Senior Leader, Field Sales Talent Acquisition
Talent Acquisition | London
About the team
SumUp's Field Sales hiring engine delivers close to 2,000 hires per year across 12+ European markets — and that number is growing. The Talent Acquisition team sits at the centre of SumUp's commercial expansion, translating business growth ambitions into hiring execution across some of our most strategically important markets. We're ready to move from reactive delivery to a structured, scalable hiring engine — and this role is how we get there.
You'll report directly to the Global Head of TA, with a dotted line to the CCO and VP of Sales based in London, reflecting how central this work is to SumUp's commercial success.
What success looks like
This role will have made an impact when you,
Turned Field Sales hiring into a reliable, measurable engine — which is visible, trusted, and predictable across every market
Built a team that doesn't depend on you — a high-autonomy, high-accountability TA function where recruiters know what good looks like
Made TA a real commercial partner — working alongside Sales and Commercial leadership to shape hiring plans
Created clarity from complexity — across tools, workflows, and standards, so that recruiters in different markets are working from the same playbook and producing comparable results
You'll thrive here if you're…
Experienced in building and leading high-volume / sales / GTM TA across multiple markets, with a strong instinct for what a healthy funnel looks and feels like
A systems thinker who goes upstream and fixes root causes rather than managing symptoms
Pragmatic and action-oriented, you make progress without waiting for perfect conditions
A people leader who measures success by how well the team runs without you
Comfortable with ambiguity, low on ego, and more focused on outcomes than credit
An open, direct communicator who can engage effectively across the business, from your team to senior leadership
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£45,000 – £60,000 (Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, 2025)
