The Opportunity
Most HR leaders spend a career inside one organisation. This role is built differently.
Ensynapse Technique Pvt. Ltd. is an AI-first technology consulting-led business group, with products and services spanning HR tech, digital transformation, and AI-led business consulting — headquartered in Kerala, India. The Head of People Consulting will lead our people consulting practice: advising client organisations on people strategy, managing a growing team of independent HR consultants, and overseeing a recruitment delivery function that places talent across multiple employer accounts simultaneously.
This is not a corporate HR role. There is no single culture to steward, no single leadership team to manage upward. The mandate is broader and harder: build a consulting practice that delivers measurable people outcomes for clients, at scale, backed by Ensynapse's talent intelligence infrastructure — which no standalone consulting firm can match.
If you have spent ten or more years building organisations from the inside and are ready to build organisations from the outside — at multiple companies simultaneously, with a platform underneath you — this is the role.
What You Will Do
01
Lead the People Consulting Practice
Own the end-to-end delivery of HR consulting mandates across client organisations — spanning workforce planning, culture architecture, HR systems design, HRBP advisory, and organisational restructuring. You are the senior practitioner clients call when the problem is hard.
02
Build and Lead the HR Consultant Team
Recruit, develop, and manage a team of independent People Strategy Consultants and HR Business Analysts. Define engagement models, quality standards, and client protocols. Ensure every consultant on your bench is capable of representing Scout Express at the highest level.
03
Oversee Recruitment Delivery
Manage the Manager — Recruitment and their team of Recruitment Management Executives, who handle talent acquisition mandates for client companies through the Scout Express platform. Drive placement quality, turnaround time, and employer satisfaction metrics.
04
Own Client Relationships
Serve as the senior relationship owner for key consulting accounts. Identify expansion opportunities within existing clients, lead pitches for new mandates, and ensure client retention through consistent, measurable delivery.
05
Integrate Platform Intelligence into Advisory
Leverage Ensynapse's talent intelligence platform to make client recommendations sharper than any standalone HR consultant can. Translate live hiring data, placement signals, and employer intelligence into strategic advice that clients cannot get elsewhere.
06
Contribute to People Inside
Play an active role in People Inside — Ensynapse's HR community and learning initiative — facilitating masterclass sessions, mentoring certificate programme participants, and representing the practice as a thought leader in the global HR arena.
Who You Are
You have spent at least a decade in HR — ideally across more than one organisation and more than one industry. You are comfortable in a boardroom and on a factory floor. You have built things, fixed things, and watched things fail — and you know which of those experiences taught you the most.
You are not looking for a stable HR manager role inside a large company. You are looking for leverage — the ability to apply what you know across multiple organisations simultaneously, with the backing of a platform and a team.
Experience
10+ years in HR, with at least 3 years in a senior HRBP, HR Head, or consulting role
Domain
Deep expertise in at least two of: workforce planning, talent acquisition, culture design, HR operations, organisational development
Leadership
Demonstrated experience managing HR teams or consulting teams — hiring, developing, and holding standards
Commercial Instinct
Ability to manage client relationships, identify opportunities, and connect people strategy to business outcomes
Communication
Exceptional written and verbal communication — you can brief a CEO, write a policy, and coach a junior consultant in the same day
Mindset
Comfortable with ambiguity, energised by variety, and committed to building something rather than maintaining something
Reporting Structure
Director of Strategy — HR
└── AVP, Ensynapse
└── Head of People Consulting ← You
├── People Strategy Consultants (HR Consulting Team)
│ └── HR Business Analysts
└── Manager — Recruitment
└── Recruitment Management Executives
KRA & KPI Matrix
Performance will be reviewed quarterly against the following Key Result Areas. Weightages reflect strategic priorities for the first 12 months in role.
| # |
Key Result Area |
Key Performance Indicators |
Target |
Weight |
| 01 |
Consulting Practice Revenue |
- · Monthly consulting revenue generated
- · Number of active client mandates
- · Revenue per consultant on bench
|
₹5L+/month by Q2
4+ active mandates
₹1.5L/consultant |
25% |
| 02 |
Client Retention & Satisfaction |
- · Client renewal rate
- · Net Promoter Score from client sponsors
- · Expansion revenue from existing accounts
|
>80% renewal rate
NPS ≥ 8/10
20% account expansion |
20% |
| 03 |
Recruitment Delivery Quality |
- · Time-to-fill for client mandates
- · Offer-to-joining ratio
- · 90-day retention of placed candidates
- · Client satisfaction on placements
|
<21 days avg TTF
>75% offer-join
>85% 90-day retention
≥ 4/5 rating |
20% |
| 04 |
Team Building & Capability |
- · Bench strength — consultants onboarded and active
- · Consultant utilisation rate
- · Team attrition rate
- · Internal NPS (team satisfaction)
|
6+ active consultants by Q3
>70% utilisation
<15% attrition
≥ 7/10 internal NPS |
15% |
| 05 |
Platform Intelligence Integration |
- · % of client mandates using Scout Express data in advisory
- · Recruiter adoption of platform tools
- · Client feedback on data-driven insights
|
100% mandates
>90% tool adoption
Cited in >60% reviews |
10% |
| 06 |
People Inside Contribution |
- · People Inside sessions facilitated per year
- · Cohort mentoring hours
- · Community engagement (LinkedIn, events)
|
2+ sessions/year
4+ hrs/cohort
Monthly presence |
10% |
| Total Weightage |
100% |
Performance bonus (20% of CTC) is disbursed semi-annually based on weighted KPI achievement. A score of 80%+ on the weighted matrix qualifies for full variable payout.
Compensation
₹20 – 25 LPA
Total Annual Compensation · Based on experience and profile
Fixed Component (80%)
₹16 – 20 LPA base, commensurate with experience
Performance Bonus (20%)
₹4 – 5 LPA variable, tied to consulting practice revenue and client retention metrics
Location
Kerala-based preferred · Hybrid engagement model
Notice Period
Immediate to 60 days preferred
What We Offer
🧠
A Platform Advantage No Standalone Consultant Has
Ensynapse's talent intelligence infrastructure — live hiring data, placement signals, employer relationships — sits behind every client engagement you lead. Your advice is sharper because your data is better.
📈
A Practice to Build, Not a Role to Fill
You are joining at the stage where the architecture of the consulting practice is still being defined. What you build here will outlast the job title.
🤝
Access to the People Inside Community
You will be at the centre of People Inside — Ensynapse's HR community initiative — positioned as a practitioner-leader in front of senior HR professionals across the global HR arena.
🌍
Multi-Industry Exposure
In a single year, you will advise organisations across industries and growth stages — building a breadth of pattern recognition that a decade inside one company cannot replicate.
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