Recruiting Lead

At Universal Quantum, we are building the next generation of quantum computers — machines capable of solving problems once thought impossible. Our technology has the potential to transform industries from healthcare to aerospace, materials science, and beyond.  

We are seeking a Recruiting Lead to shape how we attract and hire exceptional talent as UQ scales. You’ll combine hands-on recruiting with leadership of a lean, high-performing team while ensuring an exceptional hiring bar and candidate experience.

What You’ll Accomplish  

Deliver exceptional hiring outcomes  

• Own end-to-end recruitment for critical roles as we scale rapidly, including some of the most challenging and high-impact hires in deep tech, working alongside and enabling a growing recruiting team 

• Build creative, high-conviction, in-house sourcing strategies to engage exceptional off-market candidates  

• Meet ambitious hiring targets while maintaining an exceptionally high talent bar 

• Be accountable for key hiring outcomes, including offer acceptance rates, time to hire, quality of hires, and the strength of talent pipelines 

Lead a world-class recruiting function and set the standard for how we hire 

• Manage and develop a high-performing recruiting team through servant leadership, motivation, inspiration and empowerment  

• Drive consistency and improvement across hiring processes  

• Design and optimise candidate journeys, ensuring every interaction delivers value  

• Build structured, fair and inclusive hiring processes that enable every candidate to perform at their best  

• Expand access to underrepresented talent and develop broad, high-quality talent pipelines across all functions 

Scale recruiting as a strategic, data-driven function 

• Leverage Workable ATS to its full potential through templates, scorecards, and structured workflows  

• Present recruiting metrics and hiring strategy to leadership, influencing decisions & business planning  

• Lead external talent partnerships with strong commercial judgement  

• Use data and market insight (including talent trends and compensation benchmarks) to inform hiring strategy and improve processes