Head of Technical Recruiting

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential AI technology organization building proactive, intelligent applications at global scale. Our client is focused on creating AI-native products that reduce complexity and enable real-world task completion with high reliability.

We're seeking a Head of Technical Recruiting to own and scale the technical hiring function across engineering and AI disciplines. This is a hands-on leadership role based in the United Kingdom, accountable for building the teams required to achieve ambitious growth targets.

Responsibilities

• Own technical hiring globally across AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, web, mobile, and engineering leadership
• Build the technical recruiting strategy, team structure, hiring priorities, and operating cadence to meet company hiring goals
• Personally lead searches for critical and senior hires, from market mapping and headhunting through assessment, offer negotiation, and closing
• Set standards for candidate quality, ensuring evaluation of actual technical contribution, complexity, and relevance rather than superficial indicators
• Partner directly with engineering and company leadership to define hiring bars, target profiles, interview processes, and final hiring decisions
• Build and coach a high-performing technical recruiting team, reviewing pipelines and raising the quality of sourcing, assessment, and candidate management
• Use recruiting data and market intelligence to identify bottlenecks, challenge ineffective searches, and continuously improve hiring quality, speed, and conversion
• Build scalable recruiting processes and talent networks across the US, Europe, and Asia without sacrificing judgement or execution

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 10+ years of recruiting experience with deep expertise hiring software engineering, AI/ML, or other highly technical talent
• Proven track record building and leading technical recruiting for a high-growth technology company while remaining hands-on with critical searches
• Strong understanding of engineering and AI talent markets, with the ability to assess the substance and relevance of highly technical profiles
• Demonstrated success hiring senior engineers, technical leaders, and other scarce talent through proactive headhunting
• Experience building, managing, and raising the performance of technical recruiting teams
• Ability to work directly with founders and engineering leaders, challenge assumptions, and translate company priorities into executable hiring plans
• Strong judgement on talent, high execution speed, and clear accountability for hiring outcomes

Preferred:

• Experience leading technical recruiting at an AI company, AI-native startup, or high-growth technology company
• Direct experience recruiting AI researchers, ML engineers, applied AI engineers, and senior engineering leaders
• Strong existing networks across global AI and engineering communities
• Experience building technical teams across multiple markets, particularly the US, Europe, and Asia

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our talent team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and ensure alignment with the role requirements. Once we confirm a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all communication is managed through our recruiting team to ensure a smooth and professional process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on experience and market data.

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