Talent Lead

ABOUT the company

The company is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology.

We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and thousands of businesses - from fast-growing startups to large enterprises like Deutsche Telekom and Meta. Our investors are some of the world's most prominent, including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth and Sequoia. We've raised $781M in funding and our last valuation was $22B - multiples of 11, always.

We have expanded from voice into three main platforms

• ElevenAgents enables businesses to deliver seamless and intelligent customer experiences, with the integrations, testing, monitoring, and reliability necessary to deploy voice and chat agents at scale.

• ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages.

• ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models.

Everything we do is the result of the creativity and commitment of our team - builders doing the best work of their lives. We are researchers, engineers, and operators. IOI medalists and ex-founders. If you want to work hard and create lasting positive impact, we want to hear from you.

HOW WE WORK

• High-velocity: Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.

• Impact not job titles: We don’t have job titles. Instead, it’s about the impact you have. No task is above or beneath you.

• AI first: We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations.

• Excellence everywhere: Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models.

• Global team: We prioritize your talent, not your location.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Innovative culture: You’ll be part of a generational opportunity to define the trajectory of AI, surrounded by a team pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

• Growth paths: Joining the company means joining a dynamic team with countless opportunities to drive impact - beyond your immediate role and responsibilities.

• Learning & development: the company proactively supports professional development through an annual discretionary stipend.

• Social travel: We also provide an annual discretionary stipend to meet up with colleagues each year, however you choose.

• Annual team offsite: Each year, we bring your entire team together in a new location - past offsites have included Croatia, Italy and Cancún

• Co-working: If you’re not located near one of our main hubs, we offer a monthly co-working stipend.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The company has grown to over 1,000 in three years, and the rate of growth is not slowing down. As Talent Lead, you will be in charge of one of the most visible and impactful functions in the company: hundreds of hires a quarter across Research, Engineering, GTM and Operations, in one of the most competitive talent markets in history. You’ll move Talent from a high-volume recruiting engine to a strategic partner that tells leaders what is achievable, and you’ll rebuild how we hire using the same AI products we make.

You'll run the entire Talent team (currently 40+ recruiters and talent operations) across verticals, setting the strategy, building the systems, and staying hands-on where it matters. You'll report directly to the Operations Lead and be a close partner to the People team. This isn't a pure executive role - we want someone who still loves the craft of recruiting and can model what great looks like for the team around them.

The right person has done this before at scale - at a company that grew fast and hired harder. Your team will look to you not just for direction, but as someone they can genuinely learn from. This will be an opportunity to shape the direction of Talent at the company; where we go, how we get there and who we get there with. If you want to shape the future of the Talent industry by building industry-defining playbooks using the latest technology and AI solutions, whilst building an expert team - this might be your best fit yet.

In this role you will

• Lead the full talent function across Research, GTM, Engineering & Product, and G&A hiring - setting strategy, managing team performance, building a recruiter capacity engine, and driving outcomes across all verticals.

• Responsible for owning the scope of Talent Operations in partnership with the Talent Operations Lead: ATS (Ashby) configuration, headcount tracking, hiring velocity metrics, and recruiter tooling - ensuring the function runs with precision and minimal friction.

• Identify innovative ways of approaching Talent: design the next-gen Talent org structure, envision how Talent processes can be agentified and work with the team to build the company products throughout.

• Act as a strategic partner to department heads and hiring managers, bringing market intelligence, pipeline health visibility, and honest counsel on what it takes to consistently win the best people in the market.

• Build and maintain a strong talent brand through thoughtful candidate experience, community engagement, building a Talent events program and creative sourcing strategies.

• Coach and develop a team of recruiters, establishing clear standards for quality of hire, speed, and candidate experience.

• Partner with functional leaders across Research, Engineering, GTM, and Operations - acting as a trusted advisor who can challenge, align, and mobilize leaders around talent priorities and workforce strategy.

We’re moving quickly on this search. Applications close on 13 November 2026, and we’ll start reviewing right away, so we’d encourage you to apply early.

REQUIREMENTS

• Proven track record leading large TA functions at high-growth companies, with direct experience filling hundreds of roles per year across multiple functions and geographies.

• Hands-on recruiting instincts - comfortable being in the weeds on critical searches, not just managing from a distance.

• Strong people leader who builds, develops, and retains recruiting talent.

• Sharp on process: able to design and iterate on systems, tooling, and workflows that make a team of 20–30 perform at a high level with AI.

• Close collaborator with People, Finance, and business leaders - comfortable operating at the intersection of headcount planning, compensation, and hiring strategy.

• Held a high bar for quality of hire while hitting aggressive volume, with the metrics to show it.

• Advised founders and executive suite on workforce planning, and changed a plan with your judgment.

• Worked with Finance, People and RevOps on headcount planning, capacity modelling, compensation and offer strategy.

• Has recruited across the Americas, EMEA and APAC and understands the differences between markets.

LOCATION

This role is remote-first, so it can be executed from anywhere, with the ability to operate from New York or London strongly preferred. If you prefer, you can work from our offices in London, New York, San Francisco, and Warsaw.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses.