Talent Acquisition Lead, Orbital

• We’re looking for someone with the right combination of depth, judgement, and craft to help us scale our Product & Engineering organisation in London. Here’s what great looks like:
• You’ve spent your career in hands-on technical recruiting. You’ve hired across Engineering, Product, , and ideally AI/ML—and know how to consistently source, engage, and close top talent
• You’ve scaled Product & Engineering teams in high growth businesses before. You know what high-performing squads look like and how to hire for them. You will excel in environments where speed and quality must coexist
• You’re both strategic and execution-minded. You can shape hiring strategy one moment and dive into a search with urgency the next
• You influence senior stakeholders with confidence. You bring data, insight, and a point of view to engineering and product leaders
• You care deeply about candidate experience. You build inclusive, respectful processes that reflect who we are and how we work
• You thrive in ambiguity. You build structure where needed, operate with pragmatism, and help create the playbook as we grow
• You understand Talent as a business lever. You see hiring as shaping teams, enabling performance, and building the future of Orbital

Desirable

• We’re hiring a Talent Acquisition Lead – Product & Engineering to design, drive, and deliver how we attract and hire world-class Product, Engineering and AI talent in London
• This is a strategic and hands-on role where you’ll shape the hiring engine—elevating our brand, partnering with senior leaders, and ensuring we build high-performing squads that enable our next stage of growth
• Working directly with the Head of Talent, engineering and product leadership, and the wider Talent team, you’ll architect a talent acquisition team that’s both scalable and deeply human—balancing pace, quality and innovation
• Strategy & Leadership
• Develop and deliver the Product & Engineering talent acquisition strategy for London, aligned to Orbital’s growth and squad expansion plans
• Lead, coach, and develop a small high-performing TA team (2–3 people)
• Act as the senior talent advisor to Product, Engineering, Design and AI leadership—guiding role design, workforce planning, and hiring prioritisation
• Use talent insights, market data, and performance metrics to influence hiring decisions and future skills planning
• Partner on cross-functional initiatives across capability building, hiring process excellence, and TA technology
• Talent Attraction & Sourcing Excellence
• Build and execute innovative sourcing strategies for complex technical and AI/ML roles, creating diverse and sustainable talent pipelines
• Develop compelling content, storytelling, and campaigns that amplify Orbital’s culture and engineering mission to relevant talent
• Build relationships and integrate with London’s AI and engineering communities to strengthen brand visibility and talent engagement
• Stakeholder Partnership & Hiring Excellence
• Partner directly with CTO, Product & Engineering leaders on hiring strategy, role calibration, assessment frameworks, and decision-making
• Run high-quality role briefings, interview training, and debrief sessions to drive alignment and consistency
• Champion a thoughtful, inclusive, high-touch candidate experience through every stage of the process
• Provide quarterly insights and updates to the Head of Talent, CTO and leadership team
• Process, Data & Innovation
• Ensure consistent, accurate use of all TA tech (Ashby, LI recruiter, WTTJ) to enable reporting, forecasting, and operational excellence
• Share hiring metrics and insights to drive transparency and accountability with senior teams
• Lead adoption of AI tools, automation, and emerging recruitment technology to increase speed, quality, and efficiency
• Continuously iterate on hiring practices to optimise for performance, quality of hire, and candidate experience
• You’ll build the teams powering the next generation of AI products
• You’ll shape how Orbital hiring works at a critical inflection point
• You’ll influence senior leaders and directly impact Orbital’s growth trajectory
• You’ll join a collaborative, ambitious culture where curiosity and innovation are celebrated