• Coordinate with finance/payroll vendors to ensure timely and accurate payroll processing.

• Handle payroll inputs: attendance, leaves, variable pay, reimbursements, and tax declarations.

• Administer employee benefits including health insurance, leave encashment, and statutory bonuses.

Employee Engagement & Retention:

• Design and execute employee engagement activities aligned with company culture and values.

• Conduct regular one-on-ones, feedback sessions, and stay interviews.

• Drive internal communications and employee recognition initiatives.

Compliance & Statutory Adherence:

• Ensure compliance with all central and state labour laws relevant to Telangana and Maharashtra:

• Provident Fund (PF), Employee State Insurance (ESI), Gratuity, Professional Tax, LWF

• Shops & Establishments Act, Maternity Benefit Act, POSH Act

• Prepare and submit all statutory reports and returns.

• Conduct HR audits and support internal or external compliance inspections.

HR Policies & Documentation:

• Maintain and update employee handbooks, HR policies, and standard operating procedures.

• Draft and manage employment contracts, NDAs, warning letters, and termination notices.

• Implement global policies locally and adapt them for Indian regulations where needed.

Training & Development:

• Identify training needs and coordinate technical, soft skills, and compliance training sessions.

• Liaise with internal departments and external trainers to execute learning programs.

Grievance Handling & Discipline:

• Act as the first point of contact for all employee queries and grievances.

• Manage employee relations issues, including investigations and disciplinary actions, in a fair and compliant manner.

• Ensure POSH committee functioning and timely resolution of complaints.

HR Reporting & Global Collaboration:

• Maintain HRIS and prepare regular reports and dashboards for India operations.

• Submit monthly/quarterly updates to the Global HR Director.

• Collaborate with global HR team to roll out global initiatives like DEI, policy updates, and engagement surveys.

Office Administration Responsibilities (Hyderabad & Mumbai):

• Oversee daily office management in Hyderabad, and coordinate with admin staff or vendors in Mumbai.

• Manage facility operations, security, pantry, and housekeeping.

• Monitor office supplies, procurement, and asset management.

• Ensure adherence to health, hygiene, and workplace safety standards.

• Coordinate logistics for internal meetings, external visitors, and company events.

Key Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources / Business Administration; MBA/PGDM in HR preferred.

• Experience: 7–10 years of HR experience in India, with at least 2 years in a senior HR or business partner role. Prior experience working with global teams is a strong advantage. Experience in handling both HR and office administration is preferred.

• Language: Fluency in English and Hindi is required. Telugu proficiency is a plus.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in HRMS (e.g., Zoho People, Keka, GreytHR), payroll tools, MS Office, and global collaboration platforms (Google Workspace, Zoom, Slack, etc.).

Ideal Candidate Traits:

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

• Hands-on, proactive, and able to work independently with global teams.

• Excellent knowledge of Indian labour law and HR best practices.

• Detail-oriented and process-driven with strong documentation skills.

• Open to occasional travel to the Mumbai office or other domestic sites.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of AI-driven systems using Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Agentic AI approaches.
• Architect scalable, cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services for AI and data workflows.
• Build and optimize NLP pipelines for information extraction, summarization, semantic search, and conversational systems.
• Develop, evaluate, and deploy AI models into production environments using modern MLOps best practices.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to identify, scope, and deliver AI-driven features and solutions.
• Hands-On Development
• Write efficient, production-ready code in Python for AI model integration, APIs, and backend workflows.
• Use SQL for data exploration, querying, and validation.
• Implement RAG pipelines integrating LLMs with Vector Databases and retrieval systems.
• Design and fine-tune LLMs for domain-specific applications.
• Innovation & Research
• Explore and apply cutting-edge techniques in Agentic AI, LLMs, and RAG to solve business challenges.
• Stay up to date with advancements in generative AI, foundation models, and AI tooling.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of experimentation and continuous learning.

Requirements:

Must Have Skills:

• Experience with AI engineering and Agentic frameworks
• Hands on experience with tools like RAG, LLMs, Langchain, OpenCV etc
• Hands on experience with Chatbot development or involvement in other AI- related projects

Good to Have Skills:

• 1+ years of experience in AI voice agents
• Experience with text-to-speech or speech-to-text
• Experience working with voice agents

60 Decibels is a tech-powered impact measurement company that makes it easy to listen to the people who matter most. We've been in business as an independent entity since early 2019, when we spun out of the global Impact Investor Acumen.

We believe that the best way to understand social impact is by talking to the people experiencing that impact. It sounds obvious when you say it, but that is not the typical practice for many impact investors, corporations and foundations working to create social change. 

We collect social impact data directly from beneficiaries (customers / employees / suppliers) using our network of 1000+ trained research assistants in 75+ countries. We do it quickly and without the fuss typically associated with measuring social impact. Our research assistants speak directly to customers to understand their lived experience; and our team turns all this data into benchmarked social performance reports, with accompanying insights, to help our clients demonstrate and improve social performance. 

By making impact measurement simple, scalable, and comparable, we not only enable organizations to improve their products and services; we also help transform what it means to credibly measure impact, ensuring that the voices of those who matter most are always part of the story.

About the role: 

You’ll be an early engineer in a newly formed engineering team. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn, build, demonstrate, and subsequently own diverse components of our tech stack and evolve as we scale our business. As a core engineer in a small team, the role demands a high degree of self-drive and ownership, on a path to achieving outsized impact.

Your Primary Responsibility Will Be:

1) To advance our Integrated Data Capture And Insights Platform

2) To advance our web-based consumer products

In this role, you will:

• Work with a diverse multidisciplinary team across Engineering, Product & Operations, to translate product specs into clean, functional, production-ready code.
• Participate actively in defining of the systems architecture vision to better support our team’s needs
• Grow our technical capacity by mentoring other engineers and interviewing candidates
• Collaborate with team members to identify systems, practices & technologies that suit our needs the best
• Seek, learn, adopt and advocate industry best practices. Contribute towards the engineering culture
• Troubleshooting coding problems quickly and efficiently to ensure a productive workplace

About You: First and foremost, you bring compassion and dedication to this work because it matters to you.

You are a pragmatic and product-driven engineer who is interested in solving user problems and delivering value while taking into account tradeoffs between Business and Tech. You have a bias towards action: you get your hands dirty and actively tackle problems in a way that leads to the best outcomes and brings teams together. You successfully balance flexibility and rigour, using informed judgment to make decisions. You model critical thinking and introspection, taking strategic risks and growing from mistakes. You are decisive and bold, have a growth mindset, are an excellent communicator, and know the value of being a part of an effective team

Minimum Qualification:

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering building SaaS platforms & products, particularly frontend development
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript (ES6+), HTML, CSS and React. Working knowledge of other frameworks is desirable.
• Proficient in software design, modularity, testability and software quality
• Fast self-learner, with the willingness & interest to learn new technologies, languages & frameworks
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

Additional desired qualifications:

• 4-7 years of overall experience in software engineering either as a Frontend engineer or a Fullstack engineer, with significant frontend experience
• Deep understanding of integrating with a variety of backends and APIs (ReST, GraphQL). Experience with node/Python/RubyOnRails is desirable
• Strong flair for usability, consistency, and balancing aesthetics with functional design.
• Experience working with data-intensive applications and data-visualisation libraries such as Chart.js, and D3.js is desirable
• Expertise in building debugging, improving the performance of web applications

Working with 60 Decibels

We are a fun, international and highly-motivated team who believes that team members should have the opportunity to expand their skills and career in a supportive environment. We offer a competitive salary, the opportunity to work flexibly and in a fun, supportive working environment. If this sounds like the role for you, get in touch!

60 Decibels is deeply committed to having a workplace that is inclusive and anti-discriminatory. We believe that our team must embody the compassion, listening, and sense of shared humanity that is so central to our goal as an organization. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

As a growing company, we are building towards a more universally accessible workplace for our employees. At this time, we do use some cloud-based technologies that are not compatible with screen readers and other assistive devices. We would be happy to discuss accessibility at 60 Decibels in greater depth during the recruitment process.

 About our team and our culture: we are a fun and hardworking global team that is full of smart, mission-driven folks who combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a commitment to make a positive change in the world.  

We consistently hear from our clients that the best thing about 60 Decibels is the people. To get a feel for our slightly nerdy, not-take-ourselves-too-seriously vibe, check out our monthly newsletter, The Volume.

Compensation: 60 Decibels offers a competitive salary and benefits package and the opportunity to work in a flexible, fun and supportive environment. The salary range will be adjusted according to costs of living in our country offices. 

Extra Perks: We have an unlimited leave policy and 12 monthly recharge days, on the first Friday of each month. We are a globally distributed team and we give team members opportunities to cross-pollinate and visit our different offices. 

Want to get to know us a little better?

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> Visit our website at 60decibels.com.

> Read about our team values here. 

We are looking for a self-motivated independent thinker who can contribute to our Engineering Team. In this role you will take part in various projects, assessing software quality by designing and implementing software testing processes. You will take ownership of code quality through exploratory and automated tests. You will hunt bugs, identify issues, report them, and see that they’re dealt with. 

Core Responsibilities:

• You would have the opportunity to work with a number of leading edge technologies. 
• Write test cases to test code using automation frameworks, as well as create and continuously improve our test automation environment.
• Develop & maintain automated test scripts covering functional correctness using Object Oriented programming concepts, for both new features & Regression testing of existing functionality
• Understand software internals, debug code, automate repetitive tasks, and implement new tools and frameworks needed to streamline our QA process
• Work directly with both Software Development Engineers and Product Managers to understand features, review technical implementations, and implement testing strategy.
• Plan, create and manage the overall Quality Planning strategy, design documentation for automation processes 

Skills and Expertise: 

• Minimum 4 Years’ Experience
• Knowledge and proficiency in the use of various automated tools that are used in the Automated testing procedures. Execute interactive test procedures. Proficient in writing Automation scripts.
• Sound knowledge of programming and/or scripting languages. Java and Java script
• Good knowledge of SQL queries. Practical knowledge of web-based technologies
• Proven experience with Web-application Automation testing, Mobile apps testing.
• Understanding of OO concepts & its application to Automation framework
• Willingness to proactively engage in continuous process improvement
• Ability to communicate clearly with different areas of the business.Clarity of written communication when describing and issue or QA failure
• Experience in working with an Agile Development Methodology like Scrum
• Keen eye for detail and a commitment to excellence 

 Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree required in Engineering