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Founding Head of Talent
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Founding Head of Talent London | In office | £90,000 - £150,000 + Equity
We're partnering with a highly ambitious venture-backed business building something genuinely transformative within advanced industry and manufacturing.
Still early in its journey, the company has secured significant backing, assembled an exceptional leadership team and has a clear vision to build a category-defining business with global ambitions. Now they're looking for their first dedicated talent hire.
This is not a traditional recruitment role.
This is an opportunity to help build a company from the ground up by identifying, engaging and hiring exceptional people across engineering, software, operations, manufacturing, commercial and leadership functions.
You'll work directly with founders and senior leaders, helping shape not only who joins the business, but how the organisation evolves as it scales.
The Opportunity
As the Founding Talent Lead, you'll own talent acquisition end-to-end and play a critical role in shaping the company's future. You'll be responsible for:
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- Identifying exceptional people before everyone else does
- Building relationships with high-calibre engineers, operators and leaders
- Designing and executing hiring strategies across multiple functions
- Partnering with founders and hiring managers on organisational design and hiring priorities
- Creating scalable recruiting processes, systems and candidate experiences
- Helping define the talent bar and culture as the company grows
This is a rare opportunity for someone who sees talent as a strategic advantage rather than an operational function.
What We're Looking For
We're interested in speaking with individuals who have:
- Strong recruiting, sourcing or talent acquisition experience
- Excellent judgement and the ability to assess potential
- A track record of successfully attracting and closing high-calibre talent
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- High levels of ownership, resilience and curiosity
- The ability to thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
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Experience recruiting technical, engineering, manufacturing or operational talent would be highly advantageous, although mindset and capability matter more than sector experience.
Why Join?
- Founding-level impact and responsibility
- Direct access to founders and senior leadership
- Opportunity to build and shape the talent function from first principles
- Exposure to some of the most challenging and business-critical hires
- Competitive compensation package including equity
- The chance to help build a world-class organisation from the earliest stages
If you're excited by the idea of building exceptional teams, influencing company trajectory and joining a business with ambitious plans for international growth, we'd love to hear from you.
To learn more or arrange a confidential conversation, please get in touch directly.
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