Strategic Talent Associate (Growth & Operations) in London

Vertice was launched in 2022 to transform how companies manage their technology spend. Our agentic workflows, AI insights and expert buyers empower companies to buy smarter and scale faster, with Finance and Procurement leaders in over 30 countries worldwide trusting Vertice to manage their software purchases. In the software category alone, we have managed over $10bn in spend and have a track record of delivering 20% savings and halving procurement cycles. Headquartered in London with offices across the world including New York, Brno, Sydney and Johannesburg, we’re shaping the future of procurement on a global scale.

Founded by serial entrepreneurs Roy Tuvey and Eldar Tuvey, who have a track record of building two category-defining technology companies to exit, Vertice has seen a remarkable 13X revenue growth in two years. This trajectory earned us the #2 spot on the Sunday Times' 2026 Tech 100 list, following our recognition as 2025’s fastest-growing startup in the UK by the FT’s Sifted, and as fourth in Europe. Following our Series C, we have secured $100M+ in funding from leading investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, 83North and Lakestar, and are expanding our reach across our team.

Do you want to make an outsized impact, work with exceptional people, and be part of a highly motivated team? Come and join our mission to build the Intelligent Procurement Platform.

The Mission

At our stage of growth, the people we bring into the business are the single biggest determiner of our success. We believe that the trajectory of our company isn’t fully determined by our product roadmap or our capital, but by the calibre of who we bring into the team.

We are looking for an ambitious Strategic Talent Associate to act as the primary architect of our future team. This isn't a traditional recruitment role; it is a high-stakes commercial and operational challenge. You will work directly with our senior leadership team to solve the most difficult problem in business: identifying, attracting, and convincing the best talent to join us.

You will focus on global roles including EMEA, US and APAC, and you’ll be partnering with hiring managers across a number of different business areas: Customer, Client Delivery, Product and Solutions. We see this role as a “tour of duty:” after starting out in the Talent team, you will be well prepared to either take a traditional recruitment role, or perhaps to work in more generalist operations roles at Vertice.

Why This Role is Different

Most traditional recruiter roles are numbers games. This role is about balancing quantity with quality. You will be treated like a Founder’s Associate, tasked with building the systems, the narrative, and the outbound engines required to win over people who aren't even looking to move jobs. You will have a front-row seat to how a hyper-growth scale-up is built, operating at the intersection of psychology, data, and strategy. If you want to understand how a successful company wins, there is no better vantage point than the one that selects and assesses the people entering it.

What You Will Do

• Partner with Vertice leaders: You will work with Vertice heads of department on workforce planning and assessing great candidates.
• System Architecture: Instead of "searching" for people, you will build automated and repeatable AI-assisted systems to map out entire industries and identify the highest-potential individuals before our competitors do.
• Influence and Negotiation: You will act as the face of the company for elite candidates. You will master the art of the pitch, learning how to align our mission with the personal ambitions of world-class talent, negotiating the right terms of their entrance.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Treat the hiring funnel like a conversion funnel. You will analyze high-signal data to ruthlessly eliminate friction in our interview processes and improve candidate experience.
• Culture Guarding: You are the gatekeeper. You will design assessment frameworks that ensure we never compromise on our values, even during periods of hyper-growth.

Who You Are

• Smart Generalist: You are likely a high-performer from a top-tier consultancy, a former founder, or operator from a VC-backed startup. You care about outcomes, not job titles.
• High IQ + High EQ: You can dive deep into technical or operational requirements one minute, and then navigate a complex, nuanced negotiation about a candidate’s motivations the next.
• Process Obsessed: You hate inefficiency. When you see a manual task, your first instinct is to build a system or find a tool to automate it.
• Relentless Hustle: You are "hungry" and proactive. You don’t wait for applications to hit an inbox; you go out and create opportunities through sheer grit and creativity.
• Clear Communicator: You can write compelling narratives and speak with a level of authority that commands respect from senior stakeholders.

Why Join Us

We don’t care about your background in recruitment, we care about your ability to solve problems. This is an opportunity to own the most critical function of a scaling tech company. You will be given immense autonomy, a direct line to leadership, and the chance to build a legacy through the team you assemble. If you want to move fast, work with the smartest people you’ve ever met, and have a disproportionate impact on our company's value, we want to talk to you.

Final things to note

Vertice is an equal opportunities employer, although you must be legally able to work in the specified region of the job. Any personal data you provide will be processed in accordance with Vertice's privacy policy and applicable data protection law.

We use AI-assisted tools to help us review and assess applications more efficiently. These tools support our Talent team but do not make hiring decisions autonomously. You have the right to contest any AI-assisted decision, and exercise your data subject rights by contacting us; please follow the instructions in our privacy policy. We like to deal directly with our candidates so no agencies please!

If you aren’t sure this job applies to you, feel free to send your CV to careers@vertice.one, and we’ll be happy to take a look and see if you could be a good fit anywhere else in our business!