Lead HR
People & HR
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
INR 100k-100k / year
About Us
Kheyti helps smallholder farmers battle climate change through the "Greenhouse-in-a-Box", a low-cost greenhouse bundled with end-to-end services. Designed for smallholders, our greenhouse fits in 2% of their land, costs 33% lower than regular greenhouses, protects crops from environmental risks and grows 7x more food with 50x water efficiency. Along with the greenhouse, we work with partners to offer farmers financing, input linkage, training and market linkage services, creating a seamless path towards steady additional incomes of upto ₹1,00,000/year, a 3x increase in farm incomes. See this 2.5 minute video for more.
Through a culture of farmer centric design, we've brought down the cost of the greenhouse significantly to 90% lower than mainstream greenhouses. We've created collaborations with >100 organisations to offer farmers services. We've proven the model with 300 farmers today and will be serving 2,000 farmers in 12 months. We've won various awards for our initial work and have been featured in NatGeo, Outlook Business, FastCo, and Forbes. We are supported by DRK Foundation, Mulago Foundation, Cartier Philanthropy and Acumen. Our vision is to serve a million farmers in 10 years.
Job Description
Looking for a strategic, hands-on HR generalist to build Kheyti's people function and partner directly with leadership at a critical growth stage.
About Kheyti
Kheyti is an agri-tech that helps farmers double incomes and be climate resilient and sustainable. We democratize access to high-tech agriculture solutions by making them farmer-centric, low-cost and by bundling end-to -end services. Our vision is to see every farmer climate-smart.
The Opportunity
This is not a transactional HR role. You will be a trusted strategic partner to the Leadership Team — shaping culture, building people systems, and driving the talent agenda that will define how Kheyti scales.
You will operate at the intersection of strategy and execution: one hour in a leadership conversation on org design, the next drafting an offer or fixing an onboarding gap.
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Hyderabad
Level: Manager/ Senior Manager
Key Responsibilities
HR Strategy & Leadership: Partner with the founding team on org design, workforce planning, and culture.
Talent Acquisition: Own end-to-end hiring for mid-to-senior roles — scoping, sourcing, structured assessment, and closure.
Performance & Development: Design performance cycles, career frameworks, and L&D initiatives.
HR Operations & Systems: Build and own onboarding, HRIS, policies, compliance, and people analytics.
Employee Engagement: Drive culture, pulse surveys, and initiatives that make Kheyti a high-retention workplace.
Startup Agility: Roll up your sleeves — build from scratch, navigate ambiguity, and move with speed.
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a sharp, mission-driven HR generalist who can zoom in on execution and zoom out to C-suite conversations — often on the same day. You bring the structured thinking of a top B-school education and the grit of someone who has built people processes from scratch in a startup.
Must-Haves
MBA or equivalent from B-school (MDI,IMT, Narsee Monjee, KJ Somaiya or equivalent).
2–5 years of HR experience in a startup or high-growth environment.
Generalist background — experience beyond just recruitment (performance, engagement, ops).
Strong exposure to talent acquisition, including structured hiring for mid-to-senior roles.
Demonstrated ability to partner with founders/senior leadership on people strategy.
Strong operational agility: builds processes, manages ambiguity, executes with speed.
Data-driven mindset — comfort with HR metrics, dashboards, and people analytics.
Nice-to-Haves
Experience in agri-tech, rural development, or a social enterprise.
Exposure to distributed or field-heavy organizations.
Familiarity with AI-driven HR tools or modern HRIS platforms (e.g., Zoho People).
Prior experience hiring across multiple functions and geographies.
Not a Fit
Those looking for a siloed or purely transactional HR role.
Those uncomfortable building processes without a playbook.
Those who prefer large-corporate structure over startup pace.
Those unwilling to work across both strategy and hands-on execution.
Hiring Process
Round 1 Interview
Round 2 Interview
Final Interview
Submit your application at: jobs.kheyti.com