Senior/ Lead Executive Search Recruiter (Robotics, Operations & Manufacturing)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

30+ days off (incl. 23 days annual)

Private healthcare

8% pension contribution

Job summary

Humanoid is building the world’s most capable humanoid platform and is expanding its leadership team to accelerate growth in robotics and manufacturing. We seek a Senior/Lead Executive Recruiter to own end-to-end leadership hiring, partner with senior leaders, and drive strategic, data-driven talent decisions.

You will lead complex searches, map talent landscapes, and close senior roles while collaborating with founding leadership and HR to shape hiring strategies from day one.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior/Lead Recruiter or Executive Search Consultant.
• Strong background in executive search (headhunting) with experience closing senior and leadership roles.
• Track record of closing complex, business-critical roles in competitive talent markets.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing and robotics ecosystems, including engineering and operations leadership roles.
• Strong ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders.
• Expertise in direct sourcing, market mapping, and engaging passive candidates.
• Experience using modern recruitment tools, including ATS platforms and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end executive and senior-level hiring across robotics, manufacturing, and operations functions
• Own and deliver on highly complex and hard-to-fill roles, requiring deep market mapping and proactive headhunting
• Partner closely with hiring managers and leadership teams to define role requirements, success profiles, and hiring strategies
• Design and execute innovative sourcing strategies, leveraging executive search methodologies (retained-style, research-driven approaches)
• Utilize advanced sourcing techniques and modern AI tools
• Leverage deep industry networks and competitor mapping to identify top talent
• Act as a lead closer, managing offer strategy, stakeholder alignment, and candidate negotiations
• Build and maintain a strong network of senior talent across robotics and manufacturing sectors
• Provide market intelligence, including talent insights, compensation benchmarks, and competitor landscape
• Champion a fast-paced, high-quality hiring process, ensuring speed without compromising candidate experience
• Utilize ATS systems and LinkedIn Recruiter to drive efficient and data-driven hiring
• Continuously stay on top of emerging technologies, hiring trends, and talent acquisition innovations

Skills

Executive search

Head hunting

Stakeholder management

Market mapping

Direct sourcing

Networking

Hiring strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

ATS platforms

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 - our rapidly developed humanoid platform being deployed in real industrial environments - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.

About The Role

We are looking for our first Senior/Lead Executive Recruiter. This role is critical in identifying and closing high-impact leadership and niche technical hires in a fast-scaling, high-performance organisation.

You will operate as a trusted partner to hiring managers and leadership, driving complex, high-stakes searches end-to-end, often targeting passive talent in highly competitive markets. Executive search in robotics and manufacturing requires a research-led, network-driven approach due to the limited and highly specialized talent pool.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end executive and senior-level hiring across robotics, manufacturing, and operations functions
• Own and deliver on highly complex and hard-to-fill roles, requiring deep market mapping and proactive headhunting
• Partner closely with hiring managers and leadership teams to define role requirements, success profiles, and hiring strategies Design and execute innovative sourcing strategies, leveraging:
• Executive search methodologies (retained-style, research-driven approaches)
• Advanced sourcing techniques and modern AI tools
• Deep industry networks and competitor mapping
• Act as a lead closer, managing offer strategy, stakeholder alignment, and candidate negotiations Build and maintain a strong network of senior talent across robotics and manufacturing sectors
• Provide market intelligence, including talent insights, compensation benchmarks, and competitor landscape
• Champion a fast-paced, high-quality hiring process, ensuring speed without compromising candidate experience
• Utilize tools such as ATS systems and LinkedIn Recruiter to drive efficient and data-driven hiring
• Continuously stay on top of emerging technologies, hiring trends, and talent acquisition innovations

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a Senior / Lead Recruiter or Executive Search Consultant
• Strong background in executive search (headhunting), with experience closing senior and leadership roles
• Track record of closing complex, business-critical roles in competitive talent markets
• Deep understanding of manufacturing and robotics ecosystems, including engineering and operations leadership roles
• Strong ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders
• Expertise in direct sourcing, market mapping, and engaging passive candidates
• Experience using modern recruitment tools, including ATS platforms and LinkedIn Recruiter
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

What We Offer

• Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale.
• 30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas–New Year shutdown).
• Private healthcare, including virtual and in‑person care.
• Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings.
• Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office.
• Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world‑class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics.
• Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.