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Senior HR Generalist - London
Senior HR Generalist
Why Join Neo4j?
At Neo4j, we’re shaping the future of data intelligence with the world’s leading graph platform. Currently valued at over £2 billion and growing at an extraordinary pace (recently surpassing $200M ARR and scaling faster than any other database company), our mission is to turn data into actionable knowledge—powering AI, innovative applications, and smarter decision-making for businesses like Boston Scientific, BT Group, Comcast, Novo Nordisk, and more.
As a Sr. HR Generalist, you’ll help build a workplace that empowers diversity, growth, and continuous learning. Over time, you’ll transition into an HR Business Partner (HRBP) role, with opportunities to influence strategy, people initiatives, and cross-functional growth—all while enjoying a unique, positive culture shaped by our values of openness, dynamism, and collective success.
About the Role
The London-based SR Generalist (HR Generalist) is a hands-on, all-rounder position with a clear trajectory toward high-impact HR business partnership. You’ll support Neo4j’s global team—from adherence to UK employment law to fostering employee engagement and development. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with opportunities to strategise alongside leaders and enhance HR capabilities, this could be your move.
- Ideal for: HR professionals who want to balance practical HR tasks with strategic exposure, ultimately stepping into high-level people partnering in a growing organisation.
- Lifetime Skill Growth: Build experience across employment lifecycle, performance, talent strategy, and organisational change.
Key Responsibilities
Employee Experience & Operations
- Act as a go-to HR contact—first point of call for employees and managers with HR queries, ensuring clear, consistent, and legal guidance.
- Manage the complete employee lifecycle:
- Onboarding—supporting smooth pre-board preparation, starter packs, and integration.
- Performance—serving as a process owner for reviews, goal tracking, and feedback cycles.
- Growth—supporting promotions, mobility, and learning & development (L&D) initiatives.
- Offboarding—maintaining company-standard send-off flows and finish-off processes.
- Deliver HR admin and systems efficiency:
- Ensure performance and engagement surveys run successfully.
- Assess, propose, and implement requested policy/process changes.
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People Management & Relationships
- Partner with senior leaders and managers to:
- Work proactively on performance/welfare inquiries (seeking out guidance).
- Contribute to time-sensitive employee relations (ER) cases (e.g., absence, conduct).
- Support low-level conflict resolution and facilitated discussions.
- Begin to develop HR insights and recommendations for stakeholder input, with a pathway to HR programme ownership.
Governance & Strategy
- Maintain compliance and policy accuracy for the UK, ensuring maximo legal alignment with employment law.
- Contribute to HR projects (e.g., *Learning & Development, Workforce Analytics, Process Improvement, DEI).
- Collaborate internally to level up HR processes—recognise inefficiencies and propose scalable solutions.
Career Growth & Organisation Transformation
- Broaden experience in benchmarking vs. peers (e.g., Aicago workplaces) while pushing Neo4j behaviours and strategy ahead.
- Play a role in tackling diversity and inclusion challenges (Neo4j actively supports underrepresented communities).
- Share external HR knowledge while solidifying problem-solving approaches for future high-impact HR Business Partner opportunities.
Requirements
Essential
- 3+ years’ HR generalist experience (administrative, advisory, or hybrid roles).
- A fast-paced track record in tech, software, or modern workplace settings.
- Genuine understanding of UK employment law, including contract terms, employee protections, and ethical action.
- Practical ER exposure (with hands-on support rather than independent oversight).
- Strong organisational skills—ability to deliver consistently while managing multiple urgent requests.
- Exceptional calendar management and documentation (scheduling, note-taking, informal direction).
Nice-to-Have
- EBF, CIPD Level 3+ (or 5) or a relevant graduate HR qualification/course (work towards through Neo4j).
- HRIS skills (cutting your teeth on Workday, HiBob, or BambooHR).
- In-person people розробке management experience (although the discipline of partnering with managers is more critical).
- A BEsport or analytical head to blend people data with HR operations (e.g., identifying partnerships with domain experts).
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Must Have Thinking
- You thrive in ambiguity—dealing with real challenges and balancing response times, process, and privacy.
- Internalise the importance of trust—you’ll own challenges before needing extreme escalation protocols.
- You’re innovative, empathetic, and unafraid to question process to simplify or enhance the experience.
Why Neo4j?
Beyond high financial success and a sound global platform, Neo4j is known for:
- Culture: A Swedish authenticity in soulflim, exercised around trust, intelligence, and inclusive breakthroughs. Surround yourself with powerful problem-solvers and peers who take delight in synthesising complex data.
- Impactful Work: You’ll use HR as a force to align people and change—exponentially maximising your understanding of corporate strategy and AI-direction.
- Levels of Responsibility: Move quickly—HR here isn’t just line tasks; convinced apa process enhancement enters your toolbox to strategise alongside C-suite cohorts.
- D&I Commitment: At every step, underrepresented groups are actively encouraged to apply when matching 90% of core criteria. This transparency is intentional, and we mean it.
How to Stand Out
We’re especially winddriven by how you challenge inequities—appliance high qualifications won’t penalise you here, although we may hint in supportive proof stage. Highlight moments you: ✔ push resources or solutions directly to (close) the gap for specific audiences. ✔ bring new knowledge or techniques to the table. ✔ contribute mitigations to welfare equality sans formal degree.
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Apply now to become part of a company redefining data’s role for fast growth. We’d love to hear your story. (St Damian’s grave applause to being on your business story).
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