Head of Talent Acquisition

The company builds and publishes subscription-based EdTech mobile apps (B2C, web2web/web2app) and grows through performance marketing. We hire across Growth, Creative Marketing, Product, Design, Analytics, Engineering and Customer Care.

We are growing, and we need a leader to shape recruiting for this next stage, so we are opening the Head of Recruitment role. The goal of the role is to shape a recruiting function that supports the company’s next stage of growth. Reporting directly to Head of People, you will own recruiting strategy, team development and a practical AI and automation roadmap, and help the business make better hiring decisions.

Role responsibilities

• Set recruiting strategy: build a 6-12-month plan covering priority capabilities, talent markets, sourcing channels, team development and improvements to the function.

• Plan with Head of People and business leaders: translate business plans into hiring scenarios, assess capacity and feasibility, and recommend priorities, resources and spend within agreed approval limits.

• Develop the recruiting function: define responsibilities, performance expectations and capability needs; coach the team and develop future leads.

• Own the recruiting AI roadmap: identify high-value use cases across talent research, sourcing, communication, interview documentation and analytics; prioritize them by business value, quality, effort and risk.

• Move from pilot to adoption: define success metrics, test workflows, assess output quality, train users and scale solutions with proven value.

• Systems and data: improve ATS workflows, data quality and reporting; coordinate integrations with technical partners and set clear ownership of tools and data.

• Decision-ready analytics: provide forecasts, explain hiring risks and assess source effectiveness, cost of hire, funnel performance and quality indicators with stakeholders.

• Raise the assessment standard: establish consistent scorecards, interviewer guidance, calibration and candidate communication; keep hiring decisions owned by people and grounded in evidence.

• Talent intelligence: build market insight and talent pipelines for Growth, Product, Analytics, Engineering and other priority areas.

• Key searches: get involved selectively in executive or business-critical hiring where your involvement materially improves the outcome.

Requirements: critical (blockers)

• Recruiting strategy: experience leading recruitment in a product IT company, linking business priorities to a practical function roadmap, with demonstrable results of your decisions.

• Business understanding: experience hiring for B2C digital products and understanding of mobile apps, subscriptions and performance marketing; exposure to Growth/Marketing and another product or technical function.

• Workforce and capacity planning: experience forecasting hiring demand, assessing team capacity and proposing resource or budget options with explicit assumptions and trade-offs.

• Practical AI implementation: experience taking at least one recurring recruiting workflow from problem definition and pilot to team adoption, with evidence of value and quality controls. Coding integrations yourself is not required.

• Leadership and change management: a record of developing recruiters, clarifying responsibilities and getting a team to adopt new practices successfully.

• Senior stakeholder partnership: the ability to work with People and business leaders, challenge assumptions constructively and turn market evidence into hiring-priority decisions.

• Analytics and systems thinking: the ability to connect data quality, workflow design, funnel performance and costs to management decisions, and to explain what the data can and cannot tell you.

• Assessment governance: experience establishing evidence-based evaluation, useful interview feedback, consistent calibration and clear decision ownership.

• English: strong enough to discuss strategy, present recommendations and run international hiring conversations independently (B2+ as a reference point).

Nice to have: non-critical

• Direct experience in mobile B2C subscription, EdTech, wellness or lifestyle products and web2web/web2app businesses.

• Building or substantially rebuilding a recruiting function during product or company growth.

• Implementing ATS integrations, no-code/low-code workflows, recruiting dashboards or reusable AI-assisted processes.

• Executive search, expansion into new talent markets and long-term talent community building.

Why You'll Love Working With Us

• Impactful Work: Your ideas and contributions will directly shape the future of our company and the way people learn.

• Innovative Environment: We’re passionate about challenging the status quo, experimenting with new ideas, and pushing the boundaries of EdTech.

• AI-Driven Innovation: We don’t just talk about AI - we turn it into real-world solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies, explore their potential, and help transform the future of education.

• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside talented, passionate professionals who share your ambition, curiosity, and drive to make a difference.

• Growth & Ownership: Take ownership of meaningful projects, develop new skills, and grow professionally in an environment that values initiative and creativity.

• Freedom to Innovate: We encourage bold thinking, fresh perspectives, and the courage to experiment. Great ideas can come from anyone.

Ready to Shape the Future of Education?

We’re looking for curious minds, creative thinkers, and ambitious people who want to make a real impact.

Want to join the team? Send us your CV and let’s build the future of EdTech together! 🚀