Head of Talent Acquisition

About this role

StellarTech builds and publishes subscription-based EdTech mobile apps (B2C, web2web/web2app) and grows through performance marketing. We hire across Growth, Creative Marketing, Product, Design, Analytics, Engineering and Customer Care.

We are growing, and we need a leader to shape recruiting for this next stage, so we are opening the Head of Recruitment role. The goal of the role is to shape a recruiting function that supports the company’s next stage of growth. Reporting directly to Head of People, you will own recruiting strategy, team development and a practical AI and automation roadmap, and help the business make better hiring decisions.

Role responsibilities

• Set recruiting strategy: build a 6-12-month plan covering priority capabilities, talent markets, sourcing channels, team development and improvements to the function.
• Plan with Head of People and business leaders: translate business plans into hiring scenarios, assess capacity and feasibility, and recommend priorities, resources and spend within agreed approval limits.
• Develop the recruiting function: define responsibilities, performance expectations and capability needs; coach the team and develop future leads.
• Own the recruiting AI roadmap: identify high-value use cases across talent research, sourcing, communication, interview documentation and analytics; prioritize them by business value, quality, effort and risk.
• Move from pilot to adoption: define success metrics, test workflows, assess output quality, train users and scale solutions with proven value.
• Systems and data: improve ATS workflows, data quality and reporting; coordinate integrations with technical partners and set clear ownership of tools and data.
• Decision-ready analytics: provide forecasts, explain hiring risks and assess source effectiveness, cost of hire, funnel performance and quality indicators with stakeholders.
• Raise the assessment standard: establish consistent scorecards, interviewer guidance, calibration and candidate communication; keep hiring decisions owned by people and grounded in evidence.
• Talent intelligence: build market insight and talent pipelines for Growth, Product, Analytics, Engineering and other priority areas.
• Key searches: get involved selectively in executive or business-critical hiring where your involvement materially improves the outcome.

Requirements

• critical (blockers)
• Recruiting strategy: experience leading recruitment in a product IT company, linking business priorities to a practical function roadmap, with demonstrable results of your decisions.
• Business understanding: experience hiring for B2C digital products and understanding of mobile apps, subscriptions and performance marketing; exposure to Growth/Marketing and another product or technical function.
• Workforce and capacity planning: experience forecasting hiring demand, assessing team capacity and proposing resource or budget options with explicit assumptions and trade-offs.
• Practical AI implementation: experience taking at least one recurring recruiting workflow from problem definition and pilot to team adoption, with evidence of value and quality controls. Coding integrations yourself is not required.
• Leadership and change management: a record of developing recruiters, clarifying responsibilities and getting a team to adopt new practices successfully.
• Senior stakeholder partnership: the ability to work with People and business leaders, challenge assumptions constructively and turn market evidence into hiring-priority decisions.
• Analytics and systems thinking: the ability to connect data quality, workflow design, funnel performance and costs to management decisions, and to explain what the data can and cannot tell you.
• Assessment governance: experience establishing evidence-based evaluation, useful interview feedback, consistent calibration and clear decision ownership.
• English: strong enough to discuss strategy, present recommendations and run international hiring conversations independently (B2+ as a reference point).

Nice to have

• non-critical
• Direct experience in mobile B2C subscription, EdTech, wellness or lifestyle products and web2web/web2app businesses.
• Building or substantially rebuilding a recruiting function during product or company growth.
• Implementing ATS integrations, no-code/low-code workflows, recruiting dashboards or reusable AI-assisted processes.
• Executive search, expansion into new talent markets and long-term talent community building.
• Why You'll Love Working With Us
• Impactful Work: Your ideas and contributions will directly shape the future of our company and the way people learn.
• Innovative Environment: We’re passionate about challenging the status quo, experimenting with new ideas, and pushing the boundaries of EdTech.
• AI-Driven Innovation: We don’t just talk about AI - we turn it into real-world solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies, explore their potential, and help transform the future of education.
• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside talented, passionate professionals who share your ambition, curiosity, and drive to make a difference.
• Growth & Ownership: Take ownership of meaningful projects, develop new skills, and grow professionally in an environment that values initiative and creativity.
• Freedom to Innovate: We encourage bold thinking, fresh perspectives, and the courage to experiment. Great ideas can come from anyone.
• Ready to Shape the Future of Education?
• We’re looking for curious minds, creative thinkers, and ambitious people who want to make a real impact.
• Want to join the team? Send us your CV and let’s build the future of EdTech together! 🚀