Talent Lead- Technical Recruitment

11 Investments; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full autonomy

Access to leadership teams

Creative work environment

Job summary

11 Investments is seeking a recruitment professional in Greater London who can build meaningful relationships and enhance hiring practices without traditional KPIs. The role emphasizes a focus on quality over volume, allowing for a more thoughtful recruitment process.

Ideal candidates will have 1-3 years of experience in tech recruitment, valuing communication and impact over metrics. Join a team that prioritizes creativity and autonomy, and work closely with founders and leadership across Europe.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in tech recruitment.
• Ability to build high-trust relationships.
• Strong communication skills focused on quality.

Responsibilities

• Craft memorable candidate experiences.
• Partner with clients to shape hiring decisions.
• Contribute to operational improvements through community building.

Skills

High-context communication

Talent relationship building

Strategic thinking

AI-native skills

Job description

TL;DR:

• You’ve done ~1–3 years in tech recruitment and thought… there has to be a better way to do this
• You’re strong with people, but more importantly, you care about how relationships are built
• You don’t want a career built on call targets and inbox churn
• You do want to operate with more thought, creativity, and autonomy
• We’ll give you access, trust, and the space to do your best work

What this actually looks like:

We don’t engage talent through volume.

We build environments people actually want to be part of.

That might look like:

• Curated events with companies like Netflix
• Bringing together senior engineering leaders before there’s even a role on the table
• Creating moments where candidates and hiring managers connect as peers, not transactions

It means:

• Conversations start earlier
• Trust is built faster
• Hiring becomes a byproduct of genuine relationships

You won’t be stuck behind templates or chasing replies.

You’ll be part of how those relationships are created in the first place.

What this role actually is:

This is not a 360 role.

No forced BD. No arbitrary KPIs.

This is about owning talent delivery + relationships at a higher level:

• Running processes that feel considered, not transactional
• Partnering with founders and hiring managers as a thinking partner
• Shaping how companies hire, not just filling roles
• Spending your time where it matters – not buried in admin

We expect you to use AI and tooling to remove anything repetitive or low-value so you can focus on judgement, communication, and impact.

What you’ll be doing:

• Crafting candidate experiences that people remember
  • High-context, thoughtful processes
  • Communication that actually lands
  • Building relationships people come back to (whether they take the job or not)
• Partnering with clients (properly)
  • Working directly with founders and leadership teams
  • Helping shape hiring decisions, not just executing briefs
  • Bringing perspective, not just updates
  • Managing processes end-to-end with clarity and momentum
  • Keeping quality high without creating chaos
  • Building trust on both sides of the table
• Contributing to how we operate
  • Events and community as a core part of pipeline building
  • Improving how we work – if something feels inefficient or outdated, change it

What we’re really looking for:

• You build high-trust, high-context relationships – candidates feel genuinely understood, and hiring managers rely on your judgement
• You care about meaningful communication – thoughtful, specific, intentional, not volume for the sake of it
• You prioritise impact over activity – shaping a few exceptional processes over running many average ones
• You think strategically about people and timing – not just “filling roles”, but understanding motivation, positioning, and when things actually move
• You’re (or want to be) AI-native – automating anything repetitive so you can spend your time on what matters
• You bring creativity and imagination – thinking beyond LinkedIn messages and CVs when it comes to engaging people
• You notice and use detail – creating connection that feels personal, not performative

What we’re not looking for:

• Someone driven by KPIs for the sake of KPIs
• Someone who needs rigid structure to operate
• Someone happy doing high-volume, low-context work

Why Edenity:

• Community builder
• Full autonomy – no micromanagement
• Real exposure – founders, VCs, and leadership teams across Europe
• Interesting work – genuinely complex hiring challenges
• Creative space – events, ideas, new ways of doing things (we’ll back you)
• You won’t feel like a recruiter here
• You’ll feel like someone shaping companies

The world you’ll be operating in:

• Founders building category-defining companies
• Investors from firms like Index Ventures
• Teams with backgrounds from Stripe, Miro, Notion

Final note:

If this feels like the role you wish existed when you started – that’s the point.

If you’re not sure you tick every box, apply anyway.

We care far more about how you think, how you show up, and how you treat people.