Just raised a large funding round, need to scale, but don’t have any in-house hiring support?

Interim Head of Talent

Peace of mind.

We have extensive experience in running dedicated interim scale-up projects for high growth companies.

We know what works - and what doesn’t - allowing founders to concentrate on building their business.


Reduce your hiring time.

Our transparent fixed-fee model gives you access to an Interim Head of Talent and delivery team across a 3 to 12-month period.

This reduces your hiring time, gives you immediate results with no ramp-up needed, and removes any hiring stress.


Strategic partnership

You benefit from a strategic, rather than operational, approach to hiring. A dedicated recruitment team with expert sector, functional, and global experience is on-hand throughout. 
Our team works remotely to hire people who fit perfectly - financially, culturally, and technically.

At the end of the project, we’ll onboard a full-time Head of People who can run your robust hiring function.

 
“Santa Monica Talent have been a key partner in our growth journey. As well as placing myself, they also hired senior colleagues in Marketing, Sales, CS and Product. Their professional approach and ability to find top-tier candidates significantly impacted our ability to scale as we moved through funding rounds.”
— Leyoh Goodall, Sales Director at Social Value Portal

Recent projects

  • Planday

  • Vaynermedia

  • HealthUnlocked

Do you want a full-time Head of People/Talent?

Prefer to have a full-time dedicated Head of People/Talent? We have a strong track record in hiring Heads of People/Talent through our Executive Search service.

 
 

Case Study - Healthily

  • Healthily is the world's first medically approved self-care app. It brings medical knowledge out of the clinic and into everyday life, using a combination of advanced AI and user-friendly design.

  • With Series B funding secured, Matteo, the hugely successful serial entrepreneur and founder of Healthily, realised he needed to scale but had no HR or recruitment in place. He wanted to secure a variety of digital talent in a 6-12 month scale-up.

    He chose to partner with Santa Monica Talent because of our exceptional reputation in the sector. We have recent experience of helping several healthtech start-ups to scale-up, and our focus is typically on digital talent.

    Healthily selected our ‘Interim Head of Talent service, which is a monthly plug-and-play subscription and ideal for a post-funding blitzscaling phase. This service Importantly, it includes an interim Head of Talent – vital for managing periods of rapid change.

  • Proudly, we over-delivered on the agreed KPIs and the project was an enormous success:

    • Completed 16 hires during the 8-month period across Leadership, Marketing, Data, Digital, Product and Tech.

    • 2 hires a month – which represented an above-KPI performance

    • Significant cost savings vs traditional agency models

    • 100% offer acceptance rate. The industry average is 65.7%

    Other highlights included

    • Established a robust talent acquisition department including a proven Head of People.

    • Set up a centralised recruitment system and new ATS platform, and a talent pool database on Workable of 8000 CVs for future hiring.

    • Completed salary benchmarking, which ensured the business continued to make balanced hiring decisions.

    • Function: Leadership, Marketing, Product, Software, Data, People, Design

    All of this left Healthily with the perfect platform on which to continue its impressive growth

Ready to take the next step, and accelerate your growth?

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