Senior Executive Human Resources

About Powercret Solutions

Powercret Solutions is a prominent Microsoft Partner specializing in delivering advanced intelligent solutions tailored to your digital, strategic, and technical business needs. We provide customized business solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Azure technologies, designed to help organizations realize their visions. Serving clients globally, we enhance digital infrastructures, increase competitiveness, and optimize business processes by leveraging Microsoft technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for specialized roles in D365 CE, Power Platform, .NET, and AI/Copilot positions, managing the process from requisition through sourcing, screening, interviews, and final offers, prioritizing quality of hire over quantity.
• Maintain a dynamic talent pipeline via platforms such as Naukri, LinkedIn, referrals, and establish a reliable network of recruitment vendors, consultancies, and background verification agencies, managing their performance and agreements.
• Oversee candidate experience from initial outreach to onboarding, communicating the company story persuasively and managing offer negotiations to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Anticipate and handle challenges such as counter-offers, notice period delays, and candidate drop-offs to ensure smooth transitions from accepted offers to joined employees.
• Serve as a trusted confidant for employee concerns, resolving issues early, fairly, and formally before escalating to senior management.
• Drive employee engagement, recognition, and learning programs that foster retention and encourage employee referrals.
• Conduct ongoing pulse check-ins to detect potential attrition risks and enable timely interventions.
• Implement a consistent and empathetic disciplinary process covering from initial discussions to terminations if necessary.
• Manage performance appraisals by organizing calendars, setting KRAs/KPIs, facilitating goal-setting, and collaborating with team leads on reviews, career development discussions, and retention strategies.
• Ensure fair calibration of performance ratings linked to increments and design performance improvement plans with clear goals.
• Coordinate comprehensive onboarding so new hires are operational within 30 days, ensuring readiness including identity verification, assets, and system access from day one.
• Oversee monthly HR operations: attendance, leave, payroll data input, reimbursements, tax documentation, and review cycles using Keka HRMS.
• Maintain accurate employee records, master data, document templates, and a current policy library supporting company growth.
• Produce HR MIS reports for leadership covering headcount, attrition, hiring costs, and time-to-fill metrics; manage respectful and complete exit procedures.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements including Provident Fund, Employee State Insurance, gratuity, professional tax, Shops & Establishments, and POSH; maintain audit-ready registers.
• Identify and resolve policy, headcount planning, and workspace issues arising during company growth to prevent operational blockers.
• Manage office administration tasks, including procurement of laptops and peripherals, maintaining the asset register, ensuring workplace readiness as the team expands.

Qualifications and Experience

• Between 5 to 8 years of HR experience, with a minimum of 3 years within IT services or consulting environments closely involved in recruitment.
• Proven success in closing senior technical hires in competitive markets, capable of detailing significant recruitment wins.
• Experience managing recruitment vendors and HR service providers, including contractual negotiations and service level agreements.
• Working knowledge of Indian labor laws, statutory compliance, and payroll processes with a thorough understanding of filing requirements and deadlines.
• Hands-on expertise managing HRMS platforms, preferably with strong experience on Keka; familiarity with Zoho People, Darwinbox, or analogous systems is beneficial.
• Possession of an MBA in Human Resources or a comparable postgraduate degree.
• Proficient English communication skills (written and spoken), capable of maintaining composure during challenging interactions and knowing when to escalate issues appropriately.

Preferred Attributes

• Prior experience hiring talent specialized in Microsoft technologies such as Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Azure, with knowledge of their talent pools.
• Demonstrated ability to scale HR functions effectively amid rapid headcount doubling, understanding process vulnerabilities.
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted recruitment and HR tools with informed opinions on their effectiveness.

Position Details

• Role: Senior HR Executive - Talent Acquisition & HR Operations
• Experience Required: 5 to 8 years
• Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
• Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 10:30 am to 7:30 pm
• Location: Ahmedabad (onsite)
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Compensation: Competitive and experience-based, discussed openly during the hiring process