Talent Acquisition Partner, Partly
UK/EU
+ Equity
Building digital infrastructure for automotive parts supply
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Building digital infrastructure for automotive parts supply
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To connect the world's parts, making it easy for repairers to find and buy the right parts.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience running end‑to‑end recruiting in fast‑growth, high‑bar environments
- Strong ability to source, engage, and close top talent across multiple functions
- Exceptional relationship‑building and communication skills — able to influence and partner effectively with stakeholders
- Highly organised and data‑driven, using metrics to inform decisions and improve performance
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and competing priorities while maintaining momentum and quality
- Skilled in modern recruiting tools and systems, including applicant tracking systems and sourcing platforms
- Strategic understanding of employer branding and talent marketing — able to position the business attractively to diverse audiences
- Awareness of fair hiring and inclusion best practices; committed to equitable, compliant processes
- Tech‑savvy and adaptive, leveraging digital channels and networks to discover and engage talent
- Bonus: Experience hiring across ANZ or Asia markets, and contributing to local employer brand initiatives
What the job involves
- The Talent Acquisition Partner is a hands‑on, high‑impact builder who helps drive Partly’s next major growth chapter — scaling our team from around 100 to 500 to 1200 + people globally
- You’ll play a central role in turning ambitious headcount goals into real hiring outcomes, working directly with leaders and hiring managers to find, attract, and hire exceptional talent across your region
- This is a craft‑focused recruiting role for someone who cares deeply about both quality and speed — who thrives in fast growth, brings structure to ambiguity, and ensures every hire strengthens the culture and raises the bar
- You’ll own end‑to‑end processes, build trusted partnerships, and contribute to the systems and talent infrastructure that make growth sustainable
- Beyond day‑to‑day hiring, you’ll help design how recruiting scales: improving tools, workflows, and capability across the business so we can move fast without ever compromising on quality
- This is an opportunity to be part of building the most ambitious high‑performing teams in the world and have a real impact
- Own full‑cycle recruitment for APAC‑based roles – from intake through to offer – ensuring every hire raises the bar
- Partner deeply with hiring managers to understand what each team needs and shape smart, targeted hiring strategies that bring in the right people for the right roles
- Source and attract top talent through creative, data‑driven approaches — exploring diverse channels (from niche networks to targeted outreach) to build strong, long‑term pipelines
- Run structured, high‑quality processes – drive clear timelines, set expectations, and deliver an outstanding candidate experience at every stage
- Build strong candidate relationships by maintaining open, transparent, and responsive communication throughout the hiring journey
- Use data to drive better hiring – track and analyse funnel metrics to identify what’s working, where bottlenecks exist, and how to continuously improve outcomes
- Champion employer branding – amplify Partly’s values, culture, and mission in the market through authentic storytelling and community engagement
- Represent Partly externally at local events and within talent communities, promoting our brand and deepening candidate connections
- Collaborate with the global Talent team to share insights, align systems, and drive improvements across our recruiting operations
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Partly is a fast-growing tech company quietly tackling one of the biggest challenges in the automotive industry — finding the right auto parts. In a world where nearly everything is digital and automated, the parts industry has been lacking innovation. Partly is changing that by building the AI-powered infrastructure that connects the global auto parts supply chain.
Think of it like this: what Visa does for financial transactions, Partly does for auto parts. It doesn't sell parts but automates the complex, behind-the-scenes processes, ensuring that buying and selling parts is seamless and near error-free. With a massive database of over 50 million vehicle parts, it offers modular tools, allowing businesses to build their own systems without starting from scratch.
In 2024, the company was named New Zealand's fastest-growing startup and has expanded to the US and UK. CEO Levi Fawcett took home top honours at the New Zealand Leadership Awards as well. It's no surprise either, with the company raising the country's largest-ever Series A ($36M) and continuing to scale at pace. With big-name investors, a growing team, and a product solving a real global problem, Partly is very much on its way to becoming a true industry giant.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
Levi Fawcett, CEO
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2022
$21.4m
SERIES A
Oct 2021
$2.2m
SEED
Total funding: $25.2m
Company benefits
- High trust, low process and no bureaucracy: We hire exceptional people whose judgment we trust. This means we proactively remove any process or rules that slow us down (for example, our expense policy is simply the “red face test”).
- Competitive base salary + equity: We offer competitive salaries and generous equity options for all full-time employees, ensuring everyone shares in the financial upside when we win.
- Flexible working hours: Choose when to work based on what time you’re most effective (no mandatory or set hours). We combine flexibility with an office-first approach (in cities where we have critical mass, i.e. London, Christchurch, Auckland).
- Focus Days: Two days per week, with zero meetings, dedicated solely to uninterrupted deep work.
- Take time when you need it: We don’t ask questions or care if people have a negative leave balance. We work extremely hard and trust our team to take the time they need to recharge.
- Learn from the best: Whether it’s during a ‘Lunch n Learn’ or hearing from a unicorn CEO at a Fireside chat, you’ll have the opportunity to constantly learn from the world’s best.
Company HQ
71 Central Street , London , UK
Articles
Leadership
Levi Fawcett
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Guidance, Navigation and Control Engineer at Rocket Lab USA.
Tony Austin
(Co-Founder & CSO)Previously the founder of Metamotiv. Tony also spent 7 years at Amazon, joining as the Head of Automative Europe before becoming the General Manager of Amazon Australia & New Zealand (Retail). He also spent some time as a Country Leader at eBay Motors Group and as a UK Category Manager at AS Watson.
Harry Uffindell
(CPO)Previously a Startup Advisor (Growth, Operations, People, Fundraising) at Growth Engineer. Prior to that, Harry was a Country Manager & Head of Growth at Tilt until it was acquired by Airbnb where he then became the Head of BizOps & Strategy, APAC at Airbnb.
Tim Grunshaw
(Vice President of Engineering)Tim previously spent 7 years at Microsoft in various Engineering roles. Prior to that, he co-founded TradeIntel where he worked as a Software Engineer for 3 years.
Nathan Taylor
(Co-Founder & COO)Nathan previously co-founded AllGoods where he served as the Head of Operations. Prior to that, he was an Editor & Translator at Chengdu TV and a Chinese-English Translator at HS Translation.
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