Talent Acquisition Lead – Technology

REC2 Recruitment is partnering with a high-growth London healthtech company seeking an experienced
Talent Acquisition Lead or Internal Recruiter
to take ownership of its recruitment function.

This is not an HR, People Operations or employee relations role.It is a hands-on, target-driven recruitment position focused on sourcing, engaging and closing exceptional candidates. The role is structured and rewarded in a similar way to sales, with substantial performance-related earnings based on successful hires.

This is a permanent, long-term appointment at the heart of the company’s growth strategy. The initial priority will be to manage a live pipeline of software engineering and operational vacancies while supporting plans to grow its 15-person Software Engineering team during the company’s next phase of growth.

The company’s engineers work across a modern technology environment that includes Type Script, JavaScript, React, Node.js and AWS
.

Beyond the immediate hiring programme, you will recruit across software engineering, product, clinical, customer operations and commercial functions, while building and continually developing a scalable talent function capable of supporting the company’s ongoing UK and international growth.

This is a hands-on position for someone who can identify and engage exceptional candidates, manage multiple recruitment processes and thrive within a high-performance technology start-up environment.

You will manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from market mapping and direct sourcing through to interview management, offer negotiation and onboarding.

Responsibilities will include:

• Managing a varied pipeline of software engineering, product, clinical, customer operations and commercial vacancies.
• Supporting the continued expansion of the Software Engineering team.
• Directly sourcing and approaching high-quality passive candidates.
• Developing talent pipelines across the UK and potentially the US.
• Working closely with founders and hiring managers to define recruitment requirements.
• Managing candidate progression and maintaining momentum throughout the interview process.
• Improving the company’s ATS, interview stages, scorecards and recruitment reporting.
• Using recruitment data to evaluate sourcing channels and hiring performance.
• Developing employee referral and external talent-partner networks.
• Supporting hackathons, meetups and other events designed to attract exceptional software engineering talent.
• Strengthening the company’s employer brand and candidate experience.
• Building a scalable recruitment function capable of supporting long-term growth.

A proven track record in hands-on, target-driven technology recruitment is essential. The ideal candidate will have started within an agency before progressing into an internal talent role with a technology start-up or scale-up. High-performing agency technology recruiters ready to make their first move in-house will also be considered.

This is not suitable for candidates whose experience is primarily within general HR, employee relations, learning and development or People Operations.

Applications are also welcomed from high-performing agency technology recruiters who can demonstrate the ability to move into a broad internal recruitment position.

You should have:

• Experience recruiting full-stack software engineers, ideally across Type Script, JavaScript, React, Node.js and AWS environments.
• Strong direct sourcing, headhunting and candidate-engagement skills.
• The ability to manage several recruitment processes simultaneously.
• Experience working closely with senior hiring managers, founders or business leaders.
• A good understanding of structured interviews, scorecards and recruitment analytics.
• The confidence to operate…