# Director, India

**Company:** [Zapier](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zapier)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Executive Leadership
**Salary:** ₹16.6M – ₹20.8M/yr
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** India Operations, Statutory Compliance, Tax Compliance, Financial Compliance, Transfer Pricing, Audit, Indian Labor Law, Posh Compliance, People Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Vendor Management, Board Governance, Global Capability Centers
**Posted:** 2026-09-08

> Leads Zapier’s India entity as statutory Board Director and General Manager, overseeing governance, compliance, operations, people decisions, and risk. Requires 15+ years of experience, including substantial India site or country leadership in a multinational, plus expertise in Indian entity matters and matrixed stakeholder management.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary liaison between Zapier’s India operations and global leadership, aligning local execution with global strategy and escalating key issues.
- Lead overall India operations and provide regular updates to US leadership.
- Serve as the senior-most site leader for India-based employees, establishing governance rhythms and driving a high-performance, values-driven remote team.
- Act as statutory Board Director for Zapier India, attending board meetings, approving minutes and resolutions, and signing statutory filings.
- Ensure statutory, tax, financial, audit, transfer-pricing, and regulatory compliance for the Indian legal entity.
- Partner with Deloitte, internal finance, external auditors, and Indian regulatory authorities on compliance matters.
- Own India people decisions, including hiring, compensation, performance management, employee relations, and terminations.
- Partner with HR on people strategy, local policy implementation, and compliance with Indian labor law, including POSH and state-specific requirements.
- Manage local vendor relationships and identify, monitor, and mitigate operational risks.

## Requirements
- 15–20+ years of experience, including 5+ years in India site leadership, general management, COO, or country-head roles for multinational companies.
- Strong business acumen and stakeholder-management skills in a global, matrixed organization.
- Experience with financial, legal-entity, statutory, audit, tax, and transfer-pricing compliance for Indian entities.
- Experience working with Big Four firms and/or legal counsel on India entity matters.
- Strong people leadership and hiring experience in the Indian context.
- Willingness and ability to perform statutory director responsibilities and sign board and compliance documents.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, decision-making, and execution skills.

## Nice to Have
- Experience setting up or scaling a Global Capability Center in India.

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