Senior Talent Partner, Odin
6 Month Fixed Term Contract
£65-80k
Salary is pro rata
2-5 days a week in office
Community & investment tools for founders, angels and VCs
Open for applications
Community & investment tools for founders, angels and VCs
21-100 employees
Open for applications
£65-80k
Salary is pro rata
2-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To give more people the ability to vote with their money, and their time, on what the future looks like.
Role
Who you are
- You’re a thoughtful, experienced talent partner who cares deeply about people, process and outcomes, with strong internal filters and high standards
- You’ve led multiple hiring processes at once, ideally in a fast-paced, early-stage environment where ambiguity, urgency and competing priorities are the norm
- You have experience in talent operations and attention to detail – spotting blockers early, keeping things moving, and improving systems as you go
- You’re a clear, intentional communicator across async, written and verbal channels – able to bring others with you and influence at a senior level
- You lead confidently in ambiguity, surfacing risks, asking the right questions, and helping hiring managers move forward with aligned, quality decisions
- You adjust your style depending on the stakeholder – balancing care with challenge, and using strategic empathy to support better thinking across the hiring team
- You’ve got excellent hiring judgement across different functions – able to assess skills, behaviours and values alignment, not just experience on paper
- You’re a strong sourcer who knows how to write compelling outreach and build genuine relationships with passive candidates
- You hold high standards for candidate experience and treat people with care, even when things are moving quickly
- You’re curious and improvement-minded – always looking for ways to make the process better, and not afraid to challenge existing norms
- You’re calm and clear under pressure, with strong follow-through and a focus on reducing complexity
- You take ownership for both outcomes and experience – leading processes that others can rely on, and helping us build a better hiring culture along the way
- This isn’t about whether you’ve done 360 hiring before - it’s about how you approach it
- We’re not looking for someone to simply execute. We’re hiring a strategic partner who thinks deeply about the role hiring plays in a business, asks the right questions, and isn’t afraid to challenge when needed
What the job involves
- As we prepare to scale and launch in the US, you will bring immediate senior hiring capacity into Odin to close the priority leadership and high-impact roles for Q1 and Q2. You will also help maintain a high-quality candidate experience and support the People & Talent team across the projects that matter most for this next phase of growth
- Reporting to Imani, our Head of People & Talent
- Drive the end-to-end hiring process for priority leadership and L3+ roles, ensuring momentum, clarity, and consistent progress from kick-off to offer
- Take full ownership of pipelines, market mapping, outbound sourcing, and candidate management for critical roles across Product, Engineering, Sales, Design, Ops, and Finance
- Maintain structured scorecards, ensure interview feedback is timely and high quality, and support wash-ups and calibration discussions
- Conduct thoughtful qualification calls, assessing both skills and values alignment
- Set a high trust, human candidate experience from first touchpoint through to decision
- Partner with hiring team in role kick-offs to turn vague or early-stage ideas into clear, aligned role definitions with crisp expectations, level, and impact areas
- Ensure all processes begin with a grounded understanding of what “great” looks like
- By the end of the FTC you will have partnered with the team to deliver 4–5 leadership or high-impact hires. We may extend the contract depending on priorities, but this window is focused on closing the critical searches at pace
- You’ll be the first person every candidate meets and a key influence on how managers shape their thinking. You’re not just moving people through a process - you’re holding the bar, shaping the experience, and carrying our values at every step
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Odin is at the apex of two major trends in finance: the democratisation of access to private markets through technology, and the increasingly social feel of finance and investing. The startup began as a social network with an investment layer built on top, though it is now a more focused financial service that simplifies startup investing.
The company's roots in social and community speak to a unique trajectory it is on. After gaining a lot of traction with its syndicate-formation service, the startup has been looking to develop further products that decentralise and simplify capital rails for the innovation ecosystem. It’s likely that the product roadmap will be developed in conjunction with its customer base, many of whom attend Odin’s salons.
Though the company has had to navigate an environment where capital going towards innovative companies is at a fraction of where it once was, it appears to have emerged unscathed, if not stronger. In 2023, it raised £2.4 million in a seed round that included contributions from 220 angels through its own platform. It plans to use these funds to roll out its marketplace for people raising money to find investors, as well as support scale-up plans across Europe and possibly into Asia.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2025
$0.8m
EARLY VC
May 2023
$3m
SEED
Total funding: $4.8m
Company benefits
- 25 days paid holiday, excluding public holidays
- Flexible hours (we care about the results, not when you work)
- Laptop assigned, Mac or Dell (Windows)
- Parental leave
- £1000 yearly learning & wellness budget
- Generous options package
- Free lunch on Wednesdays
Company values
- Impact - You focus on doing the highest priority things first, and recognise they are often harder or less fun than other things you could be doing. You exhibit bias-to-action, and avoid procrastination and “paralysis by analysis” at all costs. You accomplish amazing amounts of important work in an efficient manner .You focus on results rather than on process (but you understand how a great process can help in some instances).
- Judgement - You make wise decisions calmly (people, technical, business and creative) despite ambiguity and stress. You keep us nimble by minimising complexity and finding time to simplify. You think strategically and can prioritise what makes sense for now vs later. You assess problems from first principles. You show depth to your reasoning and differentiate facts from assumptions.
- Honesty - You show integrity and always do what is right - for our customers, for your team, for the business. You are known for candour and directness. You do not shy away from difficult conversations. You are non-political: you only say things about fellow employees that you would say to their face. You are honest with yourself and quick to admit mistakes.
- Selflessness - You seek what is best for Odin rather than best for yourself or your group. You think beyond yourself about how you can positively impact others around you. You are not driven by ego or personal emotions in your decision-making. You share information openly and proactively that would be helpful for others.
- Curiosity - You understand things quickly and have an inherent thirst for knowledge. Everything is a strong opinion, weakly held, and you’re always open to changing your mind. You seek to gain a deep understanding of things and always question why things are a certain way, challenging prevailing assumptions. You seek to deeply understand Odin’s business: the strategy, product, industry, customers, and suppliers.
- Passion - You care intensely about Odin’s success. You celebrate wins. You are tenacious and you never give up. You inspire others with your thirst for excellence.
- Communication - You listen well, instead of reacting fast, so you can better understand. You are clear, concise and thoughtful in speech and writing, showing respect for others’ time in how you communicate. You treat people with respect regardless of their status or disagreement with you. You are a calm and level-headed presence in stressful situations.
Company HQ
Dalston, London, UK
Leadership
Mary Lin
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Ex-Product Manager and Software Engineer at multiple venture-backed startups. On Entrepreneur First: 5th cohort.
Paddy Ryan
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously worked at the Irish embassy in Moscow, before working at CrowdCube and building out Coca Cola's venture arm.
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