Senior People Partner: Strategic HR Leader for Growth

Beam; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Beam is seeking a Senior People Partner to maintain a high performance bar as we scale. You will lead complex employee relations, advise managers on tough decisions, and collaborate with external advisers where specialist input is needed.

You’ll shape performance practices, probation, and capability processes while building manager capability across the organisation. You will work hands-on, challenge managers when necessary, and align people decisions with commercial priorities and risk

Qualifications

• UK employment law knowledge
• Experience raising performance standards
• Sound judgement and commercial awareness
• Credibility with managers and leaders
• Experience in a scaling organisation
• Practical, hands-on approach
• Mindset for continuous improvement
• Confidence using AI tools

Responsibilities

• Own complex employee relations cases and investigations from start to resolution
• Advise managers on difficult decisions, ensuring fairness and proportionality
• Collaborate with external legal advisers when specialist input is required
• Escalate high-risk matters with the Associate Director of People
• Identify recurring issues and improve performance and ER processes
• Support managers with probation, feedback and formal capability processes
• Develop practical guidance, tools and resources for managers
• Work with the People team to simplify processes and scale efforts

Skills

Employee relations

Performance management

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Scaling organisations

Hands-on approach

Continuous improvement

AI fluency

Job description

Beam is seeking a Senior People Partner to maintain a high performance bar as we scale. You will lead complex employee relations, advise managers on tough decisions, and collaborate with external advisers where specialist input is needed.

You’ll shape performance practices, probation, and capability processes while building manager capability across the organisation. You will work hands-on, challenge managers when necessary, and align people decisions with commercial priorities and risk