Talent Lead

Job description

Relay is fundamentally reshaping how goods move in an online era. Backed by Europe’s largest-ever logistics Series A ($35M) led by deep-tech investors Plural, and a recently closed Series B ($95M), Relay is scaling faster than 99% of venture-backed startups. We're assembling the most talent-dense team the logistics industry has ever seen Relay’s Mission is to free commerce from friction . Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate. We envision a world where more goods move more freely between more people , making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone. THE TEAM • ~160 people , around half in engineering, product and data • 45+ advanced degrees across computer science, mathematics and operations research • Thousands of data points captured, calculated, analysed and predicted for every single parcel we handle • An intellectually vibrant culture of first‑principles thinking , tight feedback loops and relentless experimentation The Opportunity The Talent Lead – Operations & Business at Relay will play a critical role in shaping and driving hiring strategies for our non-tech organisation. You’ll quickly establish yourself as the go-to TA partner for hiring managers in the org: consulting on best practices, sharing insights and reports, and continuously improving our talent acquisition function. You’ll help us make the right hiring decisions, bringing in top talent who are also a strong Relay fit. Who Will Thrive in this role? You own end-to-end hiring: you can run the full lifecycle from sourcing and outreach through to offer, while keeping quality and pace high. You’re a trusted partner to senior stakeholders: you build strong relationships with Business and Ops Leadership and People, align on priorities, and help translate plans into hiring action. You’re operationally excellent: you create sharp JDs and scorecards, keep pipelines clean in Ashby, coordinate smoothly across hiring managers/agencies, and produce high-quality candidate packs/interview kits. You leverage systems and tools to scale impact: you use the ATS expertly and you’re curious and proactive about new tooling (sourcing tools, automation, AI) that improves productivity and quality of hire. You use data to drive decisions: you track and act on key TA metrics (sourcing activity,…