Founding Talent Lead: Build Recruiting Engine in London

Sxaler; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sxaler is hiring a Founding Talent Lead in London to build and own recruitment from the ground up, partnering closely with the founding team and senior leaders to shape hiring priorities and strategy. You will design scalable processes, own sourcing, and manage candidate engagement across critical hires, while staying hands-on across the full recruiting lifecycle.

You will help define what great looks like, build a repeatable talent machine, and translate ambitious hiring goals into tangible

Qualifications

• Experience hiring for high-growth tech companies, ideally at early or growth stage.
• Strong track record in technical hiring across AI/ML, infrastructure, engineering, or product roles.
• Strategic thinker with hands-on execution.
• Confident partnering with founders and senior leaders.
• Excellent sourcing, assessment, stakeholder management, and closing skills.
• Builder mindset with ability to create processes without bureaucracy.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the company’s talent function from an early stage.
• Partner directly with founders and hiring managers on role definition, search strategy, and assessment.
• Own hands-on sourcing and candidate engagement for critical hires.
• Design scalable recruiting processes, interview loops, scorecards, and reporting.
• Hire across technical, product, commercial, and operational functions.
• Create an exceptional candidate experience in a highly competitive market.
• Develop a clear talent narrative that helps the company stand out to exceptional people.
• Use data, market insight, and judgement to improve hiring quality and velocity.
• Spend time in the office to understand the culture, pace, and talent bar first-hand.

Skills

Talent acquisition leadership

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

People assessment

Closing candidates

Job description

Sxaler is hiring a Founding Talent Lead in London to build and own recruitment from the ground up, partnering closely with the founding team and senior leaders to shape hiring priorities and strategy. You will design scalable processes, own sourcing, and manage candidate engagement across critical hires, while staying hands-on across the full recruiting lifecycle.

You will help define what great looks like, build a repeatable talent machine, and translate ambitious hiring goals into tangible