Role Overview:
We're looking for a Senior 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
● Own full-cycle recruitment for 5–8+ concurrent open roles — sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and closing
● Partner with hiring managers to scope roles accurately, define success profiles, and design interview processes suited to role seniority and function
● Source proactively across LinkedIn and other channels to build strong, diverse candidate pipelines — not just relying on inbound applications
● Run structured, high-quality interviews and provide hiring managers with clear, well-substantiated candidate assessments
● Manage the candidate experience end-to-end, ensuring every candidate — hired or not — has a fast, respectful, transparent process
● Keep the ATS (Lever) clean and current — accurate pipeline stages, notes, and reporting so hiring status is always visible
● Support employer branding efforts to strengthen Soum's presence as an employer of choice regionally
Requirements
● 2–3 years of full-cycle recruitment experience, ideally including in-house recruiting for a startup, scale-up, or marketplace/tech business
● Proven track record hiring across multiple functions (e.g., Tech, Operations, Commercial) independently or with light oversight
● Strong sourcing skills — confident building pipelines from scratch, not just managing inbound
● Experience recruiting for the Saudi/MENA market, or strong familiarity with regional hiring dynamics, is a strong plus
● Hands-on ATS experience (Lever preferred)
● Solid stakeholder management — comfortable advising hiring managers, pushing back where needed, and driving process with minimal supervision
● Fluent English required & Arabic is a requirement given close collaboration with the Riyadh team
● Comfortable working remotely and autonomously, with strong bias to action
What Success Looks Like
● Roles filled with strong, culture-aligned hires — not just fast, but right
● Hiring managers trust you to run their searches with minimal hand-holding
● Clean, current pipeline data at all times — no surprises in the weekly hiring review
● Candidates consistently describe the process as respectful and well-run, regardless of outcome
Why Join Soum
● Real ownership over your recruiting pipeline from day one
● Direct exposure to a fast-moving leadership team
● 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
- 2-3 years of full-cycle recruitment experience
- In-house recruiting experience at a startup, scale-up, or marketplace/tech company
- Proven track record hiring across multiple functions (Tech, Operations, Commercial)
- Strong proactive sourcing skills; building pipelines from scratch
- Experience recruiting for the Saudi/MENA market
- Hands-on ATS experience
- Experience with Lever (ATS) preferred
- Solid stakeholder management; comfortable advising hiring managers and driving process
- Fluent English
- Fluent Arabic
- Comfortable working remotely and autonomously, strong bias to action
- Ability to run structured, high-quality interviews and manage candidate experience end-to-end
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.
