HR Business Partner

Beacon https://beaconsoftware.com is building the essential technology infrastructure for the everyday economy: the businesses, organizations, and services that make real life work, and that mainstream tech has largely left behind. We acquire, operate, and grow vertical market software companies — niche, founder-built businesses serving industries that are often overlooked and too profitable to ignore. Our model is simple: we seek out founders who have built their business by spending years understanding their market and prioritizing their customers' specific needs. We buy great businesses, invest in their continued growth, and hold them permanently — accelerating that growth with an AI-native platform built specifically for vertical market software. No mandate to cut, flip, or roll up into something unrecognizable. We are not a financial firm. We are technology entrepreneurs and operators who believe the most important businesses in the world are already running quietly in industries most people never think about. Our job is to find them, support the people who built them, and make them better. Beacon is backed by a diverse base of investors, with $550M+ raised to date, including General Catalyst, Lightspeed, D1 Capital, CPMG, the family offices of the founders of Stripe, DoorDash, and Ramp, and evergreen funds built for the long game. ABOUT THE ROLE This is an exciting and entrepreneurial opportunity to join a fast-paced technology company with a very significant growth trajectory. Beacon Software is looking for an experienced HR Business Partner, with a background working for a high growth technology company. This individual will manage and oversee the HR function, at Beacon and across our acquired companies. This role is suited for an entrepreneurial individual with a strong HR and people’s operations background. The role involves building and subsequently optimizing processes, working across companies, and building/improving the company’s existing HR processes. The individual will report to Beacon's VP Business Operations and will work closely with the company's COO & CPO as well as the Group CPO’s across the different industry pods where Beacon owns companies. To succeed in this role, this individual should be an enthusiastic and energetic self-starter with strong attention to detail. The ability to multitask and manage multiple projects at the same time will be an important asset. We are seeking a collaborative professional who likes to put forward suggestions and ideas on how to improve the status quo and create best-practices. Teamwork and positivity are key foundations of this growing finance group’s culture and ethos. As Beacon continues to grow, there is significant opportunity for growth, both individually and for the HR department. RESPONSIBILITIES - Partner closely with the executive team to align Beacon’s people strategy aligned with business priorities and execution - both at the parent level of Beacon, in addition to the businesses Beacon partners with. - Build and drive annual or multi-year people, org, and talent strategies tied to business goals. - Advise leaders on talent planning, retention, leadership capability, and change management. - Coach managers and leaders on performance management, feedback, development planning, employee engagement, and leading through change. - Own or support employee relations matters, including performance issues, conflict resolution, and sensitive employee concerns. - Run or improve core people programs such as onboarding, performance cycles, review processes, manager calibrations, compensation planning, engagement surveys, and career frameworks. - Oversee and improve end-to-end People Operations across the workforce lifecycle, from candidate and hiring operations through onboarding and offboarding. - Own workforce data integrity and operational controls, including documentation, auditability, and readiness for compliance or SOX-relevant requirements. - Oversee People syst