Talent Acquisition Partner
Sumup•2d ago
United KingdomOnsite€200Full-timeMid Level2+ yrs exp
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- Talent Acquisition Partner (Sales Focused)
- 🕐 Fixed-term (1-year) contract · Full-time
- About SumUp
- We believe in the everyday hero — those who have the courage to follow their passion and the determination to realise their dreams.
- Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a team-first attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America
- the United States work together to ensure that small business owners can be successful doing what they love.
- About the Team
- You’ll join our Global Talent Acquisition team , dedicated to finding and empowering the best talent across SumUp. This role will focus on the Sales hiring stream — one of the fastest-growing and most business-critical areas at SumUp.
- As a Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll work day-to-day with Sales leaders across Europe and help design and deliver a best-in-class, data-driven hiring process that supports our commercial expansion and raises the bar for hiring quality and candidate experience.
- You’ll be based in one of our main hubs, London and collaborate closely with colleagues across multiple European markets.
- What You’ll Do
- Own the end-to-end recruitment process for Sales roles across Europe.
- Partner with Sales leaders to define scorecards, interview loops, and SLAs , ensuring alignment and quality.
- Build persona-based sourcing plans and collaborate with Employer Branding to craft targeted messaging.
- Maintain a structured, data-informed process , analysing funnel performance and driving improvements.
- Champion candidate experience , ensuring timely communication and a high standard of engagement.
- Leverage automation and TA tools (e.g. Greenhouse, Looker, Brighthire) to improve efficiency and consistency.
- Drive weekly funnel reviews , highlight insights, and partner with stakeholders to remove blockers.
- You’ll Be Great for This Role If You
- Bring hands-on experience in high-volume Sales recruitment , ideally across multiple European markets.
- Have a proven track record in structured hiring (scorecards, interviewer training, data-driven decision-making).
- Excel at building relationships with stakeholders and influencing hiring managers as a trusted advisor.
- Use data and insights to guide hiring strategy and continuously improve funnel performance.
- Have strong communication and prioritisation skills , thriving in a fast-paced, scale-up environment.
- Are naturally curious, proactive, and motivated by creating great candidate and stakeholder experiences .
- Fluency in English and an additional European language (e.g. Italian, French, German, Portuguese or Spanish).
- Why You Should Join SumUp
- 🌎 Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, from our Berlin office. This involves an office-first setup
- 🌈 Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced
- 📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget of €2000 for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education
- 🌴 Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
- At SumUp, we’re on a mission to empower small businesses around the world with simple, affordable tools to help them start, run
- grow. More than 4 million merchants across 36 markets trust us as their financial partner — and we’re just getting started.
- We’re a global team of 3,000+ people from over 90 nationalities, united by curiosity, collaboration, and care. Our core values and culture shape everything we do, fostering inclusion, learning, and belonging.
- SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, committed to building a safe, respectful, and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive.
- 👉 Explore more about our culture on our careers site , or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram .
- Job Application Tip
- We recognise that candidates feel they need to meet 100% of the job criteria in order to apply for a job. Please note that this is only a guide. If you don’t tick every box, it’s ok too because it means you have room to learn and develop your career at SumUp.
Required skills
Sales recruitmentdata-driven decision-makingcandidate experienceautomationTA tools