Senior Recruiter

Description

The company turns scattered spend data into a clear picture of how large enterprises operate, so their leaders can see suppliers, exposure and duplicate payments.

It is well funded and growing fast, and has already processed over £1 trillion of spend for some of the world's largest companies. Its partners use it to run major transformations much faster.

The team plans to grow substantially over the next year, and the hiring bar will shape the company. This role reports to the Chief of Staff and owns end-to-end searches for the most important hires.

The role is based in London, near London Bridge, with a hybrid setup of 3 to 4 in-person days a week. It is not a coordination role: you will build pipelines from scratch across product, engineering, customer, GTM and operations.

Responsibilities

• Own each search from role definition and sourcing strategy through assessment, closing, references and offer.
• Source actively, finding and approaching strong candidates directly instead of relying on inbound applications or external agencies.
• Work with leadership and hiring managers to define what excellent looks like, then turn that into a focused search.
• Assess candidates' capability, motivation and trajectory with sound judgement, and help the company win the people it wants.
• Keep every process quick, clearly communicated and consistently high quality in every interaction with candidates.
• Improve interview design, scorecards, pipeline reporting and the use of Ashby, and help build the talent network and employer brand.
• Success means high-priority roles have strong pipelines, so the company hires without depending on external recruiters.
• Success means leadership has clear visibility of pipeline health, trade-offs and next steps.
• Success means candidates move through quickly and have an excellent experience.
• Success means recruiting processes grow more rigorous and scalable as the company grows.

Requirements

• You are an experienced recruiter who pairs strong sourcing with sound judgement and high ownership, and you are comfortable working hands-on as an individual contributor.
• Experience at high-growth technology companies is strongly preferred. A background in the company's industry is not required.
• You have 5+ years of top-tier recruiting, including owning challenging searches from kickoff to close in competitive markets.
• You have excellent sourcing skills and know how to engage candidates who are not actively applying.
• You look beyond the CV to judge capability, trajectory, motivation and fit.
• You understand that recruiting means both finding talent and winning it.
• You build credibility with candidates and hiring managers and keep everyone informed throughout a process.
• You keep pipelines organised, follow through persistently and use data to spot where a search is working or breaking down.
• Nice to have: experience recruiting across product, engineering, customer or commercial roles at an early-stage technology company.
• Previous startup experience is not essential. What matters is the pace, initiative and judgement to thrive in one.
• You value ownership of outcomes, including following through when things get hard and owning your mistakes.
• You treat candidates, clients and teammates with exceptional care by default, anticipating needs and communicating clearly.
• You move things forward without waiting to be asked, take calculated risks and adapt as you learn.
• You care about work that stays clear, reliable and useful as the company grows.
• You build processes, tools and documentation that others can reuse and that keep working without you.
• You speak up early with hard truths, give and receive feedback well, ask for help and push back when priorities need to change.
• You are curious about applied AI and look for ways to use it in your work.

Conditions

Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.

The start date is as soon as possible.

The hiring process has four stages: an intro call, a background interview, a technical exercise and a final interview, followed by the offer, references and start.