Synesaia · Talent

Specialist AI/ML Talent Partner

A focused talent practice placing AI and ML talent across The UK & Europe, and The GCC

§ 01 — Key services

Three disciplines, One practice

Every engagement draws on the same three capabilities — calibrated to the seniority, market, and compliance posture of the hire

01 / Search

Technical & Executive Search

Targeted search against a vetted network of AI/ML engineering and leadership talent pools.

  • LLM / GenAI engineers
  • MLOps & platform
  • Applied ML & data science
  • Heads of AI / ML leadership
02 / Compliance

Compliance & VISA routing

End-to-end handling of sponsorship, immigration, and labour-market compliance across our active corridors. Ensuring each hire lands.

  • UK Skilled Worker sponsorship
  • EU Blue Card routing
  • UAE & KSA work permits
  • Saudization / Emiratization advisory
03 / Fractional leadership

Fractional Talent Leadership

Embedded, part-time talent leadership for teams scaling without a full-time Head of Talent. Including strategy, hiring architecture, and interim ownership of the function.

  • Hiring strategy & team design
  • Interim Head of Talent
  • Process & scorecard build-out
  • Ongoing market intelligence
§ 02 — Markets

Two corridors. One practice

Our work delivers across two distinct talent economies, each with its own workplace dynamics, salary expectations and compliance requirements

01 / Market Active

UK & Europe

Mature AI ecosystems — scale-up density, sponsorship-ready pipelines, and deep applied-ML bench

Active corridors London · Dublin · Amsterdam · Berlin · Paris
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02 / Market Active

The GCC

UAE & KSA — AI-first policy, deep capital, and full compliance & visa routing handled end-to-end

Active corridors Abu Dhabi · Dubai · Riyadh
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§ 03 — Practice

Twelve years of talent architecture, concentrated on AI

Oliver Taylor — founder, Synesaia Talent
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The practice is led by Oliver Taylor. Twelve years of in-house and agency talent work across the UK, Europe, and MENA — including building the talent function at a Saudi technology company between 2019 and 2021, and running desks at Hays and Pure Resourcing Solutions before that. Synesaia Talent is the consolidation of that work into a single specialist practice across two active corridors.

250+

Specialist placements across AI, ML, ops and leadership.

12yrs

Of talent architecture and delivery experience behind the practice.

0%

Fees charged to candidates. Ever.

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