Senior Talent Partner - Product & Design

Fresha; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

EV salary sacrifice

25 days annual leave

Pension

Perks & discounts

Daily snacks & Friday lunch

Job summary

Fresha is seeking a Senior Talent Partner for Tech & Product in London. You will work with senior Product and Engineering leaders, owning critical searches and building proactive talent networks to scale teams as Fresha grows.

You will shape hiring strategies, track market movements, and influence senior leaders with commercial judgement while expanding the Talent function across regions and disciplines.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting Product and Engineering talent in high-growth tech businesses.
• Track record delivering senior, specialist and hard-to-fill searches.
• Strong knowledge of the Product and Engineering talent landscape and target companies.
• Proven ability to build relationships with exceptional candidates beyond active applicants.
• Experience advising and influencing senior leaders with credibility and commercial judgement.
• Ability to assess candidate quality, challenge decisions and advocate for top talent.
• Advanced sourcing, research, networking and talent-mapping capability.
• Proactive, independent approach to driving complex searches through ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own Product & Engineering hiring end to end from scoping to close.
• Build proactive talent pipelines before hiring needs arise.
• Partner with senior leaders to align hiring priorities with roadmaps.
• Act as market expert on target companies and compensation trends.
• Raise the hiring bar by challenging requirements and assessments.
• Create personalised outreach and candidate experiences for hard-to-reach talent.
• Improve sourcing, assessment, tooling and ways of working across Talent org.

Skills

Product recruitment

Engineering recruitment

Senior stakeholder partnership

Market knowledge

Passive talent

Sourcing excellence

Talent leadership

Ambiguity ownership

Job description

Senior Talent Partner – Tech & Product (London)

About Fresha

Fresha is the leading AI-powered operating system for the global beauty and wellness industry, giving businesses everything they need to run smarter, grow faster and build stronger client relationships.

In May 2026, Fresha secured an $80M growth investment from KKR at a valuation of $1B, officially reaching unicorn status and bringing total funding raised to $285M. Already profitable, Fresha is using this investment to accelerate global expansion and drive the next generation of AI and product innovation.

Today, Fresha operates at global scale, with offices across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Our platform is trusted by 130,000+ beauty and wellness businesses across 120 countries, with more than 1.5 billion appointments booked to date.

Our mission is simple: help beauty and wellness businesses grow by giving them the technology they need to attract clients, manage their operations and run their business in one place.

We’re continuing to scale rapidly across markets, teams and products, making this an exciting time to join us.

Role Overview

Senior Talent Partner – Tech & Product | London | Office-based |

With 450+ hires already delivered this year, Fresha is scaling rapidly across Product and Engineering.

You’ll partner directly with senior Product and Engineering leaders to hire exceptional talent for some of the most important roles in the business.

You’ll own critical searches, build proactive talent networks and shape how our teams grow, with the opportunity to progress into Talent leadership, regional ownership or broader responsibility as Fresha scales.

What You’ll Do

• Own Product & Engineering Hiring: Lead complex searches end to end, from scoping and market mapping through assessment, offer and close.

• Build Proactive Pipelines: Develop relationships with exceptional passive talent before hiring needs arise.

• Partner with Senior Leaders: Translate Product and Engineering roadmaps into clear hiring priorities and talent strategies.

• Be the Market Expert: Track target companies, talent movement, compensation and emerging skill areas to inform hiring decisions.

• Raise the Hiring Bar: Challenge requirements, candidate quality and assessment decisions to maintain a high standard.

• Win Exceptional Talent: Create personalised outreach and candidate experiences that engage hard-to-reach Product and Engineering talent.

• Improve How We Hire: Strengthen sourcing, assessment, tooling and ways of working across the Talent function.

What We’re Looking For

• Product & Engineering Expertise: Strong experience recruiting Product and Engineering talent in high-growth technology businesses.

• Complex Search Delivery: A track record of delivering senior, specialist and hard-to-fill searches.

• Deep Market Knowledge: Strong knowledge of the Product and Engineering talent landscape, target companies and high-performing talent.

• Passive Talent Capability: Proven ability to build relationships with exceptional candidates beyond active applicants.

• Senior Stakeholder Partnership: Experience advising and influencing senior leaders with credibility and commercial judgement.

• Strong Talent Judgement: Confidence assessing quality, challenging decisions and advocating for exceptional candidates.

• Sourcing Excellence: Advanced sourcing, research, networking and talent-mapping capability.

• High Ownership: Proactive, independent and comfortable driving complex searches through ambiguity.

Your Opportunity at Fresha

• Accelerate Your Career: Progress into Talent leadership, regional ownership or broader responsibility as Fresha grows.

• Earn for Impact: Access a market-leading Talent incentive scheme with bonus payments linked to successful hires.

• Build a Standout Career Story: Help scale the teams behind a profitable global unicorn through a major phase of growth and innovation.

• Partner at the Highest Level: Work directly with senior Product and Engineering leaders and influence how their teams are built.

• Own Business-Critical Hiring: Hire the people shaping Fresha’s products, technology and future AI capabilities.

• Recruit Beyond the Vacancy: Build long-term talent networks instead of relying solely on live hiring demand.

• Operate at Serious Scale: Join a global Talent function delivering hundreds of hires across markets and functions.

Benefits

• Private Healthcare & Wellbeing: Fully covered private health insurance after probation, confidential counselling, in-office Mat Pilates three times a week and a Friday Run Club.

• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme: Save on the cost of leasing an electric vehicle through our salary sacrifice scheme after probation.

• Annual Leave: 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.

• Pension: 3% employer contribution when you contribute 5%.

• Perks & Discounts: Access to premium wellness products, services and everyday discounts through Circular Benefits.

• Food & Refreshments: Complimentary daily snacks and drinks, plus a fully catered lunch every Friday and breakfast on Monday.