Talent Director
Core
Own the talent function to scale the organization from 200 to 1,000 people across multiple global offices, focusing on precision hiring for niche deep tech roles.
Role type
Senior Talent Director (Head of Talent)
Builds
A scalable, high-performance talent organization and hiring playbook for scarce deep tech talent.
Domain
Deep tech / AI hardware / Semiconductor / Photonics
Required skills
Scaling talent functions through hyper-growth, leading executive searches, building high-performing recruiting teams, defining hiring standards, mapping scarce talent markets, implementing AI in recruiting, workforce planning, talent branding
Preferred skills
Experience in AI labs, semiconductor, or deep tech scale-ups, hiring in photonics/optoelectronics, multi-site (UK/US) experience
Technologies
AI recruiting tools, workforce planning systems
Responsibilities
Build and scale the talent function from 200 to 1,000 people; Lead senior and executive searches directly; Attract and develop top Recruiters and Sourcers; Own the hiring bar and consistency; Build playbooks for extremely scarce talent; Set AI strategy for recruiting; Own hiring systems, data, and metrics; Build the talent brand
Seniority
Senior, hands-on leadership
