Talent Lead

Who you are

• Recruitment Leadership: In-house talent acquisition experience with a proven track record of leading team members
• Full-Lifecycle Mastery: Deep expertise managing end-to-end recruitment pipelines for critical technical and commercial roles
• Pipeline & Data Command: Strong capability in ATS management, pipeline health analysis, and unblocking hiring bottlenecks
• Systems Builder: Demonstrated history of designing scalable hiring processes, frameworks, and operational systems
• High Alignment & Ownership: A proactive and transparent communicator who keeps priorities, progress and risks visible, takes ownership from idea through to execution, and works in close partnership with leadership to keep the team aligned and moving forward

What the job involves

• Lead priority hiring at Fresha’s London HQ, coach a high-performing Talent Team, and build scalable systems powering the next phase of global growth
• Reporting directly to Kiran, our Global Head of Talent, the Talent Lead will play a hands-on role in building the teams behind Fresha’s next phase of growth
• You’ll own priority hiring while coaching and elevating the Talent Team, combining strong personal delivery with real leadership impact
• With 400+ hires already delivered this year, we are scaling fast across global markets and functions
• You’ll help raise the bar, strengthen how we hire and build upon the talent engine needed to power the future of self care
• Maintain High Standards & Diligence: Hold an exceptional bar for quality and maintain team standards under pressure, catching errors and elevating output across the board
• Structure & Solve Bottlenecks: Deconstruct complex hiring challenges and coach team members through problem-solving to arrive at better answers together
• Remove Obstacles Proactively: Spot and clear recruitment blockers early for yourself while systematically removing friction across the wider UK team
• Command Pipeline Data: Maintain total clarity over your own recruiting metrics while monitoring team pipeline health to identify and patch risks early
• Develop & Mentor the Team: Lead by example as the benchmark for quality, holding team members accountable firmly and lifting group performance
• Operate in Sync: Partner closely with Kiran, Global Head of Talent, providing clear reporting and visibility across team performance. Work together on key Talent initiatives, turning direction into fast execution
• Deliver at Scale: Hitting your own hiring targets while lifting the entire team's delivery output under volume and sustained pressure
• Build Systems for Scale: Design new processes and evolve current systems unprompted, embedding frameworks that the team can adopt and run independently
• Earn for Impact: A market leading compensation structure that rewards high performance and delivery
• Lead from the Front: Own priority hiring while coaching and raising the bar across the Talent Team
• Grow with the Business: Build your scope quickly with direct exposure to senior leadership and clear progression as Fresha scales
• Operate at Serious Scale: Join a global Talent function delivering hundreds of hires across multiple markets and functions
• Help Build What’s Next: Shape how Fresha hires, develops and scales the teams behind our next phase of growth

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