CuspAI
Senior Talent Partner (Partnerships)
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About CuspAI
CuspAI is the frontier AI company on a mission to solve the breakthrough materials needed to power human progress. While nature took billions of years to perfect molecules, we are harnessing AI to unlock trillion-dollar materials breakthroughs in months, not millennia. Our founding team is the most cited in the world, comprised of world-class researchers in AI, chemistry, and engineering.
We are tackling some of the hardest and most important challenges, including energy, clean water, the future of compute, and carbon capture, and this is just the beginning of what our 'search engine' for next-generation materials can unlock.
We invite you to join a diverse, innovative team at the intersection of AI and materials science, working to create impactful partnerships that drive innovation, scalability, and industry collaboration. This work matters. Your work matters.
We’re on the cusp of the on-demand materials era. Join us.
The Role
Due to ongoing growth, we are looking for an experienced and adaptable Senior Talent Partner to join as part of the Talent Team.
Working within our small yet dynamic Talent team, you will own and execute the end-to-end hiring process for various pipelines, primarily focusing on Technical Partnerships & Business Development hires. Creating an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience, you will identify, attract, and engage elite technical and scientific talent.
Your Impact
Your work will directly impact the speed at which we solve challenges in critical areas like next-generation computing, carbon capture, and clean energy.
You’ll be a central figure in growing CuspAI’s world-class team of technical partnerships specialists, researchers, engineers, and applied scientists. Rudimentary and cultural roles alike, the people you bring in will uphold our high standards while driving real-world applications of our core technology, enabling us to unlock world-changing materials breakthroughs.
In partnership with the alumni of the Talent team, you’ll be trusted with autonomy to evolve CuspAI’s Talent function and scale thoughtfully and sustainably. Working with some of the most cited researchers globally, you'll tailor complex technical requirements and communicate the exciting mission of what we’re achieving.
Leveraging your experience and curiosity, you’ll build and execute sourcing strategies to identify and engage truly game-changing individuals—mapping networks, tapping into talent pools, and crafting thoughtful outreach with hiring teams. Join us as an early, vital member of the foundational Talent team during this critical growth phase, directly shaping our company culture and accelerating our mission to discover materials addressing the climate crisis.
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What You Will Do
Full-Cycle Technical Recruitment
- Own end-to-end recruiting for high-priority Technical Partnership and Business Development roles, including Partnership Managers in established geographies and Country Managers in new regions.
- Design and implement strategies to attract and engage world-class, niche talent (e.g., professionals with PhDs in relevant fields) from science-focused companies, AI labs, and academic spin-offs.
- Act as an ambassador for CuspAI, articulating our mission and the impact of our AI-driven materials discovery while supporting candidates from offer through onboarding.
Strategic Partnering
- Collaborate with hiring teams to draft compelling job descriptions, define role requirements and assessments, and design engaging yet efficient interview processes.
- Conduct interviewer calibration sessions to ensure alignment among evaluators during recruitment stages, refining questions and tasks as needed.
- Act as a talent advisor, applying a data-driven approach to market insights on compensation, talent supply, and hiring trends within Deep Tech and AI for Materials Science.
Candidate Experience & Operations
- Deliver a high-touch, seamless candidate experience that reflects CuspAI’s values, ensuring advocacy for every applicant.
- Maintain rigorous data hygiene in our ATS, sharing transparent dashboards to support visible, data-driven hiring decisions.
- Agree and uphold service-level agreements for critical tasks, such as assessing applications, conducting screening calls, scheduling, providing feedback, and updating stakeholders, while partnering with Operations and HR to refine onboarding and talent infrastructure.
Must-Have Skills and Qualifications
Experience & Context
- Have significant hands-on experience hiring technical candidates, especially for elite technical partnerships, business development professionals, and research-based roles in startups, scale-ups, or research-oriented organizations (e.g., AI for materials, computational chemistry, or physics research companies).
Adaptability
- Thrive in ambiguity and fast-paced, evolutional environments—incl. cultivating processes from scratch in fast-cycle or emerging recruitment settings. Adapting priorities swiftly and building internal networks efficiently.
Curiosity
- Seek to understand the 'why’ behind each role, building trust by asking detailed questions and conducting thorough research not just off the job description. Proactively adopt latest recruitment best practices, tools, and candidate experience techniques.
Technical Fluency
- A strong track record of hiring for complex technical profiles in technical, research-driven organizations. Deep understanding of engineering and research discipline nuances, allowing effective technical candidate credibility assessments.
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Hunter Mindset
- Execute proactive outbound sourcing strategies beyond just reviewing inbound applications. Leverage LinkedIn Recruiter and hiring networks for candidate outreach and referral expansion.
Stakeholder Management
- Maintain transparent communication with hiring stakeholders, setting expectations, and offering clear guidance on best practices to both managers and senior leadership.
Mission Alignment
- Genuine enthusiasm for where AI intersects with science—ability to eloquently articulate our mission to candidates passionate about solving climate change and advancing sustainability.
Additional Considerations
The role may be based in Amsterdam, Berlin, Cambridge, or London with a three-days-in-office expectation. Occasional travel may be required for collaboration and project work.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary: We value and reward impact and growth.
- Equity in CuspAI: Ownership stake in our company success.
- Generous time off:
- 28 days holiday (DE, NL, UK); 21 days holiday (JP, SG, US), plus local public holidays.
- ‘Gold Standard’ parental leave: 26 weeks (primary caregiver) and 12 weeks (secondary caregiver) at full pay.
- Professional development budget: Invest in career growth for staying ahead of industry trends and expanding skills.
- Purpose-driven work: See the direct impact of your efforts on discovering materials advancing sustainability and climate solutions.
- Interdisciplinary collaboration: Work closely with deeply collaborative, knowledge-sharing teams comprised of AI researchers, computational scientists, and applied scientists.
Join us and help shape the future of materials with AI. Contribute to groundbreaking solutions for a more sustainable world.
Diversity & Inclusion
CuspAI is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital status, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We encourage applications from every background and value the unique perspectives and contributions that diversity integrates into our culture and operations.
Should you require any adjustments during or after the interview process, please let us know. We’ll do our best within reason to accommodate your needs.
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