building teams with intent
Partnering with B2B tech and SaaS start-ups to deliver bespoke, end-to-end recruitment for hard-to-fill roles.
Helping Companies Hire Smarter
Recruitment that feels
Identifying talent who will thrive in your environment.
Beacon Talent is a founder-led recruitment consultancy offering a highly personalised approach to permanent hiring for early-stage and growing tech start-ups. Drawing on extensive experience across executive search and in-house environments, the focus is simple: close partnerships and hires that last.
welcome to BEACON TALENT
I’m Tamsin, a recruiter with over 10 years of experience hiring for SaaS, AI and technology start-ups and scale-ups.
I began my career in headhunting before moving in-house, partnering directly with founders and leadership teams in fast-moving tech companies. Most notably, I led talent acquisition for a high-growth AI unicorn, giving me first-hand insight into how hiring decisions impact culture and long-term business outcomes.
Beacon Talent exists because too much recruitment still operates as a transaction. CVs are pushed, job requirements are missed, and placements don’t always stick.
My approach is different. I work with a carefully chosen number of companies at any one time, selecting partners who enjoy working closely and collaboratively. This focus allows me to work as an extension of your team, representing your brand with care, clarity, and credibility to the best talent in the market. I take the time to understand your business, your team, and what success looks like beyond a job description, creating high trust partnerships that lead to impactful hires.
This is recruitment focused on quality, clarity and long‑term fit.
SERVICES
A focused, end-to-end recruitment and talent advisory service designed for tech start-ups.
Full‑Cycle Hiring Support
From role briefing to offer acceptance.
I manage the entire permanent recruitment process for technical and non‑technical roles: from refining your brief and understanding your culture, to sourcing, interviewing, coordination and offer negotiation.
I specialise in hard‑to‑fill and niche positions where impact and quality matter most.
This isn’t volume‑driven placement, it’s a curated service that aligns with your business goals.
Talent advisory
Senior‑level guidance, when you need it.
Sometimes it’s not just about filling a role, it’s about how you hire. I offer strategic talent advisory to help you:
+ Audit and improve your recruitment process
+ Train hiring managers on best practices
+ Clarify role definition and alignment
+ Build internal hiring confidence and consistency
This flexible support means you get expertise without long‑term contracts, tailored to your growth stage.
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Talent works
Frequently asked questions
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Beacon Talent offers a full-cycle, end-to-end, impact-driven recruitment service. Tailored hiring strategies that reflect each company’s stage of growth, and future plans. This includes understanding your business and culture, refining role requirements, sourcing and shortlisting candidates, coordinating interviews, and negotiating offers. Each stage is designed to be collaborative and consultative, ensuring alignment between the company and the candidates.
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Permanent recruitment for early-stage and scaling tech companies and start-ups, including SaaS, AI, and tech businesses. Roles range from senior individual contributors to executive and leadership hires, across both technical and non-technical teams.
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Beacon Talent operates on a success-based model. Fees are only paid upon successful placement, with a strong emphasis on making the right hire.
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Beacon Talent operates on a global basis, with a particular focus on the UK, EMEA, and North America.
High-Trust Hiring for Scaling Tech Teams
Founder-Led
At Beacon Talent, the person you brief is the person doing the work. Every search is led end-to-end by me, from sourcing and vetting to representing your brand in the market. This removes noise, misalignment, and handovers, ensuring founders and hiring teams work with a single, deeply invested partner.
Quality Over Quantity
CV overload is not a value add. Beacon Talent delivers highly calibrated shortlists, built around individuals who genuinely fit the role, the company, and the stage of growth. Each candidate is presented with clear, critical insight (strengths, risks, and context), saving hours of screening while improving long-term hiring outcomes.
Selective partnerships
Beacon Talent works with a deliberately small number of startup partners to enable close, high-trust collaboration. Open communication runs throughout the process, ensuring better decisions, stronger alignment, and hires that last.
In-House Talent DNA
Beacon Talent operates with an in-house mindset, not a vendor mentality. With years of experience sitting inside tech companies, the approach mirrors how strong Talent Leads think: people-first, commercially aware, and deeply conscious of how a single hire impacts a company’s trajectory.
TRUSTED BY
‘‘Tamsin is super smart, customer-centric, and always delivers. She has a rare ability to understand context instantly and build effortless relationships. Everyone who interacts with her respects her ability; she is an absolute superstar.’’
- Mark Hornsey, COO at Tractable
‘‘Tamsin has extreme ownership and bias to action, coupled with empathy and genuine care about doing the right thing and generating impact for the business.
I would work with her over and over again.’’
- Giovanni Lotti, VP of People at Techwolf
Ready for
better hiring?
Start here.
If you’re an early-stage start-up or scaling tech company looking for a recruitment partner who operates with care, clarity and commercial understanding, I’d love to hear from you.
Whether you’re hiring your first foundational roles or strengthening an existing team, Beacon Talent offers a considered, hands-on approach to permanent recruitment.