HR Lead

Beam is a tech start-up leveraging Generative AI to build AI Agents for business operations. Beam's generative agents help organisations to boost their productivity by automating repetitive tasks in seconds. Powered by LLMs, AI agents are easy to setup, seamlessly integrate with business applications and support teams where they need them most. We are on a mission to transform business practices by empowering organisations with artificial intelligence to increase efficiency, improve competitiveness, and scale operations globally.

To learn more about us, please visit our website at https://www.beam.ai/

As the HR Lead at Beam, you’ll own and drive our People & Culture function, leading recruitment, onboarding, and employee engagement while ensuring compliance, security training, and seamless HR operations. This hands-on role requires both strategic vision and execution—hiring top talent, optimizing processes, and fostering a strong company culture.

In this fast-paced, dynamic environment, no two days are the same. We’re looking for someone who thrives on pressure and challenges, takes initiative, and is eager to build scalable HR practices that fuel our rapid growth. If that sounds like you, let’s talk! 🚀

This role puts you at the helm of People & Culture, driving hiring, engagement, operations, and compliance. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Talent Acquisition & Recruitment: Lead end-to-end recruitment hiring processes, partnering with hiring managers to define role requirements, craft job descriptions, and create structured hiring pipelines. Manage job postings, headhunt top talent, conduct interviews, and implement standardized evaluation processes.
• Candidate Experience & Employer Branding: Ensure a seamless candidate journey with timely, professional communication. Develop employer branding strategies to position Beam as a top-tier workplace and optimize application screening for efficiency.
• Offer Management & Compensation: Oversee salary negotiations, structure competitive compensation packages, and manage equity, benefits, and incentive discussions with senior leadership.
• Onboarding & New Hire Integration: Own the onboarding experience from offer acceptance to first-day readiness. Manage employment contracts, NDAs, laptop provisioning, and company swag distribution. Conduct onboarding sessions, facilitate team introductions, and ensure a smooth transition into the company culture.
• Employee Engagement & Culture: Drive engagement through team-building activities, knowledge-sharing sessions, and culture-building initiatives. Organize events, retreats, and interactive experiences that foster collaboration and team bonding.
• HR Operations & Compliance: Track hiring metrics, refine recruitment strategies, and implement HR best practices to support workforce planning. Maintain structured documentation for audits and compliance.
• Information Security & Compliance: Manage employee security awareness training, ensuring compliance with SOC 2/GDPR policies. Oversee onboarding security training, policy acknowledgments, and tracking of completion milestones.
• Background Verification & Compliance: Lead the verification process, ensuring thorough checks on academic credentials, government IDs, and professional references. Maintain secure and organized records for audit readiness.
• Information Security Audits: Ensure HR compliance for SOC 2 audits by maintaining accurate hiring, onboarding, and security training documentation. Coordinate with IT and legal teams for seamless audit processes.
• HR Systems & Process Optimization: Oversee access control, maintain an up-to-date company org chart, track contractor time management, and improve internal HR workflows to drive efficiency and transparency.