Talent Acquisition | Recruiter, Financial Services

Job description

Why Rogo Our mission is to transform global finance by empowering professionals at the world's top investment banks, private equity funds, and investment firms with AI that delivers unparalleled speed, accuracy, and insight. We're not just improving financial workflows; we're redefining them. This is a unique opportunity to join a generational company driving transformation in one of the most important industries in the world. With a rapidly growing, global client base, proven product-market fit, and backing from world-class investors, we are scaling quickly and defining a new category of enterprise AI. Our team is sharp, motivated, and deeply committed to Rogo’s mission. We take ownership of complex problems and stay relentlessly focused on our users. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, demand excellence, and want to help build the future of finance, we invite you to join us. THE ROLE You'll lead full-cycle recruitment for Strategic Opportunities and finance-adjacent roles in London, with a focus on building and owning a pipeline of ex-front-office talent in the UK and European market. Acting as a strategic partner to business leaders and working closely with our cofounder, you'll design and execute targeted sourcing strategies, cultivate relationships with top finance talent in London, and ensure an exceptional candidate experience from outreach through offer. This role blends high-touch relationship management with strategic sourcing and talent pipelining - and directly impacts our ability to scale world-class finance expertise into the London and European business. What You'll Do Talent Strategy & Pipelining - Build and own a proactive pipeline of top ex-front-office finance professionals in London and Europe (banking, PE, hedge funds, trading, corporate finance) - Partner with our cofounder and leadership on role design, talent profiles, and hiring priorities as we grow our London presence - Develop and refine talent segmentation frameworks for Strategic Opportunities and rotational programs, tailored to the London/European market Full-Cycle Recruitment - Lead end-to-end hiring: sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding - Create disciplined, data-driven recruitment processes that promote fairness, transparency, and quality - Ensure hiring targets are met with urgency and precision Market & Candidate Engagement - Establish Rogo as an employer of choice in London/European finance circles - attend industry events, engage alumni communities, and build referral networks - Represent the Strategic Opportunities team and company mission externally, conveying opportunity scale and career pathways to London-based talent Partnership & Process - Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and our cofounder on market mapping, compensation insights, and talent strategy for the London/European market - Manage relationships with external talent partners/agencies and negotiate effective contracts when needed - Leverage ATS, sourcing tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby, Gem), and analytics to identify pipeline gaps and optimize workflows Candidate Experience - Deliver a best-in-class experience for candidates - clear communication, timely feedback, and respectful process touchpoints - Build processes that reinforce our culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion goals What You Bring - 5+ years of full-cycle experience recruiting finance, front-office, or similar elite talent - Familiarity with the London/European finance talent market a strong plus - Proven ability to source, engage, and convert passive candidates in competitive markets - Strong consultative partner mindset - you influence hiring strategy and coach stakeholders, including our cofounder - Comfortable managing multiple concurrent searches with high urgency and quality - Fluency with sourcing tools (LinkedIn Recruiter), ATS systems (e.g., Ashby), and recruiting metrics - Excellent communication skills and a polished presence for candidate and stakeholder interactions - Intellectual curiosity about finance, data, and how top talent builds enduring impact WHO YOU ARE - You thrive in fast-paced environments. You are high-intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup. - You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible. - You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance. - You are an owner. You are autonomous, self-directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity. - You are collaborative, organized, thoughtful, and kind. WHY JOIN ROGO? - Up and to the right: Rogo has strong product adoption with the world's leading financial institutions, and we are still early. The upside is enormous. - Extraordinary team: we take talent density seriously. You'll do the best work of your career alongside some of the sharpest people in AI and finance. - A one-of-one problem: bringing AI to the core of how Wall Street works is one of the most ambitious, technically demanding, and consequential problems today. There is nowhere else you can work on it at this scale. - Real ownership: You'll own real surface area and watch the world's most sophisticated users rely on your work. - Always at the frontier: we work at the edge of what the best models can do and turn it into products people trust. If you're obsessed with AI, this is where it's happening.