Head of Talent, GTM
Omnea· Operations
Hybrid (London)Full-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Head of GTM Recruitment leading a recruiter team across UK and US with hands-on senior hiring, focused on scaling a GTM function for Sales in a high-growth startup.
Responsibilities
- Lead the team of recruiters across London and New York, setting goals and maintaining a high bar on quality.
- Hire into your own team as hiring scales, determining where recruiters, sourcers or coordinators are needed.
- Differentiate UK and US hiring engines to reflect local challenges and optimization.
- Own the hiring plan with sales leadership, forecast headcount, prioritise roles and keep targets on track.
- Build the Sales hiring playbook: role specs, success profiles, interview stages, scorecards and closing approach.
- Own the numbers: pipeline health, conversion by stage, time to hire, offer acceptance and quality of hire, reporting to leadership.
- Raise the interviewing bar by training interviewers, calibrating scorecards and ensuring high standards.
- Maximise use of tooling and AI to reduce admin and focus on candidates.
- Prepare the function for global hiring as new markets open.
- Personally run the most senior and critical sales searches, from mapping to close.
- Partner with sales leaders to shape role specs and challenge hiring decisions with data.
- Craft outreach and close top candidates in a competitive market.
- Build Omnea's reputation in the GTM talent market through events, investor networks, and standout sales hires.
Qualifications
- 8+ years in recruitment with strong GTM focus in high-growth startups or agencies placing into them.
- At least 2 years leading recruiters.
- Experience building or scaling a GTM hiring function, ideally across multiple countries.
- Strong recruiter who can own senior searches while coaching team.
- Data-driven with an ability to analyse funnel, identify problems and persuade with numbers.
- Ability to work with senior commercial leaders, challenge specs and earn trust.
- Strong network in European GTM and startup ecosystem.
- Exceptional prioritisation, organisation and outcomes-focused work ethic; proficient with AI tools.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to build new functions, not just manage existing ones.
- Collaborative, kind, low-ego attitude and ability to elevate others.
Skills
Required:Recruitment leadershipGTM recruitmentSearch and closing
Benefits
- Competitive geo-localised benefits.
- UK Benefits Package and US Benefits Package (linked in posting).
- Structured in-person collaboration days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays.
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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