Founding Talent Partner — US Hiring Lead

Sona; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: $175,000 - $200,000

Hybrid: San Francisco, 3 days a week

Share options

20 days PTO + sick days

401k with employer match up to 2%

Health cover via Aetna

Enhanced parental leave & pay

Annual all expenses paid team retreats

Macbook and home office budget

Professional development budget

Unlimited free books

Job summary

Sona is seeking a Talent Partner to build the US hiring function as we scale our US operations in New York, San Francisco and Austin. You’ll own how we attract and assess US talent and lay the foundation for the entire US operation.

Reporting to the Head of Talent (UK) and working with leaders in our San Francisco office, you’ll navigate ambiguity, move fast, and drive hiring across go-to-market and other roles while leveraging AI to speed processes.

Qualifications

• Experienced full-lifecycle recruiter able to own end-to-end hiring in high-ambiguity environments.
• Specialist in hiring go-to-market talent into fast-moving organisations.
• Strong sourcer, for whom building an outbound pipeline is a standard part of their rhythm.
• Data-driven and comfortable owning a funnel, using numbers to troubleshoot and forecast.
• Advanced user of AI tools to improve speed, efficiency, and quality of hiring.
• Experience in VC-backed enterprise AI/SaaS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own hiring for US-based roles end to end, across our New York, San Francisco and Austin hubs, from kickoff and briefing through sourcing, interviewing, and offer to signed contract.
• Hire primarily go-to-market roles (sales, marketing), with some Customer and other roles as the team grows.
• Lay the foundations of the US talent and people function as we scale: employer brand, process, ways of working, and ad-hoc people operations.
• Innovate using AI to improve the speed and quality of hiring at Sona.

Skills

Full lifecycle

Go-to-market

Sourcing

Data-driven

AI tools

VC-backed AI

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Sona is seeking a Talent Partner to build the US hiring function as we scale our US operations in New York, San Francisco and Austin. You’ll own how we attract and assess US talent and lay the foundation for the entire US operation.

Reporting to the Head of Talent (UK) and working with leaders in our San Francisco office, you’ll navigate ambiguity, move fast, and drive hiring across go-to-market and other roles while leveraging AI to speed processes.