Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Description Diraq is building the world's first utility-scale quantum computer. We need someone to find the people who can build it. We're small enough that we can't carry a bad hire. We want an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist who gets that the real work happens before a role ever goes live. You'll push back on a brief that doesn't add up and help hiring managers work out what they actually need. You'll work right across the company, from scientists and engineers to execs and commercial leads. If you think recruitment is about running a tidy process, this probably isn't for you. We want someone who wants a say in who we hire. Job Requirements Real experience owning full-cycle recruitment in tough marketsStrong instincts, and the nerve to tell a hiring manager they're wrong when they areA track record of finding people other recruiters walk pastThe knack for turning a vague “we need someone like…” into an actual searchExperience holding your own with senior leadersA good read on red flags, and on the people who look unremarkable on paper but aren'tSolid sourcing and talent-mappingComfortable in both deeply technical and commercial roomsLow ego, and genuinely curious about people Why join us Most recruiters spend a career hiring for other people's companies. This is a chance to help build one. We're a deep-tech scale-up bringing together quantum researchers, engineers and commercial people, trying to solve a hard physics problem and then build it at scale. How people treat each other matters here. Being good at your job doesn't excuse being difficult to work with. We like people who give honest feedback kindly and step in when something needs doing. It's not a corporate place. Spend must be justified, priorities move around, and there's rarely a clean process waiting for you. The people who do well here make their own order and get on with it. If you care about hiring well and want your work to shape a company, we'd love to hear from you. Job Responsibilities Run recruitment end to end, across technical and non-technical rolesWork with hiring managers to pin down what they actually need before you open a searchPush back on briefs and assumptions when they don't stack upFind great people in markets where everyone's chasing the same shortlistRead candidates for what they can do now and where they could get toCoach hiring managers on interviewing and making the callBuild pipelines we can lean on as we scaleLook after the culture, because hiring is how it changes Job Benefits You own recruitment in the US, backed by an established global functionA close-up seat to genuinely hard science, and the people behind itA team without big egos or heavy process, that trusts people to use their judgementRoom to shape the role, and the function, as we grow globally401k + health benefitsHybrid work environmentEligibility to participate in our Employee Incentive ProgramPaid time off to volunteer for causes you care about Salary 100000 - 160000 USD (yearly)