Headhunter (Talent Acquisition)

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Headhunter About OneDome OneDome is a UK-based housing and fintech technology platform building an AI-powered platform to simplify life’s biggest financial decisions — from buying a first home to building and protecting long-term wealth. The platform brings together property discovery, mortgage origination, legal and transaction services, insurance, and financial planning into a single, end-to-end digital experience. OneDome’s flagship HomeBuyer Service reimagines home ownership as a retail-style product, bundling everything required to purchase a home into one transparent, fixed-price offering. Beyond home purchases, the platform supports customers across the full lifecycle of home ownership and personal finance. OneDome operates at scale, working with a nationwide network of over 500 mortgage brokers and arranging approximately $1.4 billion in mortgage volume per month, positioning the company among the largest housing and mortgage platforms in the UK. The company is profitable and has been recognised for rapid, capital-efficient growth, including being ranked the 4th fastest-growing fintech and 17th fastest-growing technology company by the Deloitte Fast 50 in 2025, and the 6th fastest-growing tech company by the Sunday Times Tech 100 in 2026. Backed by Channel 4 Ventures and family offices across the UK, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Australia, OneDome is building the next generation housing and fintech super-platform, replacing fragmented, manual processes with a modern, data-driven, AI-enabled consumer experience. The Role You will be responsible for proactively sourcing and attracting high-calibre talent across technology, product, operations, sales, marketing and corporate functions. This is a hands-on role focused on direct search rather than traditional recruitment. You'll build talent pipelines, engage passive candidates and act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, ensuring OneDome attracts the best people in a competitive market. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute proactive talent sourcing strategies across the UK. Identify and engage passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, networking and market mapping. Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs. Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and recruitment strategies. Manage candidates through the full recruitment lifecycle, from initial outreach to offer acceptance. Deliver an exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring process. Build OneDome's employer brand through networking and talent engagement. Produce market intelligence, salary benchmarking and competitor hiring insights. Work with external recruitment partners where appropriate while maximising direct hiring. Track recruitment metrics including time-to-hire, quality of hire and sourcing effectiveness. Experience 5+ years' experience in executive search, headhunting or in-house talent acquisition. Proven success hiring senior and specialist talent within technology, fintech, proptech or high-growth businesses. Strong experience sourcing passive candidates. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills. Commercial mindset with the ability to understand business priorities. Experience managing multiple concurrent searches. Skills Executive search and market mapping. Boolean and advanced LinkedIn sourcing techniques. Candidate assessment and interviewing. Negotiation and offer management. Strong communication and relationship-building skills. Data-driven recruitment and reporting. Personal Attributes Highly proactive and resilient. Curious and commercially minded. Strong networking ability. Results-focused with excellent attention to detail. Passionate about identifying exceptional talent. Able to thrive in a fast-paced, scaling environment. Success Measures Reduced time-to-hire across key roles. Increased proportion of hires made through direct sourcing. High-quality candidate pipelines for critical positions. Excellent hiring manager and candidate satisfaction. Strong offer acceptance and employee retention rates. Why Join OneDome? This is an opportunity to shape the future of OneDome by hiring the people who will build and scale the business. You'll have a direct impact on our growth, culture and long-term success, working closely with senior leadership to attract outstanding talent across the organisation.