Key Highlights:
Position: Manager, People
Location: Gurgaon, in-office
Experience Required: 5-10 years
About Airblack & Zudo
Airblack is India’s largest alternate skilling platform. Our mission is to help the next 100 million people in the workforce get access to meaningful opportunities. With a lean team of under 30 people working at the intersection of AI and learning, we are on track to cross 100cr in revenue run-rate in FY27.
We currently operate in sectors such as content creation, SME skills, beauty, fashion, nutrition, digital & home businesses, impacting over 1M learners every month. Our apps consistently rank in top 10 education apps in India with 1M+ users and 40M+ minutes of learning content being consumed every month. One of our new products, Zudo, is now India’s fastest growing apps in the skilling / content space.
Airblack has raised Rs. 100cr+ from marquee investors such as Elevation Capital, Info Edge Ventures, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Blume Founders Fund and Better Capital, and leading angels such as Vidit (Meesho), Kunal (CRED), Deepinder (Zomato), Harshit & Shashank (Razorpay) and so on.
Who are we looking for?
At Airblack, we genuinely believe that our people are our most important asset - not as a line in a deck, but as a lived principle that shapes how we hire, how we lead, and how we grow. Every product we ship, every learner we impact, every milestone we hit - it all starts with the team we build.
We are looking for a Manager People who shares this belief deeply. Someone who sees the People function not as a support role, but as a core business driver. From the first conversation a candidate has with us to the moment an employee grows into a leader- you will own that entire experience and make it exceptional.
If you've built people practices that teams genuinely love, led a team that looks up to you, and thrive in environments where people and mission come first - we'd love to meet you.
What would you be doing?
People Strategy & Culture: Be the custodian of Airblack's culture as we scale. Partner with leadership on org design, workforce planning, and building a workplace where people feel seen, valued, and set up to do their best work. Translate our values into everyday practices.
Talent Acquisition & Hiring: Own end-to-end hiring across functions, from senior leadership to frontline roles. Build pipelines, drive structured and bias-aware interview processes, and ensure every candidate- hired or not -walks away with a positive impression of Airblack. Own hiring quality metrics and keep raising the bar.
Performance & Growth: Design performance review cycles and OKR frameworks that are fair, transparent, and help people grow. Work closely with managers to build a culture of honest feedback, continuous development, and meaningful recognition.
Employee Experience & Engagement: Build programmes and rituals that make Airblack a place people are proud to be part of. Proactively track engagement signals, address attrition risks early, and champion employee wellbeing as a business priority.
People Operations & Compliance: Ensure seamless people operations - onboarding,offboarding, payroll coordination, HRIS management, and full statutory compliance. Build SOPs and scalable systems that bring structure without losing the human touch.
What makes you a suitable candidate?
5-10 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 3 years leading a team of People/HR professionals
Deep belief in people-first culture - you've built it, not just talked about it
Prior experience in a high-growth startup working directly with founders is strongly preferred
Strong across the people spectrum-talent acquisition, HRBP, performance management, engagement, L&D, and operations
Empathetic communicator with the ability to build trust across all levels, from new joiners to founders
Data-informed in your approach - you use people metrics to make better decisions, not just to report numbers