Talent Director: Scale Elite AI & Hardware Talent

OLIX; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Living-Local bonus

Retirement benefits

Job summary

OLIX is seeking a Talent Director to redefine how we attract, win and hire the people who will build the Decode Accelerator and scale the organization globally. You will lead senior and executive searches, build a sharp recruiter team, and set an AI strategy for recruiting that changes how we decide, not just how fast we work.

This hands-on leadership role requires deep tech appetite, evidence-based influence, and the ability to operate across London, Bristol, Austin, San Francisco and Toronto

Qualifications

• Built and led a talent function through hyper-growth while maintaining quality.
• Attracted and developed top recruiters and built a capable team.
• Led senior/executive searches into highly scarce talent pools.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale the talent function from ~200 to 1,000+ people with org design and operating rhythm.
• Lead senior and executive searches to signal caliber of hires.
• Attract, hire and develop top recruiters and sourcers and maintain hiring bar.
• Own the hiring bar with role family metrics and interview consistency.
• Develop the playbook for scarce talent and passive-candidate closing.
• Define OLIX's AI recruiting strategy and governance.
• Own hiring systems, data and workforce planning with executives.
• Grow OLIX's talent brand to attract Photonics, Silicon and AI experts.

Skills

Hyper-growth leadership

Recruiter leadership

Executive search leadership

AI in recruiting

Deep tech knowledge

Evidence-based influence

Curiosity about product/tech

Talent density understanding

Job description

OLIX is seeking a Talent Director to redefine how we attract, win and hire the people who will build the Decode Accelerator and scale the organization globally. You will lead senior and executive searches, build a sharp recruiter team, and set an AI strategy for recruiting that changes how we decide, not just how fast we work.

This hands-on leadership role requires deep tech appetite, evidence-based influence, and the ability to operate across London, Bristol, Austin, San Francisco and Toronto