Talent Lead

Dex; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above market salary

Significant equity

Private healthcare & dental

Fertility benefits

Gym membership & wellness benefits

Claude tokens

Regular socials, offsites & annualTrip

MacBook Pro + team kit

Tools & support

Job summary

Dex is looking for an internal recruiter to own the end-to-end hiring process, from brief to signed offer, sourcing hard-to-find engineers and other talent. You’ll scope roles, search proactively, and set up a scalable hiring engine that supports rapid growth.

You’ll partner with hiring managers, shape candidate experience, and close senior roles with conviction in the Dex story as the team expands across the UK and US.

Qualifications

• You are highly organized, can tell strong hiring stories, and engage a wide range of people.

Responsibilities

• Own every open role from brief to signed offer.
• Source proactively; find candidates before they apply.
• Scope upcoming roles and challenge unnecessary splits or duplication.
• Deliver a candidate experience worthy of a top brand; be fast, honest, human.
• Close senior hires with conviction in the Dex story, not just the package.
• Build the hiring engine: processes, pipeline discipline, employer branding to scale hiring.

Skills

Sourcing

Candidate screening

Stakeholder management

Hiring process

Storytelling

ATS/tools

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

Our Mission
Human time and effort is the rarest thing in the universe. The fact that so many people hate what they do for work is a disaster on so many levels. How many people live quiet lives of misery? How many generational talents do we miss due to circumstance?

Dex’s mission is to close the gap between Talent & Opportunity, we believe that work, and being productive, is part of the human condition, that regardless of AI, human passion, ingenuity and a desire to do things means that work will always exist.

We are building Dex to create a future where technology helps every individual to understand their strengths, interests and unique abilities, and to connect with opportunities where they can thrive, because more people doing things they love leads to a better, happier and more productive world.
We are starting by connecting the world's most ambitious software engineers with the companies that deserve them.

About Dex

Dex is backed by Notion Capital, a16z and Concept Ventures, with angels from OpenAI, Wise, ElevenLabs, Meta's board, and many more. We're an ambitious, direct and kind group of people, we value authenticity, ambition and people who make things happen.

We're a team of 18 (and growing) based in London. We work together 3 times a week because we value in person time, but we're person centric and flexible. We hire adults who can manage their own schedules.

About the Role

As a company that helps exceptional engineers and companies connect, we know just how important hiring, and attracting the right talent is.
We are looking for our first internal recruiter here at Dex - the person to help us build the machine that helps others to hire their hardest to fill roles.
We are building a world class team of highly motivated, passionate people, and this role’s objective is to ensure that we do that in an excellent way.
From supporting our hiring managers to scope, research and define roles to sourcing, screening and closing in demand talent, you’ll own the full end to end hiring process.
You’ll be part of a team that deeply understands and respects hiring, we have 70+ years of hiring experience in the team. You’ll also be a tester for our product as we always use Dex on our internal tech hiring.
You’ll be a custodian of the bar and the culture that we are building here at Dex, helping us to find the talent that moves the needle for the business.

In this role you will:

• Own every open role at Dex from brief to signed offer

• Source directly. The people we want aren't applying to things, you'll find them before they're looking

• Scope upcoming roles before they exist, and push back when a role is really two roles or shouldn't be hired at all

• Run a candidate experience worthy of a company that sells great candidate experience. Fast, honest, human

• Close senior people with competing offers, on conviction and the Dex story, not just the package

• Build the hiring engine as you go: process, pipeline discipline, employer brand, so hire 50 is easier than hire 20

About you

You are highly organised, compelling and driven.
Your pipelines move fast, you stay on top of your admin. You tell great stories, you know how to engage with a wide variety of different people.
You know how to source, and know the difference between effective recruitment tools and hype. You’re credible with hiring managers and understand the difference between being an order taker and a true partner to your stakeholders.
We are looking for someone that is incredibly motivated to build an exceptional team solving a problem that truly matters

Note: We know that talent can't be summed up in a few bullet points. Even if you don't match everything we've mentioned, we don't want that to be a barrier. If you're excited about what we're building, we want to hear from you.

Why this is a great opportunity

Dex represents an opportunity to join a well funded, cash generative business that works with some of the most interesting people and companies in the world.
We’re growing fast and are set to more than double in headcount between the UK and US over the next 12 months, with the opportunity to build out the discipline, to work on a wide variety of interesting and new roles. This is also a team that deeply understands hiring, how difficult and how important it is. Whilst it’s a stand alone role you’ll have experienced hiring leaders around you day to day.

What we offer

• Above market salary - we're building a world class team and believe pay should match that ambition

• Significant equity - we want this to be the last job you 'have' to take

• Full private healthcare & dental - because life happens and we want to support you

• Fertility benefits & enhanced parental support

• Gym membership & wellness benefits

• Claude tokens - lots and lots of Claude tokens

• Regular socials, offsites and an annual trip

• MacBook Pro + team kit

• "Whatever you need" approach to tools and support

The process

Our hiring process is designed to be transparent and respectful of your time. Here's what you can expect:

Application

• Call with Dex: we love seeing candidates try the product first

• Call with Ant - Ex- Head of Talent at GoCardless, Tractable and Wiz

• Practical task: scope and plan a real Dex search

• In person task review + meet the team

• Final Interview with Paddy, CEO and Founder of Dex