Senior Talent Partner

Who you are

• Significant experience recruiting Product and Design talent within high-growth technology businesses, executive search or specialist search environments
• A strong track record of delivering senior, complex and difficult-to-fill Product and Design searches
• Deep knowledge of the Product and Design talent landscape, including leading companies, disciplines, organisational models and high-performing talent
• Evidence of building meaningful long-term relationships with exceptional passive candidates rather than relying primarily on inbound or active applicants
• Experience advising senior executives and functional leaders as a credible, commercially minded talent partner
• Strong judgement around talent quality, with the confidence to challenge hiring decisions and advocate for candidates who can materially raise the bar
• Exceptional sourcing, networking, research and talent-mapping capability
• The ability to translate business strategy and organisational needs into practical talent and hiring strategies
• Strong influencing and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities and demanding senior stakeholders
• A highly proactive and ownership-driven approach, with the ability to operate independently and move complex searches forward
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to represent Fresha credibly with senior candidates
• A genuine interest in Product, Design, technology and how exceptional teams are built

What the job involves

• As our Senior Talent Partner for Product & Design, you’ll play a key role in shaping the teams responsible for building Fresha’s products and experiences
• This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who combines exceptional recruiting craft with strong commercial judgement, deep market knowledge and the credibility to influence senior leaders
• You’ll operate proactively rather than reactively, building relationships with exceptional Product and Design talent well before hiring needs arise and developing a detailed view of the companies, individuals and capabilities that matter most to Fresha
• Working closely with senior Product and Design leaders, you’ll translate business and organisational priorities into forward-looking talent strategies. You’ll advise leaders on team shape, talent availability, candidate quality and hiring trade-offs, while challenging assumptions where necessary to ensure we continue raising the bar
• You’ll own complex and business-critical searches end to end, particularly for senior and high-impact hires, and will be expected to set a high standard for recruiting quality across the wider Talent team
• Product and Design will be your core focus, although you may also partner across Engineering and other areas of the business as priorities evolve
• Act as a strategic talent partner to senior Product and Design leaders, developing a deep understanding of their organisations, roadmaps and future capability requirements
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with exceptional Product and Design talent across the market, with a particular focus on senior and hard-to-hire profiles
• Develop proactive talent-mapping, sourcing and engagement strategies for both immediate and future hiring needs
• Build a detailed understanding of target companies, organisational structures, talent movements, compensation trends and emerging areas of expertise
• Use market intelligence to influence workforce planning, hiring priorities, role design and talent decisions
• Challenge hiring leaders constructively on requirements, candidate quality, assessment and market realities
• Lead complex, senior and business-critical searches from initial scoping through to candidate engagement, assessment, offer negotiation and close
• Partner with hiring leaders to define what exceptional performance looks like and build rigorous, evidence-led assessment processes
• Create highly personalised engagement strategies for passive candidates and build credibility with some of the strongest talent in the market
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience that reflects the quality and ambition of Fresha
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, tooling, assessment quality and ways of working across the Talent function
• Share market knowledge, sourcing approaches and recruiting best practice with other Talent Partners, helping raise the capability of the wider team
• Support hiring across Engineering and other business-critical areas where required
• Fresha has a strong, continuously growing network of exceptional Product and Design talent, including individuals we may not hire immediately but want to know over the long term
• Senior Product and Design leaders see you as a trusted adviser who materially improves their thinking around talent, organisational design and hiring
• Fresha is engaging high-calibre candidates significantly earlier than the point at which vacancies arise
• Business-critical and senior searches consistently attract and close exceptional candidates
• Hiring decisions are informed by high-quality market intelligence, clear talent benchmarks and rigorous assessment
• Product and Design hiring becomes increasingly proactive, data-informed and aligned with Fresha’s longer-term organisational needs
• Hiring managers are constructively challenged where necessary and the quality bar remains consistently high
• Your knowledge, judgement and recruiting craft raise the standard of the broader Talent team
• Each hire meaningfully strengthens Fresha’s Product and Design organisation and increases the overall density of talent

Benefits

• Work from home opportunities
• Fast track career progression
• Travel coverage when visiting teammates - through workshops and social events
• A vibrant and collaborative company culture
• Company social events