Founding People & Talent Partner

About the role

Laelaps is seeking its first people hire to lead recruitment and HR operations as the company scales from a dozen employees to over 30. You will own the end-to-end hiring process, onboarding, and people policies, allowing the founders to focus on product development. This role is critical for maintaining a high-performance culture while ensuring a seamless experience for candidates and employees.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end hiring process including job setup, interview planning, scheduling, and offer paperwork.
• Source and engage candidates for technical and G&A roles in collaboration with hiring managers.
• Oversee HR functions such as employment contracts, onboarding, offboarding, and policy development.
• Develop and maintain the employee handbook and people records.
• Enhance the candidate and employee experience to reflect the company's values.
• Collaborate with founders to build and promote the employer brand.

Required skills

• Recruiting
• People Operations
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Swiss employment practice

Nice to have

• Ashby
• Robotics
• Defence
• International hiring
• German

Qualifications

• 3+ years in recruiting, people operations or both in a startup or scale-up
• Experience hiring technical profiles

Benefits

• Equity
• Career growth opportunities

About the Company

Laelaps AI is a Zurich-based robotics company building intelligent software for physical security. The team is backed by visionary investors and focuses on creating autonomous systems for critical tasks.