People and Talent Manager

About the role

SpAItial is seeking a People and Talent Manager to lead recruitment efforts and develop HR processes for their growing team. This hands-on role involves sourcing highly technical talent, including researchers and engineers, while shaping the company culture across London and Munich. You will work closely with founders to build an exceptional team and establish foundational people operations.

Responsibilities

• Own hiring from role definition to accepted offer, initially focusing on research, machine learning, engineering and other highly technical roles.
• Find and engage researchers and engineers through direct sourcing, referrals, academic networks, research conferences and industry communities.
• Partner with founders and hiring managers to understand specialist work, define what success looks like and assess candidates consistently.
• Give candidates clear communication and a thoughtful experience throughout the process.
• Own the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, people records and the processes that support employees day to day.
• Develop practical approaches to performance, feedback, development and manager support as the team grows.
• Help build a strong culture across our London and Munich teams.
• Maintain clear people policies and processes, working with Operations and local advisers where specialist employment guidance is needed.
• Use hiring and people data to identify problems, improve processes and help the leadership team plan ahead.

Required skills

• Talent acquisition
• People operations
• Technical recruiting
• HR processes
• Sourcing

Nice to have

• Machine learning
• Computer vision
• Graphics
• Robotics
• Early-stage company experience

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in talent acquisition, people operations or a related role
• Demonstrated experience sourcing and hiring PhD level researchers, postdoctoral researchers or research scientists
• Experience owning or building people processes beyond hiring

About the Company

SpAItial is building world models that understand and generate 3D environments. Their work brings together generative AI, computer vision and graphics, with potential applications across robotics, entertainment and spatial computing.