Technical Talent Acquisition Lead — UK & Europe

Salience Labs Ltd; Oxford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Salience Labs Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on Talent Acquisition Lead to own end-to-end recruitment in an early-stage setup. You will headhunt and recruit for roles across the UK and Europe, reporting to the Head of Talent.

You will build outbound pipelines, manage multiple functions, and collaborate with hiring managers to define role requirements while moving fast to fill roles. This role demands strong sourcing, outbound networking, and comfort working with demanding

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of recruitment experience, personally sourcing and closing hires.
• Agency experience with a record of working at pace and delivering outbound.
• Early-stage technical start-up experience, moving fast on hard-to-fill roles through headhunting.
• Range across technical, commercial and operational hiring, with the ability to get up to speed quickly.
• Bias to speed, with a clear view of your own time to hire.
• Strong attention to detail across candidate communication, scheduling and offers.
• Strong outbound sourcing, with examples of reaching candidates who were not looking.
• Comfort working with demanding stakeholders and tight deadlines.
• Curiosity and quick learning in unfamiliar technical areas.
• Flexibility across UK and US time zones.
• Comfort using AI tools to work faster.
• A team-first attitude, with no job too small.
• Deep-tech, semiconductor, hardware or photonics experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Run full-cycle recruiting, from intake and sourcing to closing and offer, with limited dedicated support
• Manage hiring across multiple functions at once, prioritising as needed
• Build outbound pipeline for hard-to-find talent using research, networks and market mapping as well as LinkedIn
• Work with hiring managers to define role requirements
• Sell Salience to candidates with better-known options
• Give hiring managers regular pipeline updates and fast turnaround on feedback and decisions
• Align with the US talent team on a shared approach across regions
• Track time to hire, outbound response and conversion, and act on the results
• Contribute to tools and processes as the team grows

Skills

Recruitment experience

Agency experience

Outbound sourcing

Startup experience

Technical hiring

Time-to-hire awareness

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

AI tools usage

Team player

Hardware/photonics

Tools

LinkedIn

Job description

Salience Labs Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a hands-on Talent Acquisition Lead to own end-to-end recruitment in an early-stage setup. You will headhunt and recruit for roles across the UK and Europe, reporting to the Head of Talent.

You will build outbound pipelines, manage multiple functions, and collaborate with hiring managers to define role requirements while moving fast to fill roles. This role demands strong sourcing, outbound networking, and comfort working with demanding