Talent Partner (Tech) - AI & Engineering

Search Chain Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Search Chain Partners is expanding its embedded talent capability in London, embedding into an international AI business. We seek a Talent Partner who understands technical hiring and wants to work closely with the client team. You will map, headhunt and build relationships with exceptional technical talent across AI, software engineering, data and related disciplines.

The role emphasizes ownership, rapid delivery, and deep market insight to shape a high-growth tech organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical recruitment and mapping of hard-to-reach talent.
• Ability to partner with senior engineering leaders and stakeholders.
• Experience across Software Engineering, AI/ML, Data, Infrastructure, Platform or CTO hiring.

Responsibilities

• Own technical searches from brief through to close.
• Build and engage specialist talent pipelines.
• Map technical talent across UK and international markets.
• Partner closely with engineering and senior leadership teams.
• Get underneath the technical requirement — not just match keywords.
• Bring market insight and competitor intelligence into hiring decisions.
• Operate at pace without compromising on quality.

Skills

Technical search

Agency recruitment

Embedded recruitment

In-house TA

Job description

Search Chain Partners | London | Embedded Talent Project

Search Chain Partners is growing its embedded talent capability following the win of a significant new project with a high-growth Enterprise AI business.

We're looking for an experienced Talent Partner who understands technical hiring and wants to get much closer to the businesses they recruit for.

You'll be part of Search Chain Partners, while embedding directly into the client and operating as a genuine extension of their team.

The opportunity

You'll be supporting an ambitious, international AI business building and deploying technology into complex enterprise environments.

Hiring will span AI, Software Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering, Data and other specialist technical disciplines.

The hiring bar is high, the market is competitive and many of the people you need won't be actively looking. This is about mapping, headhunting and building relationships with exceptional technical talent.

What you'll do

• Own technical searches from brief through to close
• Build and engage specialist talent pipelines
• Map technical talent across UK and international markets
• Partner closely with engineering and senior leadership teams
• Get underneath the technical requirement — not just match keywords
• Bring market insight and competitor intelligence into hiring decisions
• Operate at pace without compromising on quality

What we're looking for

You could come from technical search, agency recruitment, embedded/RPO or in-house TA.

What matters is that you can find and engage hard-to-reach technical talent and confidently partner with demanding senior stakeholders.

Experience across Software Engineering, AI/ML, Data, Infrastructure, Platform or Solutions Engineering, FDE and CTO hiring would be particularly relevant.

You'll be curious, technically interested and comfortable with ambiguity someone who takes ownership, works things out and enjoys operating in a fast-moving environment.

Why Search Chain Partners?

We partner with high-growth businesses across AI, FinTech, WealthTech and emerging technology, helping them build the teams behind their next stage of growth.

Our embedded model gives you the ownership and closeness of internal TA, with the variety, network and opportunity of specialist search.

If you're a technical recruiter who wants to get beyond filling roles and become genuinely involved in how an AI business builds its technical organisation, we'd love to hear from you