Head of Talent & People

outpostnow; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Direct access to CEO

Global mission

Low politics

Culture of builders

Job summary

Outpostnow is hiring a Talent & People lead to build and scale the team and culture at a category-defining company. You will report to the CEO and own how Outpost hires, starting with recruiting and later expanding to onboarding, performance, and compensation.

You’ll shape culture as we grow and hire strategically in a fast-moving environment. You’ll be the driver of a comprehensive people agenda, ensuring we recruit exceptional talent who fit our values and help the company scale globally.

Qualifications

• Ideal background: in-house recruiting at a fast-scaling startup or scaleup.
• Experience across multiple functions: engineering, commercial, operations.
• Seen what good looks like at a company that scaled quickly.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting (Day One): Own the full recruiting process: sourcing, screening, closing.
• Build pipeline for critical roles across engineering, commercial, operations, and legal.
• Partner with hiring managers to define what great looks like for each role.
• Create a candidate experience that reflects who we are.
• Close exceptional candidates in a competitive market.
• People & Culture (Over Time): Build onboarding that gets new hires productive fast.
• Design performance frameworks that reward impact.
• Develop compensation structures that are fair and competitive.
• Create the rituals and practices that define Outpost culture.
• Own employee experience from offer to exit.
• Infrastructure: Build the systems and processes that scale with the team.
• Manage tools, contracts, and people admin.
• Ensure compliance across jurisdictions as we grow.
• Create documentation and playbooks for everything people-related.
• Example Projects: Hire the next 15 people and build the playbook for how we recruit.
• Source and close a Head of Sales in a competitive market.
• Design the onboarding programme that gets new hires contributing in week one.
• Build the performance review process from scratch.
• Create the compensation framework that lets us compete for top talent.
• Define the cultural rituals that keep the team connected as we scale.
• Build the employer brand that attracts people who belong here.

Job description

Outpostnow is hiring a Talent & People lead to build and scale the team and culture at a category-defining company. You will report to the CEO and own how Outpost hires, starting with recruiting and later expanding to onboarding, performance, and compensation.

You’ll shape culture as we grow and hire strategically in a fast-moving environment. You’ll be the driver of a comprehensive people agenda, ensuring we recruit exceptional talent who fit our values and help the company scale globally.