Senior Talent Partner

About the role

Join cuspai's People Team as a Senior Talent Partner, focusing on technical partnerships and business development roles. You will manage the full recruitment cycle, ensuring a positive experience for candidates and hiring managers. This role is crucial for expanding our team and advancing our mission to discover new materials.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Oversee the entire recruitment process for various technical roles, including software engineers, researchers, and business development specialists.
• Develop and implement strategies to attract highly specialized talent from scientific companies, AI labs, and academia.
• Represent cuspai to candidates, explaining our mission and the impact of our AI-driven materials discovery.
• Collaborate with hiring teams to create job descriptions, define requirements, and design effective interview processes.
• Conduct interviewer calibration sessions to ensure consistent evaluation criteria.
• Provide data-driven market insights on compensation, talent availability, and hiring trends in Deep Tech and AI for Materials Science.
• Work with the People Team to enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our hiring practices.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience that reflects cuspai's values.
• Maintain accurate data in our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to support data-driven hiring decisions.
• Uphold service level agreements for application review, candidate communication, and stakeholder updates.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience recruiting high-level technical partnerships or scientific business development professionals for science or research organizations.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous and fast-paced startup or scale-up environments, building processes from scratch when needed.
• Strong curiosity to understand the nuances of each role and proactively research best practices in Talent Acquisition.
• Proven track record of hiring for complex technical profiles, with the ability to understand different engineering and research disciplines.
• A proactive approach to sourcing, utilizing various networks beyond standard platforms.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, providing guidance to managers and senior leadership.
• Genuine enthusiasm for the intersection of AI and science, with the ability to articulate cuspai's mission to candidates.

Nice to have

• Academic or professional background in Materials Science, Chemistry, or Chemical Engineering.
• Experience recruiting technical founders, PhD-level business developers, or translation-focused researchers.
• Familiarity with the MLOps and deep tech startup ecosystem.

Skills & tools

• Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
• Sourcing platforms (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter)

Practical notes

• This role requires some overlap with European teams' working hours.
• Expect an initial few weeks of onboarding in our Cambridge/London office.
• Regular travel to Europe and other global locations may be required.
• Benefits include 21 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), 26 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 12 weeks for secondary caregivers, and a professional development budget.
• We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Please inform us if you require any adjustments during the interview process.