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If you want to apply your talent to the biggest problems society faces, Beam is the place for you.\nYou’ll be part of a high-performance culture where you'll make a huge impact, rapidly progress your career, and truly enjoy your work.\nOver 120,000 frontline workers across 400+ customers already use Beam to take notes, provide live interpretation and handle phone calls, so they can focus on the people who need them most. This is just the beginning.\nAbout the role\nWe're looking for a Senior People Partner to help Beam maintain a high bar for performance as we grow.\nYou'll work closely with managers and leaders to set clear expectations, address underperformance early and navigate complex people matters with confidence. You'll take ownership of employee relations across Beam, bringing sound judgement, strong employment law knowledge and a practical approach to resolving difficult situations.\nThis is a hands-on role with real responsibility. 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You've independently managed complex grievances, disciplinaries, investigations, capability and absence cases, with excellent knowledge of UK employment law.\n\nExperience raising performance standards. You know how to help managers address underperformance, make difficult decisions and maintain high expectations.\n\nSound judgement and commercial awareness. You can assess risk, make pragmatic recommendations and balance the needs of employees with those of the business.\n\nCredibility with managers and leaders. You're confident challenging senior stakeholders, giving clear advice and holding your ground when necessary.\n\nExperience in a scaling organisation. You're comfortable with ambiguity, changing priorities and building processes that are proportionate to the size of the business.\n\nA practical, hands-on approach. You're happy moving between complex casework, manager coaching and improving the underlying processes. You take ownership and follow through.\n\nA mindset for continuous improvement. You look for ways to simplify work, use data and technology effectively, and help managers become more self-sufficient.\n\nConfidence using AI. You use AI tools to improve the speed and quality of your work, while applying appropriate judgement and confidentiality safeguards.\n\nExperience supporting employees across multiple countries, particularly the US or Australia, would be an advantage.\nAbout Beam\nWe’ve picked up an armful of awards for our work, including one from our former Queen. We've also been named by WIRED as one of London's 10 hottest startups and by LinkedIn as a Top 15 UK Startup. 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