Talent Acquisition Specialist

WYN; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

WYN, a fast-growing AI-native services startup in London, seeks a full-time Talent Acquisition lead to build the function from scratch. You’ll own end-to-end recruitment, partner with leaders, and shape hiring plans. You’ll use AI tools to speed sourcing and tailor candidate experiences, helping drive rapid growth.

You’ll build strong pipelines, define what great looks like for every role, and own the sourcing strategy across GTM and other functions, becoming the engine behind WYN’s expansion.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in recruitment (agency or internal)
• Proven full-cycle recruitment experience in fast-paced startups
• Experience recruiting for GTM roles (SDRs, AE, CS) preferred
• Strong sourcing instincts and candidate engagement skills
• Comfort using AI tools to speed sourcing and outreach
• Excellent stakeholder management and data-driven with metrics

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruitment across the business from sourcing to offer
• Partner with hiring managers to shape role profiles and hiring plans
• Proactively source and engage top talent via LinkedIn, job boards, and direct outreach
• Build and nurture talent pipelines across critical functions
• Improve candidate experience and streamline the interview-to-offer process
• Track hiring metrics and report funnel performance
• Coordinate onboarding handover for new hires
• Build relationships with external recruitment agencies when beneficial

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

AI in recruitment

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

A fast growing AI Native Services London startup, helping enterprises save an average of 30% on their software and AI spend. Founded in 2024 by former enterprise sales leaders Adrien Bourg and Sergei Tugarinov, we've scaled to a team of 24+ remaining bootstrapped, with $3B in software spend under management for customers. Our current growth is exceeding 500% Y/Y.

The Role

This is a genuinely rare opportunity: you'll be WYN's first-ever full-time internal Talent Acquisition hire. No inherited process, no legacy systems to untangle, just a blank page and the chance to build the TA function from the ground up.

As WYN scales, the people we hire are what will make or break our growth and you'll be right at the heart of that story. You'll own full-cycle recruitment across the business, from sourcing and outreach through to offer, and you'll partner closely with hiring managers and leadership to define what great looks like for every role. Everything from the tools you choose to the candidate experience you create will carry your fingerprints. If you've ever wanted to build something real and watch it become the engine behind a company's growth, this is it.

What You'll Do

• Help build WYN's Talent Acquisition function from the ground up
• Own full-cycle recruitment for roles across WYN, from sourcing through to offer
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand their needs, shape role profiles and build hiring plans
• Proactively source and engage top talent through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards and direct outbound
• Build and nurture strong talent pipelines across critical functions, reducing time-to-hire
• Champion a brilliant candidate experience, from first outreach through to a smooth, well-run offer process
• Use AI tools to speed up sourcing, screening and candidate communication, and to personalise outreach at scale
• Own and continually improve our recruitment process, from screening structure to interview design
• Track and report on hiring metrics: time-to-fill, source of hire, funnel conversion to leadership
• Work with the wider team to ensure a seamless handover into onboarding for every new hire
• Build and manage relationships with external recruitment agencies where they add value

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years experience in a recruitment agency or internal talent role (ideally agency)
• Proven experience in full-cycle recruitment, ideally in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment
• Experience recruiting for GTM (go-to-market) hires (SDRs, Account Executives, Customer Success Managers) specifically
• Strong sourcing instincts - comfortable proactively identifying and engaging passive candidates
• Confident using AI tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT) to work faster and smarter across sourcing, screening and outreach
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and partner with hiring managers and leadership
• A data-driven approach to recruitment, using metrics to keep raising the bar on performance
• Highly organised and process-minded, with sharp attention to detail
• A natural relationship-builder who earns trust quickly with candidates and hiring managers alike

Not a Fit If

• You want a purely administrative, transactional recruitment role
• You're not comfortable proactively sourcing and reaching out to passive candidates
• You'd rather have the safety net of a big, structured corporate than the pace and ownership