Automata was founded on the principle that humanity is at its best when thinking. That means freeing humanity from the tyranny of repetitive, mundane jobs.

Today Automata is developing software, hardware and robotics platforms to disrupt the Life Science Sector and enable scientists. Ultimately bringing new drugs to market years earlier, and completing diagnostic testing at speeds never before imagined.

We're looking to hire an experienced in-house recruiter with a wealth of experience hiring commercially focused candidates from a Marketing and Sales background.

Why is this role important for Automata?

Automata have scaled from 30 - 80 team members over the past 12month and we’re showing no signs of slowing down this growth. After our best ever year commercially and for the team, we’re growing our Talent & People team to support and maintain our growth through 2022 and beyond. This role will be essential to the success of this ambition and provide the person in the role with huge opportunities for personal growth and development.

We also believe that great products start with teams that bring a variety of perspectives and experiences and care deeply about fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone can be their best self at work. The right candidate will also share this belief and ideally come with experience working across multi-channel marketing strategies that have created rich connections between people and attracted candidates from a diverse mix of backgrounds.

In this role, you will be:

• Working closely with key stakeholders at Automata to create a strong talent acquisition strategy to ensure we hit our growth targets

• Creating, executing and tracking the success of candidate attraction campaigns

• Own and iterate our hiring processes prioritising quality at every stage

• Recommend new channels or techniques to source new talent

• You will track your team's data and continually highlight opportunities for improvement

• Monitor team KPI activity and deliver against personal OKRs

• Feedback market information and insights to relevant Hiring Managers/team members and actively use this to improve and shape hiring in Automata

• Contribute to hiring meetings and lead new role kick-off meetings

• Build data and feedback into your strategy and create regular reports for the Head of People

• Build a DE&I culture, making sure it is part of the recruitment process

• Manage and develop a small team (2-3) of junior-mid level researchers/sourcers

What it takes

• At least 6 years of relevant recruitment experience, with a demonstrable ability to hire at pace and with high standards of quality

• Ability to grasp new roles quickly, pivoting from eng to commercial to ops and back as needed

• You will be able to confidently assess candidates without guidance and be able to manage the end to end hiring process for roles without support

• You will be an SME on hiring, knowledgeable of market trends, have a network

• You will be a strong team leader and be able to guide, leverage, and develop your reports

• Strong ATS knowledge

• Data-driven with the ability to review and leverage the data available across the talent tools at Automata

• Strong communication skills, with high attention to detail

What gets us excited?

We’re passionate about the future of Technology and Robotics and our growing success is built upon like-minded individuals who share our passion.

We are excited about people, dogs, team culture and karaoke (not necessarily in this order)

If this sounds like a good fit and you have experience within HR but want to apply your experience in a completely unique environment, we want to hear from you! 

More reasons to apply

• £58,000 - £65,000 (Depending on experience)
  

• Learning & Development 🎓 £1,000 per year to spend as you wish

• Holiday 🏖️ 25 days per year (PLUS we close the office between Christmas and New Year)

• Private Healthcare ❤️ Vitality Health is available to all of our permanent employees

• Flexible working 🤹 Blended approach to office and WFH

• Employee referrals 💰 £1,000 per referral hired from your network

• Share Options Scheme 📈 Every team member gets a pot of stock option after probation

• Keeping you fed 🥙 Our kitchen is always stocked and we order lunch in on Fridays

• Dog-friendly offices 🐶 Lola, Evie and Alfie are the current resident pooches

What is the process?

• CV review
• Introduction interview - 30 mins with Head of People (Remote)
• Online personality assessment - 20min
• Onsite Interview, 1.5hr with Talent Partner & Head of People
• Final Rounds - 30 minutes with CEO & 45min Head of Commercial and Head of Growth (Remote)