Humanoid
Head of Executive Search
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About Humanoid
We believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. Our mission is to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND-01, our rapidly developed humanoid platform being deployed in real industrial environments. We’re growing the team to take it even further.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Head of Executive Search with a background in executive search to build and lead our top-level hiring function. You’ll personally close C-level, C-1, and C-2 roles across Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Legal, developing our headhunting process and building a strong pipeline of the market’s best candidates. In parallel, you’ll build and lead a small team (2-3 people to start), setting the standard for search quality and candidate assessment.
What You'll Do
- Executive search: Own the full-cycle search and hiring process for C-level, C-1, and C-2 roles across Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Legal - from market mapping and direct sourcing through offer and onboarding.
- Team management: Hire, train, and grow a team of recruiters (2-3 people to start), allocate roles, and ensure pipeline quality.
- Process building: Establish executive search processes, tools, and metrics within the company.
- Partnering with leadership: Work closely with founders and function leaders to fully understand each role’s profile and business context.
- Market expertise: Build and maintain a talent map across robotics, AI, and adjacent industries.
- Employer branding: Represent the company in the top-candidate market and lead high-level negotiations.
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What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of recruiting experience, with a significant portion in executive search / headhunting for C-level and above.
- Proven track record closing C-1 and C-2 level roles in Operations, Engineering, Finance, or Legal.
- Experience in robotics, hardware-tech, or adjacent AI companies - required.
- Experience building and managing a small recruiting team.
- Strong direct sourcing, market mapping, and negotiation skills with top-tier candidates.
- Comfortable operating in high ambiguity and fast growth, without heavy corporate process.
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What We Offer
- Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale.
- 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas–New Year shutdown).
- Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care.
- Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings.
- Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office.
- Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics.
- Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
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