THE COMPANY

MPOWERs borderless loans & scholarships enable students from around the world to realize their full academic & career potential by attending top universities in the U.S & Canada. 

As a mission-oriented fintech/edtech company, we move extremely quickly & leverage the latest technologies, global best practices, & heavy analytics to tackle one of the biggest challenges in financial inclusion. Were backed by over $150 million in equity capital from top global investors, which enables fast growth & provides our company with financial stability & a clear path to an IPO over the coming years.

Our global team is composed of former management consultants, financial service & technology professionals, & other experts in their respective fields. We work hard, have fun, & believe strongly in our cause. For us, MPOWERs mission is personal.

As a member of our team, youll be challenged to think quickly, act autonomously, & constantly grow creatively in an environment where fast change & exponential growth are the norm. Ideation & implementation happen very quickly. We value feedback & emphasize personal & professional development by providing the resources you need to further your skills & grow with the company. MPOWER is committed to cultivating your strengths & curiosity & helping you make an immediate impact.

MPOWER has been named one of the best fintechs to work for by American Banker for the past 6 years in a row.. We are honored to be nominated by multiple agencies & publications for our leadership in Tech, diversity & social impact. We pride ourselves on being a growth company for grown-ups, where there are no pool tables but rather great health, education, & maternity/paternity benefits instead. Our team diversity has been recognized as well; were one of the most diverse workforces in the world in terms of nationality, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, & educational background.

THIS IS A FULL-TIME POSITION BASED IN BANGALORE, INDIA.

THE ROLE

As the Talent Operations Manager, youll be the engine behind MPOWERs talent engine owning end-to-end recruiting delivery, workforce planning, recruiting infrastructure, & people analytics. Youll partner closely with our Leadership, Finance, & People teams to build scalable, data-driven systems that enable hypergrowth & operational excellence.

This is a hybrid leadership role, combining hands-on recruiting with strategic operations & system ownership.

• Leading end-to-end recruiting across multiple functions while owning the annual hiring plan, recruiting budget, & partnership with Finance for forecasting & reconciliation. 
• Managing pipelines, prioritizing business-critical hires, & ensuring an exceptional candidate & stakeholder experience in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
  
  
• Building & optimizing the recruiting infrastructure through Greenhouse automation, process standardization, & governance frameworks. 
• Owning full Greenhouse administration maintaining system hygiene, role-based access, & approval chains; managing templates, integrations, & structured interview design. Enforcing compliance with GDPR & local data regulations while driving audit readiness & system excellence.
  
  
• Designing & maintaining recruiting analytics dashboards to monitor time to hire, cost per hire, funnel efficiency, & recruiter performance. Translating data into insights that inform workforce planning, headcount forecasting, & leadership decision-making.
  
  
• Partnering on compensation strategy & workforce planning to ensure equity, market competitiveness, & strategic alignment. 
• Leading talent programs & strategic initiatives such as campus hiring & internship programs with elite institutions like IIMs, IITs. Building pipelines that strengthen MPOWERs employer brand & future-ready workforce while driving continuous improvement across all talent operations.

THE QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree or higher in HR, Business, or Analytics preferred.
• 1012 years of progressive experience in Talent Operations, Recruiting/HR with minimum 5 years of experience managing a team.
• Deep expertise in Greenhouse (admin-level), HRIS systems such as Charthop, & cross-system integrations.
  
  
• Proven experience leading recruiting programs & systems in a high-growth, fast-scaling environment.
  
  
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights & business decisions.
  
  
• Demonstrated excellence in stakeholder management, process design, & global compliance.
  
  
• Exceptional communication, problem-solving, & project management skills with a passion for continuous improvement.

A passion for financial inclusion & access to higher education is a must, as well as comfort working with a global team across multiple time zones & locations!

In addition, you should be comfortable working in a fast growth environment, meaning a small agile team, fast-evolving roles & responsibilities, variable workload, tight deadlines, a high degree of autonomy, & 80-20 everything.