Senior Technical Talent Partner

About Us

At Encord, we're building the AI infrastructure of the future. The biggest challenge AI companies face today is actually not half as glamorous as the outside world may think: it's all about data quality. In fact, the success of any AI application today relies on the quality of a model's training data — and for 95% of teams, this essential step is both the most costly, and the most time-consuming, in getting their product to market.

As ex-computer scientists, physicists, and quants, we felt first-hand how the lack of tools to prepare quality training data was impeding the progress of building AI. AI today is what the early days of computing or the internet were like, where the potential of the technology is clear, but the tools and processes surrounding it are still primitive, preventing the next generation of applications. This is why we started Encord.

We are a talented and ambitious team of 100+, working at the cutting edge of multimodal and visual AI, backed by top investors, including CRV and Y Combinator, leading industry executives like Luc Vincent, former VP of AI at Meta, and other top Bay Area leaders in AI. We are one the fastest growing companies in our space, and consistently rated as the best product in the market by our customers. We have big plans ahead and are looking for a Senior Technical Talent Partner to join us in building our team.

Who we are looking for

We’re looking for an outstanding Senior Technical Talent Acquisition Partner to join Encord’s talent team in London, focusing on scaling our engineering and product organisation as we rapidly expand following our Series B funding last year. Partnering closely with Engineering leadership, you’ll help attract top talent and double the size of our engineering department this year.

You’ll support and lead the recruitment process for engineering roles, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience. You will also maintain a high bar for tech talent, collaborating with hiring managers to fine-tune recruitment strategies, leverage data insights, and strengthen Encord’s employer brand. Your role will be crucial in shaping Encord’s growth by strategically sourcing and securing top talent.

You’ll support and own end to end hiring across our core and Physical AI software engineering teams, as well as, Product Management, and Machine Learning. Working closely with leadership, you’ll help build the teams that will drive our continued success.

What to expect

- Manage Full Recruitment Lifecycle: Oversee the entire recruitment process, from sourcing and screening candidates to conducting interviews and facilitating the hiring process with hiring managers and teams.
- Develop Sourcing Strategies: Develop and own sourcing strategies and deliver results against those strategies for searches across various technical functions, while maintaining an inclusive and high talent bar
- ConductInterviews: Perform initial screenings and coordinate interviews with hiring managers, ensuring a thorough and efficient evaluation process.
- Assess Candidate Fit: Evaluate candidates' skills, experience, through structured interviews and assessment techniques. Develop scoring metrics to streamline decision-making.
- Build Talent Pipelines: Develop and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future job openings. Build relationships for the future with passive candidates and talent.
- Data Driven Decision Making: Leverage data and metrics to continually refine recruitment strategies and drive informed hiring decisions
- Stakeholder Management: Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, especially with senior engineering leaders
- Onboarding Support: Collaborate with the HR team and other departments to ensure a smooth onboarding process for new hires.

About You

- You have 7+ years of experience as a tech recruiter, ideally in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment.
- You have a proven track record of hiring exceptional engineering and product talent, consistently maintaining a high hiring bar.
- You are experimental and are open to new, creative recruiting ideas, or have experience working with hiring managers who are open to non traditional talent strategies
- You’re passionate about delivering an exceptional, inclusive candidate experience from start to finish.
- You can leverage data and metrics to refine recruitment strategies and make informed, strategic hiring decisions.
- You’re laser focused on finding and sourcing top talent, knowing that success involves relentless nurturing, creative outbound campaigns, and optimising job specs to drive better inbound results.
- You’re target-driven, detail-oriented, and have a strong sense of urgency, always finding solutions to any challenge that comes your way.

We encourage people from all backgrounds, cultures and skill levels to apply. It is okay to not meet all requirements listed as we are looking for individuals who are passionate, eager to learn.

What We Offer

- Competitive salary, commission and equity in a hyper growth business.- 25 days annual leave a year + public holidays.
- Strong in-person culture: most of our team is in the office 3+ days a week.- Monthly team events and bi-annual off sites
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Private health insurance- Team lunch twice a week
- Work with fresh Apple gear
- There's room to grow into anything you choose. We've quickly expanded to a team of 110 and are planning to double in size over the next year, which means you'll have all the opportunities for growth you can handle
- An open and collaborative culture! We value taking ownership, being customer-obsessed, embracing a growth mindset, and acing the pace - because pace is our superpower!

Encord offers a unique opportunity to join a startup with a clear mission and vision. You will have the chance to hire and work with top talent to build services for enterprise AI use cases across diverse industries, including healthcare, surveillance, retail, agriculture, and more.

Our work is at the forefront of computer vision and deep learning, tackling challenging, unsolved problems in these fields.