Talent Acquisition Manager

At Appvia, we’re on a mission to enable companies to deliver apps in the public cloud with ease and security in mind… and to continue our growth trajectory we’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager to join the team and work closely with our Hiring Managers and People Operations team to find exceptional Talent for Appvia.

About the role

As the Talent Acquisition Manager you’ll work closely with the different areas of the business, including solutions engineering, product engineering, marketing and sales teams to understand the challenges and opportunities within them, and to shape the job specifications in terms of aptitude, competencies and skills coming into the business. Reporting to the Head of Operations, the role will also work closely with People Operations, to ensure the onboarding journey for our new hires is as smooth as possible.

In this role you’ll:

• Be responsible for the full recruitment cycle from liaising with line managers about vacancies through to a new starter’s first day, specifically; writing job descriptions, identifying and sourcing candidates, interviewing, providing feedback, and making offers
• Work closely with People Operations to create a seamless and knowledgeable onboarding process for new hires
• Use platforms to reach reach and manage talent acquisition such as Workable, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and manage Appvia's Careers page
• Own, refine and iterate hiring processes and recruitment documentation, in line with the key areas of law surrounding recruitment and selection. Including, the potential implementation for online recruitment and assessment tools, such as employment related testing
• Work with our marketing team to promote Appvia’s employer brand, at community building events, including running/attending university campus hiring days, meetups and the wider startup ecosystem
• Measure key metrics and competencies to be able to deliver data driven insight to the leadership team
• Run assessment centres if/as required
• Minimise the need to work with external recruitment agencies, but develop relationships with key suppliers, should the need arise
• Benchmark salaries/packages against the rest of the industry
• Be a strong brand ambassador

About you

We’re looking for someone with;

• Experience of working with internal stakeholders to manage hiring requirements in a similar industry/stage of company
• Experience in applicant tracking systems such as Workable
• Experience in an in-house or agency recruitment role
• Experience of working through the full recruitment cycle
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent research and sourcing skills, using a variety of sourcing methods
• Proven experience of managing multiple roles at one time
• Proven track record of building talent pipelines on challenging and competitive roles
• Understanding of open source technologies and the ecosystem surrounding them
• Understanding of cloud technologies
• Calm under pressure with the ability to prioritise accordingly

• Excellent communication skills
• Driven, self-motivated and results orientated
• Ability to form and maintain key relationships
• Strong understanding of the legalities surrounding recruitment and selection

Why join Appvia?

We are a self-funded, London based startup; providing businesses with a fast and secure way to deploy containerised applications into the cloud.

We are on a mission to enable organisations to make cloud-based software delivery simple and efficient, whilst having the insights into costs, security and cadence. As a company that holds customers at the heart of everything we do, we are looking for candidates that want to make a real change to how Dev and Ops is working in the industry.

With us our customers, like the UK’s Home Office & Bank of England, are harnessing cloud-native technologies, limiting the challenges of infrastructure management and rapidly delivering digital products.

What’s on offer?

💰 We are generous - you’ll be compensated fairly for your role (dependant on role this could mean a blend of salary, commission, stock options & company bonus)

🎂 We celebrate you - you’ll get the day-off for your Birthday, plus your 25 days annual leave and the 8 bank hols

📈 We win together - non commission based roles receive a company & individual performance based bonus

🏥 We take health & wellbeing seriously - you’ll get health Insurance including a dental element for yourself, and can choose to add family members to your policy. Life assurance, enhanced Employee Assist Programme, cycle to work scheme and a paid subscription to Headspace App

✨ We’re mindful - you’ll have flexibility to work from our dog-friendly Barbican office, your home or a combination of both - with flex hours to make work & home, work well

🎒We want you to grow - you’ll be joining an exceptional team who will help you shape the career you’re dreaming of, each Appvian has access to an individual training budget

🎉 We’re fun - we sponsor regular team socials, board game nights, Cloud Unplugged meetups and more!

But don’t just take our word for it, you can check out what our Appvians say about us on Glassdoor and by following us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Tik Tok.

Interview process

• 1st stage interview with our Head of Operations
• 2nd stage interview with our COO/CEO
• Final task based Interview with some of the wider team