Head of Technical Recruiting

BJAK
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: People, HR & TalentExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Judgement","Accountability","Execution speed","Data-driven improvement","Stakeholder management"]

Own ActAI’s global technical recruiting function and scale the engineering and AI organizations as the company grows. Build the recruiting strategy, team structure, hiring priorities, and operating cadence; lead searches for critical senior roles; and set standards for candidate quality with technical evaluation beyond titles. Partner with engineering and company leadership to define hiring bars, interview processes, and final decisions, while building and coaching a high-performing recruiting team using data and market intelligence.

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BJAK
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Head of Technical Recruiting

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Job Summary

Own ActAI’s global technical recruiting function and scale the engineering and AI organizations as the company grows. Build the recruiting strategy, team structure, hiring priorities, and operating cadence; lead searches for critical senior roles; and set standards for candidate quality with technical evaluation beyond titles. Partner with engineering and company leadership to define hiring bars, interview processes, and final decisions, while building and coaching a high-performing recruiting team using data and market intelligence.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own technical hiring across ActAI, including AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, web, mobile, and engineering leadership.
  • •Build the technical recruiting strategy, team structure, hiring priorities, and operating cadence to meet hiring goals.
  • •Personally lead searches for critical and senior hires, from market mapping and headhunting through assessment, negotiation, and closing.
  • •Partner directly with engineering and company leadership to define hiring bars, target profiles, interview processes, and final hiring decisions.
  • •Build and coach a technical recruiting team, reviewing pipelines and using recruiting data and market intelligence to improve quality, speed, and conversion.

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of recruiting experience with deep experience hiring software engineering, AI/ML, or other highly technical talent.
  • •Proven track record building and leading technical recruiting for a high-growth technology company while staying hands-on with critical searches.
  • •Strong understanding of engineering and AI talent markets and the ability to assess the substance and relevance of technical profiles.
  • •Demonstrated success hiring senior engineers, technical leaders, and other scarce talent through proactive headhunting.
  • •Experience building, managing, and raising the performance of technical recruiting teams.
Experience:10+ yearsAIMachine learningSoftware engineeringTechnical recruitingHigh-growth technology
Skills:JudgementAccountabilityExecution speedData-driven improvementStakeholder management

Company Brief

BJAK
Bjak is a Malaysia-based insurtech that operates an online insurance comparison and distribution platform across SEA, simplifying purchase and servicing of motor and life insurance using digital tools and AI-enabled services.
Industry: InsurTech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Selangor, Malaysia
Founded: 2019
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