Forward Deployed Talent Partner

London based

Full time, hybrid, 2 days onsite

Start date: January

About the Role

We are looking for a high performing Forward Deployed Talent Partner to lead all hiring activity for a fast scaling global organisation entering a period of intensive growth. You will operate as the embedded Talent lead for the London business, working directly with founders and senior leaders across engineering, data and product to deliver fifteen to twenty hires in the first half of the year.

This is not a traditional Talent Partner role. It is a forward deployed position where you sit close to the client, understand their goals deeply, diagnose hiring challenges in real time and use Nexa, our AI recruiter, to execute with speed and precision.

Nexa handles sourcing, matching, outreach and first stage screening at scale. You will be the human in the loop who brings judgement, clarity, communication and trust. While Nexa produces high quality shortlists, runs interviews and surfaces insights, you focus on strategy, stakeholder management, process design, candidate experience and closing.

Think of this role as the Talent equivalent of a Forward Deployed Engineer. The technology powers the engine. You guide the mission.

This will be one of the most productive and high impact Talent Partner roles you will ever take on.

• Full cycle ownership of hiring across engineering, data, product and supporting functions
• Acting as the onsite lead for all recruiting activity and main point of contact for stakeholders
• Partnering with founders, CTO and hiring managers to define role requirements and interview strategy
• Reviewing and prioritising AI screened candidates delivered daily by Nexa
• Running high touch candidate engagement, interviews, process management and offer negotiation
• Delivering fifteen to twenty high quality hires in the first hiring wave
• Designing and standardising the full recruiting process including calibration, scorecards and debriefs
• Implementing the organisation’s first ATS and owning workflow design, configuration and reporting
• Identifying bottlenecks and redesigning processes to improve speed and quality of hiring decisions
• Working with Nexa to refine hiring patterns, target companies and search logic
• Managing outbound headhunting for senior or sensitive roles
• Establishing a scalable, bias aware and repeatable hiring engine from day one
• Reporting weekly to leadership on funnel health, metrics and hiring progress

What Success Looks Like

• Every role has a strong pipeline within days not weeks
• Stakeholders report clarity, pace and confidence in the process
• Candidates experience a warm, human and thoughtful journey
• ATS is fully implemented with structured workflows that support scale
• Time to hire reduces month by month
• 15 to 20 high quality hires delivered in the first six months
• Nexa is used intelligently to amplify your output rather than replace judgement
• The organisation moves from zero structure to a reliable high performing hiring engine

What We Are Looking For

• Senior Talent Partner or Talent Lead experience in a high growth technology company
• Proven ability to hire software engineers, data scientists, product managers and other technical roles
• Confidence partnering with senior stakeholders and guiding them through hiring decisions
• Ability to build structure from scratch in a fast paced and ambiguous environment
• Strong operational mindset with experience implementing ATS platforms
• High agency, ownership and a bias for clarity and speed
• Excellent communication skills and natural candidate empathy
• Excitement about using AI tools to automate sourcing and screening
• Someone who combines maturity, credibility and warmth

Why This Role Is Unique

• You will run hiring for one of the most important build phases of the organisation
• You will operate as a forward deployed extension of Nexa with AI leverage on day one
• You will design the recruiting function from scratch including process, ATS and reporting
• You will be the talent face of the London office working directly with founders
• You will have meaningful autonomy and the ability to shape team culture and hiring quality from the start