Global Head of Technical Recruiting for AI & Engineering

Triwill Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ActAI is seeking a Manager of Technical Recruiting to own our global technical sourcing, assess senior and critical hires, and collaborate with engineering leadership to scale the team. You will build a scalable recruiting function across the US, Europe and Asia, set hiring bars, lead strategic searches, and develop a high-performing team focused on quality, speed and impact.

You will partner closely with CTOs and VP of Engineering, shaping recruiting strategy from market mapping to critical

Qualifications

• 10+ years of recruiting experience with deep experience hiring software engineering, AI/ML or other highly technical talent.
• Proven track record building and leading technical recruiting for a high-growth technology company while remaining hands-on with critical searches.
• Strong understanding of engineering and AI talent markets, with the ability to assess the substance and relevance of highly technical profiles.
• Demonstrated success hiring senior engineers, technical leaders and other scarce talent through proactive headhunting.
• Experience building, managing and raising the performance of technical recruiting teams.
• Ability to work directly with founders and engineering leaders, challenge assumptions and translate company priorities into executable hiring plans.
• Strong judgement on talent, high execution speed and clear accountability for hiring outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own technical hiring across ActAI, including AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, web, mobile and engineering leadership.
• Build the technical recruiting strategy, team structure, hiring priorities and operating cadence required to meet company hiring goals.
• Personally lead searches for critical and senior hires, from market mapping and headhunting through assessment, offer negotiation and closing.
• Set the standard for candidate quality, ensuring recruiters evaluate actual technical contribution, complexity and relevance rather than relying on titles, companies or keywords.
• Partner directly with engineering and company leadership to define hiring bars, target profiles, interview processes and final hiring decisions.
• Build and coach a high-performing technical recruiting team, reviewing pipelines and raising the quality of sourcing, assessment and candidate management.
• Use recruiting data and market intelligence to identify bottlenecks, challenge ineffective searches and continuously improve hiring quality, speed and conversion.
• Build scalable recruiting processes and talent networks across the US, Europe and Asia without allowing process to replace judgement or execution.

Job description

ActAI is seeking a Manager of Technical Recruiting to own our global technical sourcing, assess senior and critical hires, and collaborate with engineering leadership to scale the team. You will build a scalable recruiting function across the US, Europe and Asia, set hiring bars, lead strategic searches, and develop a high-performing team focused on quality, speed and impact.

You will partner closely with CTOs and VP of Engineering, shaping recruiting strategy from market mapping to critical