As Talent Lead, you will own the end-to-end hiring engine for a high-growth, mission-driven team. You'll build multi-channel sourcing strategies, optimize Ashby operations, and close elite technical talent. This is a high-prestige role reporting to the Chief of Staff, where every hire directly impacts patient outcomes and saves lives through personalized medicine.
Talent Lead at Anima
Join a cash-flow positive, YC-backed healthtech startup that has already resolved 5.7 million patient cases and serves 20% of the UK population. As Talent Lead, you’ll be the architect of a world-class crew, building a high-performance hiring engine where every hire literally saves lives. This is a high-prestige role reporting to the Chief of Staff, offering an elite salary in the 90th percentile plus OTE. If you're a 'benevolent pirate' who can source elite engineers and close senior talent against top-tier offers, this is your chance to have a massive impact on the future of personalized medicine.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Anima
Y Combinator-backed healthtech startup serving 20% of the UK population with agentic AI
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Build and manage a compounding hiring machine, maintaining a pipeline of at least five qualified candidates for every open role at all times.
- Act as a "benevolent pirate" to source elite talent via direct outbound, referral networks, research communities, and high-impact events like hackathons.
- Optimize the Ashby ATS and train hiring managers on playbooks to ensure a 100% F1 score (no false positives or negatives) in the interview process.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Proven track record of sourcing and closing high-bar technical roles in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.
- Expert-level written communication skills capable of crafting cold outbound that generates high response rates from senior engineers and researchers.
- Highly analytical mindset comfortable configuring ATS workflows, building performance-marketing-style dashboards, and running 90-day post-mortems on every hire.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Impact is unparalleled: with 5.7 million patient cases handled and 8,600 lives saved last year, your hires directly scale life-saving clinical infrastructure.
- The role is treated with the prestige of a sales leadership position, offering a base salary in the 90th percentile plus performance-based OTE.
- You will join a "Knights of the Round Table" culture that is cash-flow positive, growing 100% YoY, and operating with a lean, world-class crew.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 14 million jobs daily and introduces you directly to hiring managers.
How does this work?
Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.