Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job description
Diraq is building the world's first utility-scale quantum computer. We need someone to find the people who can build it.
We're small enough that we can't carry a bad hire.
We want an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist who gets that the real work happens before a role ever goes live. You'll push back on a brief that doesn't add up and help hiring managers work out what they actually need.
You'll work right across the company, from scientists and engineers to execs and commercial leads.
If you think recruitment is about running a tidy process, this probably isn't for you. We want someone who wants a say in who we hire.
Job requirements
Real experience owning full-cycle recruitment in tough markets
Strong instincts, and the nerve to tell a hiring manager they're wrong when they are
A track record of finding people other recruiters walk past
The knack for turning a vague “we need someone like…” into an actual search
Experience holding your own with senior leaders
A good read on red flags, and on the people who look unremarkable on paper but aren't
Solid sourcing and talent-mapping
Comfortable in both deeply technical and commercial rooms
Low ego, and genuinely curious about people

Why join us
Most recruiters spend a career hiring for other people's companies. This is a chance to help build one.
We're a deep-tech scale-up bringing together quantum researchers, engineers and commercial people, trying to solve a hard physics problem and then build it at scale.
How people treat each other matters here. Being good at your job doesn't excuse being difficult to work with. We like people who give honest feedback kindly and step in when something needs doing.
It's not a corporate place. Spend must be justified, priorities move around, and there's rarely a clean process waiting for you. The people who do well here make their own order and get on with it.
If you care about hiring well and want your work to shape a company, we'd love to hear from you.

Job responsibilities
Run recruitment end to end, across technical and non-technical roles
Work with hiring managers to pin down what they actually need before you open a search
Push back on briefs and assumptions when they don't stack up
Find great people in markets where everyone's chasing the same shortlist
Read candidates for what they can do now and where they could get to
Coach hiring managers on interviewing and making the call
Build pipelines we can lean on as we scale
Look after the culture, because hiring is how it changes

Job benefits
You own recruitment in the US, backed by an established global function
A close-up seat to genuinely hard science, and the people behind it
A team without big egos or heavy process, that trusts people to use their judgement
Room to shape the role, and the function, as we grow globally
401k + health benefits
Hybrid work environment
Eligibility to participate in our Employee Incentive Program
Paid time off to volunteer for causes you care about
Salary range
100,000 – 160,000 USD Annual