Senior Technical Recruiter, Motorway

8 Month FTC

Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
London

1+ day a week in office

Motorway

Car marketplace

Open for applications

Motorway

Car marketplace

201-500 employees

B2CMarketplaceCarsCommunityeCommerce

Open for applications

Salary not provided
Senior and Expert level
London

1+ day a week in office

201-500 employees

B2CMarketplaceCarsCommunityeCommerce

Company mission

To build a better car market for everyone, harnessing the power of technology to deliver an amazing experience.

Role

Who you are

  • Proven track record in full-cycle technical recruiting, with a focus on more senior-level hiring
  • Strong sourcing capabilities and ability to build diverse talent pipelines
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
  • Data-driven mindset with a focus on metrics and performance analysis
  • Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment
  • Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing priorities and business needs

What the job involves

  • We're seeking a versatile and strategic Senior Technical Recruiter to join our team. With a primary focus on engineering roles, you'll play a pivotal role in scaling our teams and driving company growth. We value a candidate with a broad range of hiring expertise and the ability to adapt to evolving business needs
  • Own the end-to-end recruitment process for primarily technical roles, from sourcing to offer acceptance
  • Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand their needs and develop effective hiring strategies
  • Leverage data and market insights to optimise recruitment efforts and improve hiring outcomes
  • Build and maintain a robust pipeline of qualified candidates for critical roles
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the overall candidate experience
  • Drive process improvements and contribute to the development of recruitment best practices

Application process

  • Given the continued spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), all interviews will be conducted by phone or virtual connection to protect our candidates and employees

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Like many industries, the second-hand car market has undergone significant transformation, with more and more dealers and car owners looking to buy and sell cars online. Motorway is one of a handful of online car marketplaces that are capitalising on this trend.

Motorway differentiates itself from traditional e-commerce and brick and mortar stores because it’s a marketplace, rather than an inventory. This allows for improved speed and verification. Owners sell their cars 100% online in as little as 24 hours with free car collection, while Motorway also supports car dealerships with a new channel for acquisition of used car stock.

Since being founded in 2017, Motorway has grown rapidly, achieving unicorn status in 2021. It is planning on putting this capital to use expanding both geographically and internally, adding more features to its already well-reviewed product. One such feature is its ULEZ checker, which allows car buyers to assess the environmental compliance of vehicles.

The biggest challenge Motorway faces is competing with other well-funded competitors jumping on this trend, such as Auto1 and Cazoo, as well as established companies like Webuyanycar.com. However, online penetration in the £480 billion British and EU used car market is minimal - suggesting that there is enough market to share amongst Motorway and its competitors.

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Insights

Strong hiring activity
Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

34% female employees

28% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Employee endorsements

Challenging work

"We push boundaries all the time, some people think we're an automotive company, but we're a tech company and think like one. So that includes using..."

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Nov 2021

$190m

SERIES C

Jun 2021

$62.7m

SERIES B

Total funding: $270.8m

Company benefits

  • Many of our roles include significant stock options, so you can share in Motorway’s growth and future success
  • Our friendly team meet up regularly for lunches and after-work drinks, plus we hold larger events at least twice a year
  • Many of our roles include flexibility to work from home regularly, or fully remote for some of the year
  • Many roles allow you to choose a schedule that works for you around your core hours
  • Your health is your wealth! We take our health and well-being seriously with comprehensive BUPA health insurance offered to every team member, regardless of seniority
  • You will have a personal learning and development budget to spend on a wide range of books, courses and conferences. We also include subscriptions to services like Headspace and Audible
  • Lease a brand new electric car through your gross salary saving up to 40% on the retail cost
  • Purchase a bicycle, accessories and safety equipment through your gross salary, so that you can save on the cost of a new bike & accessories
  • Juggling parenting and work is challenging. We want to support you as best we can at this important time for you and your family
  • Our pension provider is NEST, through whom you have a choice of funds that you can align with your faith, beliefs and attitudes to risk

Company values

  • Create new roads - Changing things for the better through innovation
  • Take the wheel - Being accountable and facing hard challenges head-on
  • Be humble - Leaving egos at the door — we succeed as one
  • Pedal to the metal - We move fast and act decisively
  • 5-star comes as standard - Experiences that delight, excellence as standard

Company HQ

Fitzrovia, London, UK

Leadership

Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).

Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).

Alex Buttle

(Co-Founder & VP Growth)

Alex, Tom and Harry are serial founders. Together they founded LoanCube (Exited to AOL), Official Space (Exited to Office Broker) and Top10 (Exited to uSwitch).


People progressing

Steve joined Motorway back in October 2018 as a Senior Product Manager, and in his 3+ years at Motorway he has risen through the ranks to Lead PM, Head of Product, and is now a Product Director.

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