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 a larger team. You will own the end-to-end hiring process, employee onboarding, and the development of company policies to ensure a high-quality candidate and employee experience. This role allows you to shape the people function from the ground up while working closely with the founding team.

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.
• Maintain people records and develop the employee handbook.
• Enhance candidate and employee experience to reflect the company culture.
• Collaborate with founders to build and maintain the employer brand.

Required skills

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

Nice to have

• Ashby
• German
• Robotics
• Defence
• International hiring
• Equity administration

Qualifications

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

Benefits

• Equity package
• Career growth opportunities

About the Company

Laelaps AI is a robotics company building intelligent software to power physical security for critical tasks. Based in Zurich, the team is backed by visionary investors and is focused on creating a safer and more resilient world through autonomous systems.