Role Overview:
We're looking for a Recruiter to own end-to-end hiring for a portfolio of open roles across the business. This is a full-cycle recruiting role — from intake to offer — for someone who can run a high volume of searches independently, build strong relationships with hiring managers, and bring structure and speed to how we hire.
Language Requirement: Fluent Arabic and English (C1 proficiency in English) — both are essential for this role
What You'll Do
- Run recruitment for 5-6 concurrent open roles: sourcing, screening, interview scheduling and moving candidates through to offer.
- Join intake meetings with hiring managers to understand role needs, must-haves and the interview process.
- Source actively on LinkedIn and other channels to build healthy, diverse pipelines, not just rely on inbound applications.
- Run first-round screening calls and write clear, structured candidate summaries for hiring managers.
- Coordinate interviews and feedback so processes keep moving without delays.
- Give every candidate a fast, respectful and transparent experience, whatever the outcome.
- Keep the ATS (Lever) accurate and up to date: pipeline stages, notes and candidate status.
- Contribute to employer branding to strengthen Soum’s presence as an employer of choice in the region.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of recruitment experience, in-house or agency. Exposure to startups, scale-ups or tech/marketplace businesses is a plus.
- Hands-on sourcing experience and comfort reaching out to passive candidates.
- Familiarity with the Saudi/MENA hiring market is a strong plus.
- Experience with an ATS (Lever preferred).
- Strong organization and follow-through: you can juggle several processes without dropping details.
- Clear, confident communication with candidates and hiring managers.
- Fluent English required; Arabic required for close collaboration with the Riyadh team.
- Comfortable working remotely, eager to learn, with a strong bias for action.
What Success Looks Like
- Open roles filled with strong, culture-aligned hires.
- Hiring managers find you responsive, organized, and easy to work with.
- Pipeline data in Lever is always accurate, with no surprises in the weekly hiring review.
- Candidates consistently describe the process as respectful and well run, whatever the outcome.
Why Join Soum
● Real ownership over your recruiting pipeline from day one.
● A People function that's actively building out career ladders, leveling, and process — you'll help shape it, not just execute it.
● A culture that values speed, autonomy, and results over hours logged.
Skills Required
- At least 1 year of recruitment experience in-house or agency
- Hands-on sourcing experience and comfort reaching out to passive candidates
- Experience with an applicant tracking system; Lever preferred
- Strong organization and follow-through while managing multiple hiring processes
- Clear, confident communication with candidates and hiring managers
- Fluent English, with C1 proficiency required
- Fluent Arabic for collaboration with the Riyadh team
- Comfort working remotely and willingness to learn
- Exposure to startups, scale-ups, or technology/marketplace businesses
- Familiarity with the Saudi/MENA hiring market
What We Do
At Soum, we're on a mission to build a marketplace that enables users to buy and sell anything online with convenience, trust, and ease starting in the MENA market. We began with second-hand electronics in KSA, becoming market leaders, and are now expanding to used cars and collectibles. In just two years, we've facilitated hundreds of thousands of transactions across 150+ locations in the Kingdom, maintained 10,000 active listings at any given time, earned the distinction of being the 10th most downloaded e-commerce app in KSA for 2023, and received more than 5 million app downloads. Our team, Soumers, have worked in over 14 countries from the US to South Korea. We are always on the look out for the best and brightest to join. We look beyond resumes and titles, we look for the innovators, the hungry, the go-getters. We offer them the autonomy to experiment, learn, fail, and grow. Every transaction on Soum is guaranteed; we hold funds until the item is delivered and confirmed by the buyer, thanks to our proprietary fulfillment and payment systems. This ensures a secure and reliable marketplace experience. Soum has pioneered a solution that have transformed digital commerce for sellers in the wider region: Individuals: Enjoy unique home pick-up and delivery services, secure payments, and transaction guarantees for worry-free selling. Small Businesses: Sell faster and reach a wider audience with our dedicated "Merchant App." Teleco and retail partners: Gain optimal returns with bulk-selling options, comprehensive inspections, and efficient warehouse management. We deploy AI models to power our marketplace with personalized recommendations, dynamic pricing, predictive analytics, and fraud detection, ensuring a smarter, safer, and more efficient platform for our users. Soum is backed by local and regional investors including, amongst others, Jahez Group, Isometry Capital, and Al Rajhi Partners and have raised $22Mn to date.
