Talent Acquisition Manager London

Zego; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

Share options

Private medical insurance

Pension, generous holiday & travel/学习£

Cutting-edge systems & tools

Job summary

Zego is seeking a high-velocity Recruiter to partner with engineering and product leaders, owning end-to-end hiring from sourcing to closing. You will craft inclusive shortlists and maintain a strong candidate experience in a fast-paced startup environment.

You will build proactive talent pipelines, measure success with analytics, and continuously improve our recruitment function in a hybrid London-based setting.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting across Engineering and Product.
• Previous roles in start-up/scale-up environments with fast pace.
• Ability to build talent pipelines outside organic applications.
• Numerate, analytical and metric-focused.

Responsibilities

• Partner with function leaders to evaluate hiring requirements and recommend a quality shortlist.
• Own full cycle of hiring: sourcing, interviewing, selection and closing.
• Deliver a world-class candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Monitor, maintain and report recruitment metrics.

Skills

Engineering recruiting

Product recruiting

Start-up experience

Talent pipelines

Analytical

Metric focused

Proactive sourcing

Interviewing & closing

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Email outreach

Job description

About Zego

At Zego, we're on a mission to do the good thing, not the insurance thing. Insurance hasn't changed much in over a century. The way we live, work and travel has. We're building the real-time, AI-driven infrastructure that powers innovative insurance, so good drivers get cover that works the way they actually drive. We're not just updating insurance; We're leading the AI evolution in insurance

For us, AI isn't a line on a roadmap or a buzzword on a slide. It's our operating reality, and it's how we build products that back drivers instead of the old insurance playbook. We don't do things slowly, and we don't do bureaucracy. We back high-performance builders who want ownership, early responsibility and the chance to do the most career-defining work of their lives. You'll get the space to try things, the tools to move fast, and the room to see your ideas reach millions of drivers.

Do not take our word for it. Read what Zegons say about us on Glassdoor.

If you're ready to build the future of insurance, we're hiring.

About the role

Our mission is simple: help Zego go further, faster, by getting exceptional talent through the door quickly enough to power scalable growth. That is not hiring at all costs. It is hiring quality at pace. We lean hard on AI to move fast: Claude, Granola, Juicebox, LinkedIn, and anything else you can find, build or imagine that gets a great hire in front of the right person sooner. This is the role that helps take Zego to the next level.

What you'll be working on

• You will partner closely with the function leaders to evaluate hiring requirements, lead the search and recommend a quality and inclusive shortlist of candidates.
• You will own the full cycle of the hiring process - job qualification, pro-active sourcing (direct approach via LinkedIn and emails, networking, referrals), interviewing, selection, and closing of key talent
• You will deliver a world-class, end-to-end experience for candidates and hiring managers.
• You will monitor, maintain and proactively report key recruitment metrics

What you'll need to be successful

• You are a well-rounded - you'll have experience recruiting across Engineering and Product
• You work at pace - You will have previous experience recruiting in start-up / scale-up companies within a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• You know what GREAT looks like - You will have a positive and ‘roll up your sleeves’ - attitude to take the recruitment lead and have the space to make suggestions to elevate our recruitment function.
• You know how to measure success - You are numerate, analytical and metric-focused
• You are one step ahead - You will have demonstrable skills in proactively building talent pipelines outside of organic applications

The Zego ways of working

Teams work better with time to collaborate and space to get things done. We call it Zego Hybrid: some of us are in our central London office weekly, others monthly or quarterly. It's about finding the balance between face time and focus that produces great work and a healthy life around it.

We also make a point of getting everyone in the same room. Teams come together every quarter, and once a year the whole company does, properly. It's a serious investment and consistently one of the best parts of the year.

Here is what the last one looked like.

Benefits

Market-competitive salary, benchmarked against your function and reviewed every year

Annual performance bonus, linked to company performance and your contribution

Share options, a real stake in the company and a share in the future you build

Private medical insurance, for you and your family

Pension, generous holiday, and £1,000 a year to spend on getting to the office or learning something new

Cutting-edge systems and tools, so you always have what you need to drive your impact

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? We want to hear from you.

Zego, leading the AI evolution in insurance.

Equal opportunities

We're an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.