Manager, Recruiting (London, United Kingdom)

Figma, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Figma, Inc. in London is seeking a Recruiting Manager to lead and grow a high-performing souring and hiring team across multiple business functions in EMEA.

You will partner with sales leadership to align resources, drive recruiting strategy, and elevate our talent brand to attract exceptional candidates. You will build scalable processes, champion diversity initiatives, and work closely with senior leaders to inform decision-making with data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of recruiting experience in a fast-paced, competitive environment.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Expertise in SaaS sales recruiting.
• Proven ability to partner with executives to drive recruiting strategies.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and develop a growing team of recruiters
• Collaborate with Sales leadership to align recruiting resources accordingly to achieve goals
• Partner with recruiting leaders to develop a talent brand strategy that continues to bring in exceptional talent to Figma
• Create and implement a team structure that optimizes for efficiency and scale
• Champion, partner, and execute on diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Build and improve recruiting best practices across all orgs

Skills

Recruiting leadership

SaaS recruiting

Stakeholder partnership

Data storytelling

Job description

Manager, Recruiting (London, United Kingdom)

London, England

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma's platform helps teams bring ideas to life-whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

As a Recruiting Manager you will cultivate, lead, mentor, grow, and hire a team of recruiting professionals supporting multiple business functions across Sales in EMEA. You will work from conception to fruition on staffing strategies to support these organizations and partner with our hiring leaders to execute top of class recruiting practices. Figma's continued future success relies heavily on the ability to scale and the talent acquisition team is at the helm of the ship.
This is a full time role that will be based in our London Hub.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Manage, mentor, and develop a growing team of recruiters
• Collaborate with Sales leadership to understand business needs and align recruiting resources accordingly in order to achieve goals
• Partner with recruiting leaders to develop a talent brand strategy that continues to bring in exceptional talent to Figma and showcases the incredible culture
• Create and implement a team structure that optimizes for efficiency and scale
• Champion, partner, and execute on various initiatives relating to inclusion and diversity
• Build and improve upon recruiting best practices across all orgs

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 10+ years of recruiting experience in a fast-paced, competitive environment, including 2+ years of people management experience and demonstrated expertise in SaaS sales recruiting
• Proven experience partnering with stakeholders, senior leaders, and executives to develop and drive effective recruiting strategies and initiatives
• Strong ability to leverage data to measure team performance, identify opportunities for greater efficiency, and tell compelling stories that inform decision-making
• Experience building and scaling recruiting functions, processes, and programs to support sustained organizational growth

While it's not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Experience with diversity and inclusion as it relates to recruiting strategy and activity
• Ability to take a blank canvas in an ambiguous environment and create something incredible
• Fluency in either German or French (or both!)

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
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