Founding Talent Partner (GTM), US

Sona

$150K — $180K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience
  • Expertise in recruiting for go-to-market positions in fast-paced organizations
  • Strong skills in sourcing talent and building outbound pipelines
  • Data-driven mindset with experience in pipeline management and forecasting
  • Proficiency in AI tools to enhance recruitment processes
  • Experience in VC-backed enterprise AI/SaaS industry preferred

Responsibilities

  • Manage the entire hiring process for US-based roles at New York and Austin offices
  • Focus on recruiting for go-to-market roles, including sales and marketing
  • Establish the US talent and people function, including employer branding and processes
  • Innovate hiring processes using AI for greater efficiency and effectiveness

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with minimum 2 days in the NYC office
  • Employee share options
  • 20 days PTO plus sick days
  • 401k contributions with employer match
  • Comprehensive health insurance available from day one
  • Enhanced parental leave and pay
  • Fully funded annual team retreats
  • Latest Macbook and home office equipment budget
  • Investment in professional development
  • Unlimited access to free books
Full Job Description
About the Role

As our founding US teams in New York and Austin begin to scale, we're hiring a Talent Partner to build out the US hiring function. You'll be the first dedicated Talent hire in the region, owning how we attract and assess US talent and laying the foundation for our entire US operation.

This role reports into the Head of Talent, based in the UK. You'll work closely with our CEO, who has relocated to the US to help build our new region on the ground, our Head of North America Sales, and other key leaders based in our NY office. Our US story is early but proven: we've got customers signed, leadership in place, and real momentum, and now it needs scaling.

That means high ownership and the freedom to build, but it also means ambiguity, a fast pace, and priorities that shift as the business moves. This role isn't for everyone. If you need a fixed playbook and a settled environment, it won't suit. If building one from scratch is the part that excites you, you'll thrive here.

Responsibilities

  • Own hiring for US-based roles end to end, across our New York and Austin offices, from kickoff and briefing through sourcing, interviewing, and offer to signed contract
  • Hire primarily go-to-market roles (sales, marketing), with some Customer and other roles as the team grows
  • Lay the foundations of the US talent and people function as we scale: employer brand, process, ways of working, and ad-hoc people operations
  • Innovate using AI to improve the speed and quality of hiring at Sona


Requirements

  • An experienced full-lifecycle recruiter, able to support and own end-to-end hiring independently in a high-ambiguity environment
  • A specialist in hiring go-to-market talent into high-bar, fast-moving organisations, who understands what separates a strong hire from an average one
  • A strong sourcer, for whom building an outbound pipeline is a standard part of their rhythm
  • Data-driven and comfortable owning a funnel, using the numbers to troubleshoot, advise, and forecast
  • An advanced user of AI tools to improve the speed, efficiency, and quality of hiring
  • Experience in VC-backed enterprise AI/SaaS preferred


Benefits

  • Salary: $150,000 - $180,000
  • Hybrid: NYC, minimum 2 days a week
  • Share options
  • 20 days PTO + sick days
  • 401k contributions, employer match up to 2%
  • Comprehensive health insurance available from day one
  • Enhanced parental leave & pay
  • Annual all expenses paid team retreats
  • The latest Macbook and equipment budget for your home office
  • Professional development budget
  • Unlimited free books


Note: this represents a typical benefits package for a US-based, full-time employee. Exact details may vary based on location and employment type but we try to be as fair as possible to all of our team members. Please ask your contact in the Talent team to clarify the available benefits for you.

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