Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

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Drive strategic recruitment processes and enhance Plum's employer branding while delivering exceptional candidate experiences in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.

Hey! We’re Plum, your smart saving and investing app on a mission to help grow money for life. Whether you’re stashing the cash for tea and toast in your first home or catching some rays during retirement, Plum’s got your back.

Since 2016, over 2 million people in 10 European markets have set aside more than £2 billion with our clever automation and AI – that’s the magic of Plum! As recognition for our work, we’ve received awards from the likes of Deloitte, Finder, and more.

That’s all down to our passionate team of 200+ Plumsters, who work around Europe to help us achieve our mission. And now we’re looking for more brilliant people to join us on our journey.

The Team & The Role

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our TA team and support Plum’s ambitious global growth. As a key member of our high-performing Talent Acquisition team, you will drive end-to-end recruitment processes, shape the candidate experience, and contribute to Plum’s employer brand. You will have the autonomy to lead searches for critical leadership positions while collaborating closely with hiring managers and the broader People team.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead full-cycle recruitment for high impactful roles across the organization, from sourcing through to offer stage.
  • Design and execute proactive sourcing strategies to build pipelines of high-caliber senior candidates.
  • Track and report on recruitment performance and pipeline health, leveraging data to inform decisions and continuously improve processes.
  • Partner closely with the Leadership Team, providing expert guidance on hiring strategies, market insights, and best practices for senior-level talent acquisition.
  • Collaborate with the wider Talent and People teams on initiatives related to employer branding, candidate experience, and process enhancements.
  • Deliver an outstanding candidate experience, acting as a trusted ambassador for Plum’s culture and values at every stage.

What We’re Looking For

  • 4+ years of full cycle recruitment experience in a fast-paced, growth-focused environment, with proven success in leadership or senior-level hiring.
  • Experience across engineering and product hiring, with strong market insight
  • Ability to independently manage multiple complex searches and prioritize effectively in a dynamic setting.
  • Data-driven mindset, comfortable using metrics and insights to optimize recruitment outcomes.
  • Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, including executives.
  • Hands-on experience with ATS platforms (Workable experience is a plus).
  • Strong judgment in evaluating leadership talent and understanding what constitutes high performance in a product-led, growth-oriented company.
  • Collaborative, proactive, and accountable, with a high level of ownership.
  • Passion for recruitment, candidate experience, and fostering a people-first culture.

Plum's Perks

  • Own part of the company you're helping grow through stock options
  • Private health insurance
  • Annual training budget
  • Plum Premium for free
  • Competitive referral scheme
  • Flexible approach to remote working: we encourage at least 2 days a week in one of our beautiful offices in London, Athens or Cyprus
  • Team breakfasts and team lunches
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • 45 work-from-anywhere days to give you flexibility to work your way
  • 2 weeks sabbatical after 4 years to take the break you deserve
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • 1 paid volunteering day annually
  • Annual team trip to a surprise destination!
  • A fun, inclusive company culture (think 🦄🌈💯)

If you think this sounds like you, don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Thanks,

Plum Τeam 💜

*Plum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Plum does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Equity Compensation: Own part of the company you're helping grow through stock options
  • Flexible remote working: Flexible approach to remote working: we encourage at least 2 days a week in one of our beautiful offices in London, Athens or Cyprus
  • Health Insurance: Private health insurance
  • Learning Budget: Annual training budget
  • Inclusive company culture: A fun, inclusive company culture (think 🦄🌈💯)
  • Paid Parental Leave: Enhanced parental leave
  • Paid Time Off: 25 days holiday + bank holidays

At Plum, we're on a mission to help everyone be financially better off! People all over the world are making bad financial decisions every day, due to lack of financial education, antiquated financial systems and temptation. In the UK alone, 50% of people have less than £100 in savings. We believe we can change that with great technology, data science and behavioural theory.Since the beginning of 2017 we've helped more than 1M people in the UK, we've put away more than £100 million and we've grown from 2 Co-founders sharing a rusty desk in Soho to a brilliant, hard-working team of 50+, with offices in London and Athens.What We Are BuildingPlum is a quirky and fun AI assistant that started life as a Messenger chatbot and is now available as an app for iOS and Android. By linking directly to our users’ bank accounts, we are able to analyse transaction data to learn about their income and spending.What We Offer A bucketful of challenging problems to solve, so hopefully that's your thing! Our job is to take a complicated, archaic domain and make it simple and accessible to everyone. One of the best learning experiences of your life. You'll get to work with extremely smart and capable people, with backgrounds in finance, physics, history, computing, languages and more. Competitive pay and company stock options – we are all in this together! 25 days holiday a year, excluding bank holidays (33 in total). Work from our London or Athens office (almost) whenever you want 🇬🇧🇬🇷 Team trip to secret destinations once a year ✈️ Plants, lots of plants 🌱 Fresh fruit (plums obviously), snacks with varying health benefits and great coffee. Because you can't be a startup without great coffee.

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