Manager, Recruiting (London, United Kingdom)

About this role

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! As a Recruiting Manager you will cultivate, lead, mentor, grow, and hire a team of recruiting professionals supporting multiple business functions across Sales in EMEA. You will work from conception to fruition on staffing strategies to support these organizations and partner with our hiring leaders to execute top of class recruiting practices. Figma's continued future success relies heavily on the ability to scale and the talent acquisition team is at the helm of the ship. This is a full time role that will be based in our London Hub. What you’ll do at Figma: • Manage, mentor, and develop a growing team of recruiters • Collaborate with Sales leadership to understand business needs and align recruiting resources accordingly in order to achieve goals • Partner with recruiting leaders to develop a talent brand strategy that continues to bring in exceptional talent to Figma and showcases the incredible culture • Create and implement a team structure that optimizes for efficiency and scale • Champion, partner, and execute on various initiatives relating to inclusion and diversity • Build and improve upon recruiting best practices across all orgs We'd love to hear from you if you have: • 10+ years of recruiting experience in a fast-paced, competitive environment, including 2+ years of people management experience and demonstrated expertise in SaaS sales recruiting • Proven experience partnering with stakeholders, senior leaders, and executives to develop and drive effective recruiting strategies and initiatives • Strong ability to leverage data to measure team performance, identify opportunities for greater efficiency, and tell compelling stories that inform decision-making • Experience building and scaling recruiting functions, processes, and programs to support sustained organizational growth While it's not required, it’s an added plus if you also have: • Experience with diversity and inclusion as it relates to recruiting strategy and activity • Ability to take a blank canvas in an ambiguous environment and create something incredible • Fluency in either German or French (or both!) At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status , or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com . These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: • Holding interviews in an accessible location • Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing • Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers • Changing the mode or format of interviews To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding. By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice . Application limits: To help candidates focus on the opportunities most relevant to their skills and experience, Figma limits the number and frequency of applications. These limits apply to all roles: • Candidates may submit up to 5 applications during any rolling 30-day period. • Candidates may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of receiving a rejection. Once the applicable days has passed, candidates are welcome to apply again.