
Hawkwood
Talent Acquisition Partner (G&A) Compensation: up to £85,000 + equity Location: London, on-site Hawkwood are partnering with one of Europe's fastest-growing enterprise AI companies, backed by some of the world's leading venture capital investors, including Index Ventures, ICONIQ and Creandum. Founded by a team of former Palantir employees, the company is building an AI platform that helps some of the world's largest organisations understand, manage and modernise the complex software systems underpinning their businesses. Working with some of the world's largest enterprises, the business has seen extraordinary commercial momentum, growing annual recurring revenue more than 20x and 5x’ing headcount over the past year. The company is now entering its next phase of expansion, with ambitions to grow to more than 500 people by the end of 2027. As part of this growth, they are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to take ownership of hiring across their G&A functions, working closely with the founders and leadership team to build the teams and infrastructure that will support the organisation as it scales. This is a particularly exciting recruiting challenge. You'll be joining at a point where the foundations of the talent function have been established, but there is still significant opportunity to shape how hiring is delivered. You'll have ownership of your function, the opportunity to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, and the freedom to introduce the processes and hiring strategies needed to support an exceptionally ambitious growth trajectory. What you'll do: Take ownership of end-to-end recruitment across G&A functions, partnering closely with founders and senior leaders to understand their hiring priorities.Develop sourcing strategies to identify and engage exceptional talent across a range of business functions.Build strong relationships with hiring managers, helping them define role requirements, assess talent and make effective hiring decisions.Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from initial market mapping and candidate engagement through to interview processes, offer management and closing.Help develop and improve recruiting processes, introducing greater structure and scalability as the business continues to grow.Play an active role in shaping the wider talent function, working alongside an ambitious team of recruiters as the organisation builds its internal hiring capability. What we're looking for: A track record of recruiting across G&A or broader non-technical functions.Strong sourcing capabilities and the confidence to engage and attract high-calibre candidates in competitive markets.The ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and operate as a genuine hiring partner.A proactive, hands-on approach, with the ability to balance day-to-day recruitment delivery with longer-term process improvement.Someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, is comfortable with changing priorities and enjoys building structure where it doesn't yet exist.Experience managing end-to-end hiring in a tech start-up is highly desirable. The company offers a highly competitive compensation package, meaningful equity participation and an extensive benefits offering, including premium private healthcare, dental and optical cover, unlimited annual leave, gym and wellness memberships, daily meals and regular company offsites. This is an opportunity to join a business with exceptional commercial momentum, work closely with an ambitious founding team and play a meaningful role in building the organisation through its next stage of growth.