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Specialist / Manager – People Tech & Transformation

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About us Build the future of banking. Zeta is a next-generation banking technology company providing cloud-native, fully stackable processing and core banking platforms for issuers.

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About us

Build the future of banking.

Zeta is a next-generation banking technology company providing cloud-native, fully stackable processing and core banking platforms for issuers. With a focus on scalability, compliance, and innovation, Zeta empowers financial institutions to modernize their technology infrastructure and deliver secure, seamless digital banking experiences.

Our impact runs at real-world scale. Today, over 25 million cards are live on Zeta-powered platforms across 7 countries, supported by a passionate team of 1,700+ Zetanauts across India, the US, EMEA, and Asia. Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund, Mastercard, and other reputed strategic investors, we reached a valuation of $2 billion in 2025.

Our focus is on establishing product lines that focus on key outcomes by addressing real customer pain points, modernizing legacy systems, and strengthening core fundamentals. As a result, our systems and platforms support a wide range of banking and payments capabilities, including:

1. Tachyon, our cloud-native banking stack built for population-scale systems

2. Cipher, our unified authentication platform for secure, high-volume banking environments

3. Digital Credit as a Service, enabling banks to launch credit lines on UPI

4. Elena, our intelligent and conversational AI platform for banking

5. Pixel, India’s first digital-native credit card, launched in partnership with HDFC Bank, for whom we also revamped their PayZapp mobile app: Winner of the Celent Model Bank Award for Payments Innovation 2024

6. Sparrow, the leading card experience for non-prime cardholders in the US

…and more across cards, payments, lending, and core banking.

We are an engineering-first organization that values ownership, bias for action, and long-term thinking. Together, we solve some of the hardest problems in banking tech. Our culture is built around trust, collaboration, and creating the conditions for you to drive impact proportionate to your potential. Reinforcing our commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace, we have been consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work.

If you want to build cutting-edge banking tech that enables banks to serve millions reliably, securely, and at a population scale, Zeta is your playground.

If you would like to learn more about how we have grown and evolved over the years, watch our journey here. You can also explore our website and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram,YouTube, and X.

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on HR Technology professional to support the transformation of our HR tech landscape into a more integrated, scalable, and AI-ready ecosystem over the next 12–24 months.

The role combines ownership of existing HR systems with responsibility for driving future technology transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will bring strong HR process understanding, HRIS implementation and administration experience, problem-solving ability, and a passion for leveraging technology to improve HR effectiveness and employee experience.

This role is suited for a strong individual contributor or first-time manager who can balance day-to-day system ownership with strategic transformation initiatives.

Support the HR technology roadmap and digital transformation initiatives.

Identify opportunities for process simplification, automation, and AI adoption.

Evaluate and implement new HR technology solutions aligned to business needs.

Drive process redesign and technology-enabled improvements across the employee lifecycle.

Gather business requirements and translate them into functional specifications, user stories, solution designs, and system configurations.

Manage implementations, enhancements, upgrades, testing, go-lives, and post-implementation support.

Act as the functional owner and administrator for HR technology platforms.

Manage system configurations, workflows, business rules, user roles, and permissions.

Ensure platform stability, data integrity, seamless user experience, and operational excellence.

Monitor system performance, manage issue resolution, and coordinate with vendors and internal teams.

Translate business requirements into practical and scalable technology solutions.

Identify process gaps and system limitations and recommend enhancements or workarounds.

Drive system optimization, automation, integrations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Troubleshoot complex system and process issues using logical and structured problem-solving.

Manage vendor relationships, enhancement backlogs, SLAs, and support models.

Maintain process documentation, SOPs, governance standards, and compliance requirements.

Ensure timely delivery of projects, upgrades, and enhancements.

Drive user adoption of HR technology platforms.

Conduct training and enablement sessions for HR teams and stakeholders.

Promote best practices and standardized HR processes

Existing HR systems are stable, well-governed, and effectively utilized.

HR users have a reliable and seamless technology experience.

Technology-driven process improvements and automations are consistently delivered.

System gaps are proactively identified and addressed with practical solutions.

The HR technology landscape becomes increasingly integrated, scalable, data-driven, and AI-ready over the next 12–24 months.

The individual is viewed as the trusted HR technology expert and solution partner across HR and business teams.

4–5 years of experience in HR Technology, along with 3+ years of experience implementing HR and enterprise systems.

Strong understanding of the HR domain, with the ability to effectively communicate with business stakeholders and translate business requirements into technology solutions.

Proven experience in integrating HRMS/HCM platforms with other enterprise systems.

Hands-on experience with configuration, testing, troubleshooting, and process automation.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and solution design capabilities.

Ability to bridge business requirements with system capabilities.

Familiarity with integrations, workflows, automation, and AI-enabled HR solutions.

Strong project management, stakeholder management, and execution skills.

Good working knowledge of dashboards and reporting tools such as Tableau.

Graduate/Postgraduate degree in HR, Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields.

Experience with HRMS/HCM platforms such as Darwinbox, SAP SuccessFactors or similar systems.

Experience in digital transformation, platform implementation, or HR technology modernization initiatives.

Exposure to AI, automation, chatbot, or workflow technologies is preferred.

Experience working within high-growth, agile, and rapidly evolving organizations will be an advantage.

Equal Opportunity

Zeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success.