Poppy Walton

Head of Talent

Greater London, United Kingdom6 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

Expert in technology hiring across EMEA and US.
Successfully led multiple graduate recruitment initiatives.
Strong background in technology recruitment for top firms.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technology Recruitment Specialist in the Fintech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionTechnology HiringHiring Process ImplementationTechnology RecruitmentClient Partnership

Other Skills

AdministrationClient EngagementCommunicationConflict ResolutionContract RecruitmentCustomer ServiceExecutive SearchGraduate RecruitmentIT RecruitmentInternship Programme ManagementMicrosoft OfficeRecruitingRecruitment AdvertisingRelationship BuildingSourcing

About

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors. We currently have multiple open positions on our website, please get in touch!

Experience

Qube research & technologies

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Lead (EMEA + Q-TX) - Technology

Promoted

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Leading Technology hiring at QRT for our EMEA offices and US subsidiary, covering all roles across both Core and Front Office IT (Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Data, Quantitative Development etc..).
Managing a team of Talent Acquisition Recruiters.

Talent AcquisitionTechnology HiringTeam Management

Talent Acquisition (EMEA) – Technology

Nov 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

Responsible for the full end-to-end talent acquisition process for experienced hires and for the creation and implementation of internal and external hiring processes across Technology.
Successfully delivered on the 2023 Core IT Graduate and Internship hiring drive in London, and the 2023/24 Core IT Internship programme in Mumbai. Previously also led Core IT hiring in Mumbai, growing our Infrastructure, Core Engineering and AI Engineering functions.

Talent AcquisitionHiring Process ImplementationGraduate Recruitment

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Consultant

Mar 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Technology Recruitment Consultant working with UK based and international Funds (Systematic, Discretionary & HFT), Tier 1 Investment Banks, Financial Technology firms, Elite Tech Start-Ups and larger Technology companies, with an aim to partner strong-performing technical candidates with progressive and tech-centric businesses.
I cover the following technologies: C/C++, Python, Java, C#, Javascript, React and Functional Programming (Scala, F#, Clojure, Haskell, OCaml, Rust, Golang, Ruby, Elixir etc..) amongst other skill-sets including DevOps, Quantitative Development, Analytics and Research, Infrastructure Engineering and Data Science / ML.

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