Job title: Head of Talent Acquisition Location: London - hybridSalary: £115,000 - £132,000Team: PeopleReporting To: VP Talent This role is based in London, UK and requires existing right to work in the UK.At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. We are committed to building a diverse, global team and our sponsorship policy is evaluated on a role-by-role basis. We encourage you to keep an eye on our careers site to stay informed about future opportunities where we are able to offer visa sponsorship.Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today’s challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future.Our platform orchestrates millions of real-time decisions across homes, devices, markets and grids. By combining predictive algorithms with human-centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable, affordable and adaptive to everyday life.With teams across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen.At Kaluza we embrace a flexible, hybrid work model that balances autonomy with the power of in-person connection. Many of our teams find value in coming together regularly to collaborate, strengthen relationships, and accelerate progress. We’re focused on shaping thoughtful, team-driven approaches that support both business impact and individual well-being.What will I be doing?We’re hiring a Head of Talent Acquisition to build and lead the recruitment engine for Kaluza across all levels and functions. You’ll build and execute a strategic, data-driven hiring plan, lead a recruitment team, own end-to-end hiring processes, and partner closely with senior leaders to attract, evaluate and hire exceptional talent who will accelerate our mission to reach net-zero.Key responsibilities<ul><li>Talent acquisition strategy &amp; leadership</li><ul><li>Develop and implement a company-wide talent acquisition strategy aligned to business priorities and growth plans.</li><li>Develop and implement the AI strategy which will enable the organisation to attract the best talent, optimise the candidate experience and hire the best people</li><li>Set recruiting goals, metrics and KPIs; track progress and report regularly to the VP Talent and senior leadership.</li><li>Build a strong external employer brand and candidate value proposition tuned to engineering, product, commercial and operations audiences.</li></ul><li>Data &amp; Tooling</li><ul><li>Build dashboards from diverse and sometimes incomplete data sets </li><li>Use data  to identify bottlenecks, reduce time-to-hire, improve diversity outcomes and optimise cost-per-hire.</li><li>Implement tools and processes (ATS, sourcing platforms) to scale hiring effectively.</li><li>Implement AI in the recruitment process to optimise interviewer and candidate experience </li></ul><li>Team management</li><ul><li>Line-manage a team of recruiters, providing coaching, performance management, prioritisation, and career development.</li><li>Create effective resourcing models and workflows to maximise recruiter productivity and candidate experience.</li></ul><li>Full-cycle recruitment</li><ul><li>Own end-to-end hiring for roles across levels (entry to executive), including sourcing, interviewing, offer management and onboarding handover.</li><li>Design and maintain robust, inclusive interview processes and assessment techniques for technical and non-technical roles.</li></ul><li>Stakeholder partnership</li><ul><li>Act as a trusted partner to hiring managers/ people partners: forecast hiring needs, advise on organisational and role design, and drive cross-functional hiring rhythms.</li><li>Train hiring managers in interviewing best practices, diversity hiring, and candidate experience.</li></ul><li>Candidate experience </li><ul><li>Ensure a high-quality candidate journey, timely communication, and excellent offer acceptance rates.</li></ul><li>Compliance &amp; operations</li><ul><li>Ensure hiring practices comply with local employment law (UK / Australia/France/Japan)and internal policies. Oversee offer approvals, salary benchmarking and background checks.</li></ul></ul>About You You are a seasoned leader with a proven track record of building and scaling a talent acquisition engine in a fast scaling tech business. You are a strategic thinker, a hands-on operator, and a natural ambassador who can navigate a complex business ecosystem with cultural sensitivity.Ideally you’ll have/be:<ul><li>Strong experience in building and optimising a talent acquisition function and in a TA team; strong hands-on experience hiring across engineering, product, commercial and business functions.</li><li>Proven success building and executing hiring strategies in an extremely high-growth tech (ideally SaaS) environment.</li><li>Experience in building dashboards with incomplete data sets. Skilled with ATS systems, hiring metrics, workforce planning, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Fluency in deploying  AI during the TA cycle</li><li>Strong people management skills with experience coaching recruiters, setting goals and improving team performance.</li><li>Comfortable advising senior leaders, influencing hiring decisions and managing competing priorities.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication; confident interviewer and negotiator.</li></ul>What will set you apart <ul><li>Experience in fast scaling  tech business, particularly a background in Product and Tech hiring</li><li>Ideal - global hiring experience </li></ul>Kaluza ValuesHere at Kaluza we have five core values that guide us as a business: We’re on a mission, We build together, We’re inclusive, We get it done, We communicate with purpose.Read more about our <a href="https://careers.kaluza.com/our-values">values over on our careers site.</a>From us you’ll get<ul><li>Pension Scheme</li><li>Discretionary Bonus Scheme</li><li>Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP</li><li>Life Assurance</li><li>Access to Furthr - a Climate Action app</li><li>Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests</li><li>Perks at Work - access to thousands of retail discounts</li><li>5% Flex Fund to spend on the benefits you want most</li><li>26 days holiday</li></ul><ul><li>Flexible bank holidays, giving you an additional 8 days which you can choose to take whenever you like</li></ul><ul><li>Progressive leave policies with no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family </li><li>Dedicated personal learning budget</li><li>And more…</li></ul>We want the best peopleWe’re keen to meet people from all walks of life — our view is that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. But if you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we'd still love to hear from you.Find out more about working in <a href="http://kaluza.com">Kaluza</a> on our <a href="https://careers.kaluza.com/">careers page</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaluza/">LinkedIn</a>. You can also find our Applicant Data Protection Policy <a href="https://kaluza-careers.cdn.prismic.io/kaluza-careers/Z5umd5bqstJ9-DZw_2024ApplicantDataProtectionNotice.pdf">here</a>.

Kaluza is the intelligent energy platform enabling the world&rsquo;s largest energy companies to lead the way in the energy transition. From revolutionising energy retail operations to smart electric vehicle charging, our software is empowering energy suppliers to deliver market-leading experiences for their customers and drive decarbonisation.&nbsp;
Launching in 2019, we&rsquo;ve grown rapidly to over 400 employees across the UK, Portugal and the US. We pride ourselves on technical excellence and building a platform that has a real, positive impact in a fast-evolving industry.&nbsp;
We&rsquo;re on the lookout for talented problem solvers, who are determined to make a difference to the world. Sound like you? Find out more about life at Kaluza&nbsp;<a class="body-text-link hyperlink" href="https://careers.kaluza.com/life-at-kaluza">here</a>.

Head of Talent Acquisition

Job title: Head of Talent Acquisition&nbsp;Location: London - hybridSalary: £115,000 - £132,000Team: PeopleReporting To: VP Talent&nbsp;This role is based in London, UK and requires existing right to work in the UK.At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. We are committed to building a diverse, global team and our sponsorship policy is evaluated on a role-by-role basis. We encourage you to keep an eye on our careers site to stay informed about future opportunities where we are able to offer visa sponsorship.Kaluza is the Energy Intelligence Platform, turning energy complexity into seamless coordination. We help energy companies overcome today’s challenges while accelerating the shift to a clean, electrified future.Our platform orchestrates millions of real-time decisions across homes, devices, markets and grids. By combining predictive algorithms with human-centred design, Kaluza makes clean energy dependable, affordable and adaptive to everyday life.With teams across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, and a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we power leading companies including OVO, AGL and ENGIE, as well as innovators like Volvo and Volkswagen.At Kaluza we embrace a flexible, hybrid work model that balances autonomy with the power of in-person connection. Many of our teams find value in coming together regularly to collaborate, strengthen relationships, and accelerate progress. We’re focused on shaping thoughtful, team-driven approaches that support both business impact and individual well-being.What will I be doing?We’re hiring a Head of Talent Acquisition to build and lead the recruitment engine for Kaluza across all levels and functions. You’ll build and execute a strategic, data-driven hiring plan, lead a recruitment team, own end-to-end hiring processes, and partner closely with senior leaders to attract, evaluate and hire exceptional talent who will accelerate our mission to reach net-zero.Key responsibilities<ul><li>Talent acquisition strategy &amp; leadership</li><ul><li>Develop and implement a company-wide talent acquisition strategy aligned to business priorities and growth plans.</li><li>Develop and implement the AI strategy which will enable the organisation to attract the best talent, optimise the candidate experience and hire the best people</li><li>Set recruiting goals, metrics and KPIs; track progress and report regularly to the VP Talent and senior leadership.</li><li>Build a strong external employer brand and candidate value proposition tuned to engineering, product, commercial and operations audiences.</li></ul><li>Data &amp; Tooling</li><ul><li>Build dashboards from diverse and sometimes incomplete data sets&nbsp;</li><li>Use data&nbsp; to identify bottlenecks, reduce time-to-hire, improve diversity outcomes and optimise cost-per-hire.</li><li>Implement tools and processes (ATS, sourcing platforms) to scale hiring effectively.</li><li>Implement AI in the recruitment process to optimise interviewer and candidate experience&nbsp;</li></ul><li>Team management</li><ul><li>Line-manage a team of recruiters, providing coaching, performance management, prioritisation, and career development.</li><li>Create effective resourcing models and workflows to maximise recruiter productivity and candidate experience.</li></ul><li>Full-cycle recruitment</li><ul><li>Own end-to-end hiring for roles across levels (entry to executive), including sourcing, interviewing, offer management and onboarding handover.</li><li>Design and maintain robust, inclusive interview processes and assessment techniques for technical and non-technical roles.</li></ul><li>Stakeholder partnership</li><ul><li>Act as a trusted partner to hiring managers/ people partners: forecast hiring needs, advise on organisational and role design, and drive cross-functional hiring rhythms.</li><li>Train hiring managers in interviewing best practices, diversity hiring, and candidate experience.</li></ul><li>Candidate experience&nbsp;</li><ul><li>Ensure a high-quality candidate journey, timely communication, and excellent offer acceptance rates.</li></ul><li>Compliance &amp; operations</li><ul><li>Ensure hiring practices comply with local employment law (UK / Australia/France/Japan)and internal policies. Oversee offer approvals, salary benchmarking and background checks.</li></ul></ul>About You&nbsp;You are a seasoned leader with a proven track record of building and scaling a talent acquisition engine in a fast scaling tech business. You are a strategic thinker, a hands-on operator, and a natural ambassador who can navigate a complex business ecosystem with cultural sensitivity.Ideally you’ll have/be:<ul><li>Strong experience in building and optimising a talent acquisition function and in a TA team; strong hands-on experience hiring across engineering, product, commercial and business functions.</li><li>Proven success building and executing hiring strategies in an extremely high-growth tech (ideally SaaS) environment.</li><li>Experience in building dashboards with incomplete data sets. Skilled with ATS systems, hiring metrics, workforce planning, and continuous improvement.</li><li>Fluency in deploying&nbsp; AI during the TA cycle</li><li>Strong people management skills with experience coaching recruiters, setting goals and improving team performance.</li><li>Comfortable advising senior leaders, influencing hiring decisions and managing competing priorities.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication; confident interviewer and negotiator.</li></ul>What will set you apart&nbsp;<ul><li>Experience in fast scaling&nbsp; tech business, particularly a background in Product and Tech hiring</li><li>Ideal - global hiring experience&nbsp;</li></ul>Kaluza ValuesHere at Kaluza we have five core values that guide us as a business:&nbsp;We’re on a mission, We build together, We’re inclusive, We get it done, We communicate with purpose.Read more about our <a href="https://careers.kaluza.com/our-values">values over on our careers site.</a>From us you’ll get<ul><li>Pension Scheme</li><li>Discretionary Bonus Scheme</li><li>Private Medical Insurance + Virtual GP</li><li>Life Assurance</li><li>Access to Furthr - a Climate Action app</li><li>Free Mortgage Advice and Eye Tests</li><li>Perks at Work - access to thousands of retail discounts</li><li>5% Flex Fund to spend on the benefits you want most</li><li>26 days holiday</li></ul><ul><li>Flexible bank holidays, giving you an additional 8 days which you can choose to take whenever you like</li></ul><ul><li>Progressive leave policies with no qualifying service periods, including 26 weeks full pay if you have a new addition to your family&nbsp;</li><li>Dedicated personal learning budget</li><li>And more…</li></ul>We want the best peopleWe’re keen to meet people from all walks of life — our view is that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. But if you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we're looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we'd still love to hear from you.Find out more about working in <a href="http://kaluza.com">Kaluza</a> on our <a href="https://careers.kaluza.com/">careers page</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaluza/">LinkedIn</a>. You can also find our Applicant Data Protection Policy <a href="https://kaluza-careers.cdn.prismic.io/kaluza-careers/Z5umd5bqstJ9-DZw_2024ApplicantDataProtectionNotice.pdf">here</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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