Senior Human Resources Manager

Earning a living should never cost a life.

Thats why Duratuf exists — and the one thing that limits how fast we grow is how fast we hire the right people. Thats your seat.

About Duratuf

Were an industrial safety company in Kolkata, with our own office and warehouse in the UAE. Our equipment keeps workers safe at 4,142+ customers across 65+ countries — when it works, someone gets to go home to their family. Were on our way to 10,000 protected workplaces by 2035.

The Role

Youll build and run our whole People & Culture function — starting from almost nothing — and turn People into one of the companys real strengths. This is a hands-on leadership job: senior enough to design the system, close enough to still hire a key person yourself. Youll report to the CEO and own the result, not a task list.

What youll own, end to end:

• Hiring — build the pipeline, the process, and our name as an employer, so the founders dont have to find people themselves.
• HR Operations & Compliance — keep our HR system clean and current, handle payroll inputs and legal compliance (PF, ESI, POSH), and give every new hire a smooth start.
• Performance — set clear goals, run the review cycle, and work with the founders to help every person do their best.
• Culture & Engagement — bring our values to life, keep a pulse on how people feel, and keep attrition low.
• Learning & AI — set up onboarding, run regular training, and get the team using AI in daily work.
• People & Team — plan ahead for hiring, advise the CEO, and build and lead a small People team of 3–5 that grows with the company.

What Success Looks Like

• 20+ roles closed this year, all top-quality hires
• HR system clean and current, every offer letter out within 48 hours
• Every employee working to clear quarterly goals, with the first full review cycle done on time
• First engagement survey run with 80%+ taking part, and attrition held at 15% or below
• Proper onboarding for every hire, AI used across the company, and a quarterly training calendar delivered

Must Have

• Youve led and scaled8–12 years in HR, with at least 2-3 years leading a team and helped grow a companys headcount.
• A hiring track record you can prove — specific people youve hired, with titles and dates, including a senior role you closed yourself.
• Youve built, not maintained — set up an HR function from scratch.
• All-round HR judgment — operations, compliance, performance, and culture, not just one part.
• You know your numbers — time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and attrition, off the top of your head.
• Youre in Kolkata, or can move here within 30 days.

Good to Have

• Structured hiring methods — scorecards and proper reference checks
• Experience running a company on a system like Scaling Up, EOS, or OKRs
• Business sense — you read the commercial side, not just the people side
• AI in your work today — you can show a real way you use it, not just talk about it

Why Join Duratuf

• Work that matters — a mission you can point to without a slide
• Global exposure without leaving Kolkata — 65+ markets, our own UAE entity
• AI-first, genuinely — a paid Claude account from Day 1, AI on every req
• Discipline, not chaos — we run on Scaling Up: quarterly priorities, weekly rhythms
• You build it — the engine you create becomes the backbone of a much bigger team

• We hire on values, not just skill — Disciplined Execution · Us Before I · Result Oriented · Inclusive Collaboration · Always Innovating · Numbers that Matter.
• How We Hire
• Simple, fair, and fast — a first call, a detailed interview with the CEO, a values conversation, and reference checks. Every candidate hears back at every stage.

Apply — lets talk.