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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, and 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, Milan 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

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