Talent Acquisition Lead - Product & Engineering

We're on a mission to make real estate transactions smarter, faster, and friction-free.

Real estate is the world's largest asset class, yet the legal processes and tools behind it remain slow, manual, and underinvested. Lawyers must review dense documents line by line and piece together information across silos, all while clients demand faster, more transparent due diligence.

That's where we come in. Orbital Copilot is the AI assistant built exclusively for commercial real estate law. Developed with former practicing real estate lawyers, it accelerates complex due diligence by up to 70% while delivering legal-grade precision.

We're trusted by leading firms like Goodwin, BCLP, and Ropes & Gray to remove the busywork so legal teams can focus on what they do best: applying sharp legal judgment, delivering standout client service, and getting deals over the line faster.

Working at Orbital means joining a team that's reimagining how real estate transactions get done - moving fast, working collaboratively, and giving people the ownership to make a real impact from day one.

Orbital is scaling fast as we build the AI technologies powering the future of enterprise productivity. To support this growth, we're hiring a Talent Acquisition Lead - Product & Engineering to design, drive, and deliver how we attract and hire world class Product, Engineering and AI talent in London.

This is a strategic and hands on role where you'll shape the hiring engine-elevating our brand, partnering with senior leaders, and ensuring we build high performing squads that enable our next stage of growth.

Why Now?

Orbital is entering a pivotal scale up phase as we secure Series B investment. You will play a central role in building the Product & Engineering organisation that defines our product roadmap, pushes forward our global AI capabilities, and accelerates delivery across our London based squads.

Working directly with the Head of Talent, engineering and product leadership, and the wider Talent team, you'll architect a talent acquisition team that's both scalable and deeply human-balancing pace, quality and innovation.

The Job, in a Nutshell Strategy & Leadership

• Develop and deliver the Product & Engineering talent acquisition strategy for London, aligned to Orbital's growth and squad expansion plans.

• Lead, coach, and develop a small high performing TA team (2-3 people).

• Act as the senior talent advisor to Product, Engineering, Design and AI leadership-guiding role design, workforce planning, and hiring prioritisation.

• Use talent insights, market data, and performance metrics to influence hiring decisions and future skills planning.

• Partner on cross functional initiatives across capability building, hiring process excellence, and TA technology.

Talent Attraction & Sourcing Excellence

• Build and execute innovative sourcing strategies for complex technical and AI/ML roles, creating diverse and sustainable talent pipelines.

• Develop compelling content, storytelling, and campaigns that amplify Orbital's culture and engineering mission to relevant talent.

• Build relationships and integrate with London's AI and engineering communities to strengthen brand visibility and talent engagement.

Stakeholder Partnership & Hiring Excellence

• Partner directly with CTO, Product & Engineering leaders on hiring strategy, role calibration, assessment frameworks, and decision making.

• Run high quality role briefings, interview training, and debrief sessions to drive alignment and consistency.

• Champion a thoughtful, inclusive, high touch candidate experience through every stage of the process.

• Provide quarterly insights and updates to the Head of Talent, CTO and leadership team.

Process, Data & Innovation

• Ensure consistent, accurate use of all TA tech (Ashby, LI recruiter, WTTJ) to enable reporting, forecasting, and operational excellence.

• Share hiring metrics and insights to drive transparency and accountability with senior teams.

• Lead adoption of AI tools, automation, and emerging recruitment technology to increase speed, quality, and efficiency.

• Continuously iterate on hiring practices to optimise for performance, quality of hire, and candidate experience.

Requirements The Must Haves (and a Few Nice to Haves)

We're looking for someone with the right combination of depth, judgement, and craft to help us scale our Product & Engineering organisation in London. Here's what great looks like:

• You've spent your career in hands on technical recruiting. You've hired across Engineering, Product and ideally AI/ML-and know how to consistently source, engage, and close top talent.

• You've scaled Product & Engineering teams in high growth businesses before. You know what high performing squads look like and how to hire for them. You will excel in environments where speed and quality must coexist.

• You're both strategic and execution minded. You can shape hiring strategy one moment and dive into a search with urgency the next.

• You influence senior stakeholders with confidence. You bring data, insight, and a point of view to engineering and product leaders.

• You care deeply about candidate experience. You build inclusive, respectful processes that reflect who we are and how we work.

• You thrive in ambiguity. You build structure where needed, operate with pragmatism, and help create the playbook as we grow.

• You understand Talent as a business lever. You see hiring as shaping teams, enabling performance, and building the future of Orbital.

A few nice to haves

• Experience with Ashby and modern TA tooling and automation.

• Exposure to scaling a UK based tech or AI organisation.

Why you'll love it here

• You'll build the teams powering the next generation of AI products.

• You'll shape how Orbital hiring works at a critical inflection point.

• You'll influence senior leaders and directly impact Orbital's growth trajectory.

• You'll join a collaborative, ambitious culture where curiosity and innovation are celebrated.

Benefits

• Compensation: We offer a competitive starting salary in the range of £80-100,000, depending on experience. We share salary ranges upfront to build trust, reduce bias, and support an inclusive process, even as we continue developing our internal pay structures.

• Flexible Work: We believe in flexibility, but we're also big on in person collaboration. This role is based in our London office three days a week, with additional time as needed - for things like all hands, interviews, or team sessions. It's about being present when it matters, and balancing autonomy with impact.

• Preparing for your future: We match your pension contributions to help you build long term financial security, and provide ownership in the company through options.

• Rest and Recharge: Everyone gets 25 days of paid annual leave, plus bank holidays, so you can rest, recharge, and take care of what matters most to you

• Supportive Parental Leave: Generous parental leave policy designed to support all parents and caregivers in balancing family and work life

• Equipment & Development: As you bring value to our mission, we're committed to bringing value to you. We want everyone who works here to leave stronger than they came in-whether that's in skills, confidence, or career direction. That's why we provide top quality equipment, a personal development budget of £1000 per year, and ongoing training opportunities to support your growth from day one.

• Cycle to work: Reduce your carbon footprint and stay active while commuting. We know it's an oldie but a goodie-and we're proud to support it through our Cycle to Work scheme.

• Belonging & Community: We're in the process of building an inclusive, welcoming culture where everyone feels seen and valued. Expect regular team off sites, shared lunches, and social events, with something for everyone.

Security is everyone's responsibility at Orbital. We ask all team members to follow our security policies, complete regular awareness training, and handle sensitive data with care in line with ISO 27001 standards. Spot something unusual? Reporting risks or incidents quickly helps us maintain the strong culture of security and compliance we all depend on.

At Orbital, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We especially welcome applications from people who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. Even if you don't meet every single requirement, or if the right role isn't listed yet, we'd still love to hear from you.

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on several factors, which may include job related knowledge, skills, experience, and business requirements.