Senior Recruiter in London

Requirements

• You’ve got 3-5+ years of experience in high-growth startups, or Agencies placing roles in high-growth startups, or similarly fast‑paced, high‑accountability environments.
• You know what great looks like in terms of talent and hold a high bar -- but you’re also pragmatic, fast-moving, and solutions-oriented.
• 2-3 years in an agency background in your career is a definite plus.
• You’ve got a track record of exceptional performance, whether in work, academics, sports, or anywhere else you’ve applied yourself.
• People trust you to get stuff done & you've built a great network in the startup & scale‑up ecosystem.
• You’re a ruthless prioritiser, highly organised, and focused on outcomes over inputs.
• You’re efficient, leveraging AI throughout all your processes, and autonomous without compromising on quality.
• You always nail the basics on process, comms, and ATS hygiene.
• You’re entrepreneurial and want to be part of building a business.
• You’re not looking for a narrow recruiter role; you want ownership, influence, and to play a key role in shaping a team through our scaling journey.
• You’re outcomes‑focused, with a strong bias to action.
• You don’t get stuck in process or theory, you move things forward, fast and get to the right answer by testing.
• You can hire for both high‑volume and specialised searches for niche roles.
• You’re a great communicator, i.e. clear, concise, and persuasive.
• You can write great outreach, pitch to a passive candidate, have exceptional behavioural and competency‑based interviewing skills, and can hold your own in a strategic conversation with senior leaders.
• You’re proactive and crave accountability.
• You don’t wait for instructions; you figure out what’s needed and make it happen.
• You can execute with little guidance & lots of ambiguity.
• You’re ambitious and competitive; not in a sharp‑elbows way, but because you care deeply about your career and doing the best work of your life.
• You’re hungry to grow fast and know that great things require effort and discipline.
• And you’re just a really good human, i.e. collaborative, kind, low‑ego.
• You want to win, but not at the expense of others.
• You give feedback generously and seek it actively.
• You raise the bar for those around you.

What the job involves

• We're looking for a Senior Talent Lead to take end‑to‑end ownership of roles for one of our hiring managers, owning the whole process from sourcing to close.
• You’ll partner directly with one of our senior stakeholders, depending on which Hiring Manager you're paired with.
• This will be one of our Chief Commercial Officer, VP Customer, Head of Product or our Engineering Leads.
• In the interim, you'll dotted‑line report into both our CFO and your primary Hiring Manager partner, but you will report directly to our Talent Leader once they're hired.
• You’ll work to define and execute a high‑quality hiring engine for your area of excellence.
• You’ll drive everything from sourcing and outreach, to process design, to candidate closing.
• You’ll help us recruit top‑tier talent and position Omnea as one of the best places to build a career.
• You will help us build Europe’s best talent org from the ground up, thinking from first principles and ensuring we continue to work with only the top 1%.
• You'll spend a lot of time mapping, outreaching, and contacting candidates, and doing the first stage screening for your team.
• You’ll create the playbook to hire your Hiring Manager's roles, making talent a core competitive advantage of Omnea.
• You’ll partner directly with senior leaders & hiring managers to shape role specs, align on success profiles, and constantly hit hiring targets.
• You’ll elevate the hiring bar by coaching interviewers, refining scorecards, and obsessing over what “great” looks like.
• You’ll craft strong outreach and messaging campaigns like a salesperson.
• You’ll cut through the noise to engage top‑tier talent with authentic messaging.
• You’ll shape Omnea’s presence in the market by contributing to employer branding, sharing thought leadership, and positioning us as the best place to work for the most ambitious talent.
• You’ll build and nurture a personal network of the top 1% talent; running invite‑only events, networking with investors, and becoming known as the go‑to person for elite hires.