Operations & People Manager

🚀 Operations & People Manager

2–5 Years Experience | Excellent English Required | Immediate Joiners Preferred

Location: Noida, India — On-site

Join a Growing AI Startup | Work Directly with Leadership | International Exposure

Seektra: https://astro.seektra.ai/

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About Seektra

Seektra.ai is a growing consumer technology company creating personalized digital experiences that help people better understand themselves, their relationships, and the questions that matter in their lives.

Our newly launched platform, Seektra Astro, combines precise Vedic birth-chart calculations with AI to provide personalized life insights, compatibility readings, monthly guidance, and answers based on each user’s actual chart.

Seektra is being built for users across India, the United States, and international markets.

As we grow, we are looking for someone who can help build the team, culture, systems, and operational foundation behind the company.

Visit Seektra: https://astro.seektra.ai/

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About the Role

We’re looking for an exceptional Operations & People Manager to become one of the key members of Seektra’s growing team.

This is not a traditional HR role.

You will oversee the day-to-day operations of our India office, recruit outstanding talent, support the team, coordinate finance and administration, and ensure the business runs smoothly as Seektra continues to scale.

You will work closely with the founder, leadership, product, technology, content, and creative teams.

The right person will be highly organized, proactive, confident in English, comfortable taking ownership, and excited about working in a fast-moving AI startup.

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What You’ll Do

People & Culture

• Lead end-to-end recruitment across technology, product, operations, content, marketing, and business roles

• Build an exceptional candidate, interview, onboarding, and employee experience

• Help create a positive, accountable, and performance-driven workplace culture

• Support performance reviews, employee development, engagement, and retention

• Handle employee relations with professionalism, maturity, and confidentiality

• Maintain employee records, attendance, leave, policies, and HR documentation

Operations

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of Seektra’s Noida office

• Coordinate vendors, procurement, facilities, office requirements, and company assets

• Ensure internal policies and operational processes are consistently followed

• Improve workflows using AI, automation, and modern productivity tools

• Track company priorities and follow up with teams to ensure timely execution

• Identify operational gaps and take ownership of resolving them

• Help create scalable systems as the company and team grow

Finance & Administration

• Coordinate payroll and employee-related administration

• Review reimbursements, operational expenses, and supporting documentation

• Track vendor invoices, subscriptions, contracts, and payment schedules

• Assist with budgeting, expense reporting, and administrative planning

• Coordinate with accountants, consultants, and external service providers

• Handle confidential financial and operational information responsibly

Leadership Support

• Work closely with the founder and leadership team on important company initiatives

• Coordinate cross-functional meetings and follow up on decisions and action items

• Prepare operational reports, hiring updates, dashboards, and management summaries

• Help keep teams, projects, hiring, and company priorities aligned

• Represent Seektra professionally with candidates, partners, vendors, and international stakeholders

• Take ownership of important responsibilities that may fall between departments

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What We’re Looking For

• Outstanding spoken and written English — mandatory

• Confidence communicating with international teams, partners, candidates, and stakeholders

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills

• Strong organizational, planning, and multitasking abilities

• High attention to detail and professional judgment

• Ability to handle confidential employee, financial, and business information

• Self-driven, proactive, dependable, and comfortable taking ownership

• Ability to work directly with leadership in a fast-moving environment

• Genuine interest in AI, technology, consumer products, and continuous improvement

• Someone who does not wait to be told every next step

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Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree — mandatory

• 1–3 years of experience in Operations, HR, People Operations, Administration, Executive Operations, or a similar role

• Excellent spoken and written English — mandatory

• Comfortable leading meetings and communicating with overseas stakeholders

• Experience managing recruitment and office operations

• Experience in startups, SaaS, technology, consumer applications, or digital products is highly preferred

• Comfortable working from our Noida office

• Immediate joiners or candidates with a short notice period are preferred

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Compensation

₹4–9 LPA, based on experience, communication skills, and capability

Performance bonus based on ownership, leadership, and measurable impact

🚀 Opportunity to grow into a broader leadership role as Seektra expands