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About the Role

MLabs is seeking an entrepreneurial and driven Founding Talent Lead to build the organization's recruiting engine from scratch. This role involves partnering with leadership across all business units to define excellence and sourcing high-caliber professionals.

Responsibilities

• Own the full hiring lifecycle, including crafting compelling position profiles, designing highly predictive interview stages, facilitating hiring decisions, delivering offers, and successfully closing exceptional candidates.
• Proactively surface passive talent through targeted outbound sourcing, professional network referrals, creative channel discovery, and long-term relationship building ahead of hiring needs.
• Build, evaluate, and continuously refine scalable recruitment systems, processes, and applicant tracking workflows to support rapid, high-signal talent assessment.
• Design and optimize internal employee referral initiatives to leverage the collective networks of the current team.
• Collaborate on initial post-hire touchpoints, helping to establish structured onboarding, human resources processes, and early performance management frameworks.

Requirements

• 2 to 7 years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience, with a strong preference for individuals who have succeeded in fast-growing startup environments.
• Absolute willingness and ability to work in-office 5 days per week at the client's office in either New York City or London.
• Proven track record of establishing recruitment workflows and sourcing processes from the ground up, coupled with the agility to adapt and restructure those systems as organization needs evolve.
• Outstanding sourcing capabilities across multiple business domains and seniority levels, with a sharp eye for identifying top-tier talent that traditional search methods overlook.
• Prior experience sourcing and securing engineers, developers, and other highly technical roles within high-performance technology environments is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with an innate ability to build genuine trust, represent the employer brand accurately, and spark excitement in high-potential candidates.

Skills

• End-to-End Recruitment Management
• Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Generation
• Recruitment System Infrastructure
• Referral Network Engineering
• People & Onboarding Infrastructure
• System Builder Mindset
• Versatile Sourcing Instincts
• Technical Recruiting Expertise
• Communication & Relationship Skills

Location

• London
• New York

Work Type

• On-Site
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2 to 7 years

Salary/Compensations

• $90K – $140K

Benefits

• Offers Equity
• 15% Quaterly Bonus

About the Company

• Our client is a high-growth, venture-backed technology company that is transforming the insurance claims space.
• Operating as an AI-native Third-Party Administrator (TPA) within a $200B industry, our client pairs an expert in-house claims team with advanced proprietary software.
• This hybrid approach delivers faster resolutions, improved outcomes, and a significantly more humane experience for policyholders during vulnerable times.
• Having secured over $15M in funding from top-tier global venture capital firms, our client already manages operations representing over $200M in insurance premiums across a diverse partner base of more than 50 organizations, including multiple publicly traded enterprises.
• With strong market traction and an urgent mission, our client recognizes that exceptional people are the foundation of their success.

Equal Opportunity

• At MLabs, we are committed to offer equal opportunities to all candidates.
• We ensure no discrimination, accessible job adverts, and providing information in accessible formats.
• Our goal is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace with equal opportunities for all.
• If you need any reasonable adjustments during any part of the hiring process or you would like to see the job-advert in an accessible format please let us know at the earliest opportunity by emailing human-resources@mlabs.city.