Hawkwood
Technical Talent Acquisition Partner - AI, Start-Up
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Location: London, Chancery Lane
Working style: On-site
Compensation: £90-100k + stock options
Contract: Full-time
Hawkwood is partnering with a highly ambitious AI start-up to hire a Technical Talent Partner following an impressive Series B Fundraise.
Backed by leading investors including Y Combinator and 20VC, our client has developed a category-defining AI platform and quickly established itself as one of the most high-growth businesses in the European AI ecosystem.
Founded by an exceptionally strong technical leadership team with deep expertise across AI, machine learning and software engineering, the business combines cutting-edge technology with a highly ambitious and execution-focused culture. This combination has translated into rapid commercial success, with the company reaching eight-figure ARR and securing more than $50m in funding across its Series A and Series B rounds.
With plans to more than double headcount over the coming year, the business is now making a significant investment in its talent function. Working closely with the Founding Talent Lead and senior leadership team, you'll take ownership of hiring across AI, Engineering, Product and Data, while helping to build the processes, candidate experience and talent infrastructure required to support the company's next phase of growth.
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What you'll do:
- Own end-to-end recruitment across multiple technical functions and levels of seniority
- Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders to understand their needs, define hiring strategies and deliver against ambitious growth plans
- Lead sourcing activity using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search and other modern sourcing techniques including Jack & Jill
- Build and manage high-quality pipelines of passive technical talent across the UK and Europe
- Manage high-touch interview processes from initial outreach through to offer acceptance
- Build strong relationships with candidates and deliver an exceptional experience throughout the hiring journey
- Use hiring data and market insights to inform decision-making and advise stakeholders
- Identify potential hiring challenges early and proactively develop solutions
- Contribute to the continued development of talent processes, tooling and infrastructure as the business scales
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What you'll bring:
- Experience in talent acquisition, with meaningful experience in search a technical recruiting agency or executive search firm before moving in-house to a high-growth tech company
- Demonstrable success building talent pipelines through proactive sourcing
- Strong stakeholder management and candidate engagement skills
- Experience managing multiple searches simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- A highly organised, detail-oriented approach to recruitment
- Clean, organised approach to ATS management; Ashby experience is highly desirable
- Demonstrated ability to close candidates with competing offers
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