Senior Talent Partner (FTC - 9 months)

3 billion people across the world work in frontline jobs. Yet, despite rising costs and staff shortages, frontline organisations are still left to choose between paper, Excel, and WhatsApp, or decade-old workforce management solutions to take care of the most important part of their businesses - their people.

Enter Sona: the next generation of AI-native, frontline workforce management. We’ve built an end-to-end platform covering Scheduling, HR, Payroll, and Communications that gives the largest frontline organisations everything they need to staff more intelligently and empower their teams.

In under 4 years, we’ve already made a deep impact on the lives of over 100k frontline workers and the operation of their organisations, grown the team to 110+, and secured over $50M in funding from notable VC’s, including Felicis, Northzone, Gradient Ventures (Google), SpeedInvest, Antler, and Notion Capital, plus notable angels like Tom Blomfield (Monzo).

It’s a hugely exciting time to be joining the team as we’re still small enough that you’ll have a significant impact on the company’s growth trajectory and culture, yet large enough to have a great structure, experienced leaders and world-class benefits in place. More on working at Sona here.

About the Role

Joining Sona’s Talent team is an ideal role for someone excited to make an impact on an early-stage Talent function at a high-growth startup and work directly with our most senior leaders to grow an exceptional commercial team. You’ll be one of a two-person team with a broad hiring remit in either commercial or product and engineering hiring.

Speed is everything at Sona and, in Talent, our goal is to make the very best hire we can for every position in the team. It’s a tough balance to strike but with the support of experienced, pragmatic hiring teams who know the importance of good recruiting, a strong employer brand and value-proposition to present to a large candidate pool, and a market-leading set of recruiting tools, you’ll be well set up for success.

To excel, you’ll need to learn Sona inside out, to help you identify the candidates who will bring the most to our team and share the information they need to be excited to join us! We’re looking for someone with the ability to deliver on a handful of roles in parallel with a focus on speed and quality, a data-driven approach to building pipelines and advising the team, and a commitment to hiring experiences that leave candidates confident Sona is the right place for them.

Responsibilities 

Day to day, you will: 

• Own the full hiring lifecycle for commercial or product and engineering hires at Sona

• Implement strategies to ensure we hire a diverse team across the board

• Plan and execute initiatives to continuously improve our hiring

Requirements

We don’t have strict requirements, but lots of the following probably apply to you: 

• You’re an experienced full-lifecycle recruiter, ideally with experience in hiring for a high-growth, early-stage company

• You recognise the importance of hiring a diverse team and can implement strategies that give us the best chance of success

• You’re committed to delivering an exceptional candidate experience

• You know your numbers and understand how to use key recruiting metrics to assess the health of your roles, troubleshoot, and advise teams on making the best hiring decisions

Benefits

• £65-75k per annum

• Fully remote and flexible working

• 35 days annual leave (25 days standard plus 10 flexible public holiday days) 

• Pension contributions matched up to 5%

• Comprehensive health insurance

• Enhanced parental leave & pay

• Co-working space stipend for those based outside London

• Bi-annual all expenses paid team retreats

• The latest Macbook and equipment budget for your home office

• Professional development budget

• Unlimited free books

Note: this represents a typical benefits package for a UK-based, full-time employee. Exact details may vary based on location and employment type but we try to be as fair as possible to all of our team members. Please ask your contact in the Talent team to clarify the available benefits for you.