Principal, Talent Acquisition

<p style="min-height:1.5em">At CoMind, we are developing a non-invasive neuromonitoring technology that will result in a new era of clinical brain monitoring.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">In joining us, you will be helping to create cutting-edge technologies that will improve how we diagnose and treat brain disorders, ultimately improving and saving the lives of patients across the world.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h3><strong>The Role</strong></h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are a medical device company operating at the intersection of engineering precision and patient impact. As we grow our capabilities across the UK and US, we are looking for a Principal Talent Acquisition Partner to lead on hiring delivery, spanning hardware, software, and broader engineering disciplines critical to our product development and regulatory roadmap.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a senior, high-autonomy role for someone who has built talent functions end to end before, not simply staffed them. You will operate as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on how we find, engage, and win the specialist and leadership talent this space demands; bringing structured market intelligence, sharp judgment on ambiguous and high-stakes searches, and the credibility to shape hiring strategy at the most senior tables in the business.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You will set the standard for how the wider TA function operates: embedding rigour into our ATS and pipeline data, and partnering closely with People Operations to keep our offer and onboarding process compliant, consistent, and built to scale.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h3><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on talent strategy for CoMind’s most complex and business-critical hires, translating ambiguous or evolving requirements into a clear hiring plan</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Define and embed hiring processes that scale across geographies without losing rigour, speed, or candidate experience</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build long-term relationships with passive talent at leadership level</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Manage stakeholders across the business to triage priorities and delivery required to manage pipelines against business objectives</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Define and embed hiring processes that scale without losing rigour or speed</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner with hiring managers to deeply understand role requirements and team dynamics</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Run searches across hardware, software engineering, data science, clinical and adjacent technical disciplines</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and maintain proactive pipelines through sourcing, referrals and community engagement</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Conduct structured market mapping exercises for senior/leadership roles</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Deliver competitive intelligence and candidate landscape reports to senior stakeholders</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and maintain sourcing trackers, pipeline reports, and hiring metrics</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Work closely with Talent Ops to ensure offer workflows run smoothly and compliantly</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate with People Ops on onboarding handoffs, background check coordination, and new hire readiness</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Feed insights back into process improvement initiatives across the broader TA function</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">AI is fundamental to our culture — it's not just a tool, but a core part of how we work, collaborate, and innovate. We expect all team members to embrace AI in their daily work and continuously find new ways to use it effectively.</p></li></ul><h3><strong>Skills &amp; Experience:</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">10+ years of in-house or embedded Talent Acquisition experience, including demonstrated experience operating at a senior or principal level as a trusted advisor to leadership</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A strong track record recruiting across hardware, software, and broader engineering disciplines</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Deep expertise sourcing and engaging passive, senior, and hard-to-find talent using executive search-grade methodology</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience building or scaling a talent function, designing how hiring works, not just filling seats within an existing process</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfortable managing multi-site hiring across geographically dispersed teams, and operating with autonomy in ambiguous or fast-changing environments</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Meticulous about data; you keep your ATS clean, your trackers current, and your reporting honest, and you hold others to that same standard</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A credible, senior collaborator who understands that a great hire doesn’t end at offer acceptance, and who can influence stakeholders at every level without relying on formal authority</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Nice to have:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with executive search methodology or retained search</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Familiarity with the London and/or South West technical talent market</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Deep expertise hiring in electronics, opto-electronics, FPGA/ASIC engineering, and other deeply technical hardware domains</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Company equity plan so all employees share in the success of the company</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Salary-sacrifice pension scheme</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Private medical, dental and vision insurance (medical history disregarded)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Group life insurance at 4x annual income</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comprehensive mental health support, including unlimited access to 1:1 sessions with trained professionals</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Unlimited holiday allowance (+ bank holidays) and one week of remote working per quarter</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Lunch voucher (£10) every day for JustEat and free dinner on those days where you need to work later</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Twice weekly deliveries of fresh fruit and an extensive selection of snacks and drinks</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">YuLife subscription, allowing you to turn your daily steps and meditation into discounts at a range of stores</p></li></ul><hr><p>Compensation: £90K – £110K • Offers Equity</p><ul><li> • £90K – £110K • Offers Equity</li></ul><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.co.uk">Jobs in United Kingdom</a> on Arbeitnow</a>