Santa Monica Talent

Santa Monica Talent

Staffing and Recruiting

From seed to unicorn, we help challenger brands build exceptional leadership teams to deliver explosive growth.

About us

We’re Santa Monica Talent and since 2015 we’ve helped 100’s of digital scale-ups, from seed to unicorn, to deliver explosive growth through our talent acquisition services. We have a 20-year successful track record in building exceptional leadership teams through C-level headhunting, and market intelligence. We’re a leader in diversity hiring - 63% of our leadership hires into our clients are female - ensuring your growth plan reflects the diversity, equity, and inclusion needed for a strong future. Our services are specifically designed for Series A, B, and C scale-ups, or high growth companies of 20 to 200 people, supporting talent acquisition and hiring strategy across Sales, Marketing, HR, Product and Ops. We specialise in Fintech, SaaS, AI, Healthtech, InsurTech, Crypto, Social Impact and ESG, and our deep network and understanding of the scale-up world makes us the best at what we do - supporting game changing brands to achieve explosive growth. Contact: ell@santamonica.digital 07584 022852

Website
http://santamonicatalent.co.uk
Industry
Staffing and Recruiting
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
London
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2014
Specialties
talent advisory, recruitment, Talent Management, scaleup, staffing, talent acquisition, recruiting, hiring, sales, interim consulting, leadership search, hiring, london tech, fintech, saas, diversity hiring, healthtech, social impact, scaleup, executive search , headhunting, high growth , C-suite, diversity hiring , AI, London, Insurtech , CMO, CRO, Operations Leadership , ESG, and startup

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    Founder of Santa Monica Talent | Delivering explosive growth to tech challenger brands | Building exceptional Sales, Marketing, Software, HR, Product, Ops and Leadership teams

    New Jobs - July 2024 👇 Software Sales, Account Executives, Partnership Managers, HR Managers, Operations, Chief of Staff, Founders Associate, UX, Product Designers, CFO, AI & Data Scientists, VP Engineering & Venture Capital Partner 🌎  Locations include London, Dublin, Dubai & Saudi Arabia! The job market has picked up, and is gaining momentum through the summer.  Feel free to share the roles or DM me for more info, JDs and a confidential chat. ✅  Sales roles > Government - Software Sales > Education / EdTech / SaaS - Software Sales & Account Managers > Talent Platform - Team Leader > Fintech B2C - Software Sales > PetTech/Events B2B - Partnerships Lead  > Fintech B2C - Partnerships Manager ✅ HR role > Fashion, Luxury, eCommerce - HR Manager ✅ Operations roles > AI - Chief of Staff - Series A > Cyber Security - Founders Associate - Series A ✅ Designer role > Fintech B2C - Lead (UX/UI) Product Designer - Series A ✅ Software role > VP Engineering- Node JS, React - Edtech, Government, Mission Driven - Series A ✅ Finance role > CFO - Software - Ireland ✅ Venture Capital role > Venture Capital Partner - New fund, Climate Change, Green Energy ✅  Middle East roles (Dubai & Saudi Arabia)  > High Base (No tax) > AI, Data & Digital Director - Advertising & Analytics > Data Scientist (Hands on)  - Management Consulting 👉 DM on LinkedIn for more info and a confidential discussion 👉 Feel free to share with your network #techscaleups #startup #scaleup #fintech #SaaS #AI #Healthtech #Edtech #seriesa #seriesb #venturecapital #jobs #hiring #HR #AI

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    What is a Head of AI and do I need one? ➢ Last week there was a triple whammy of positive London-focused AI news. From Wayve’s $1bn megaround, to Scale AI picking London for its European HQ, and CoreWeave’s £1bn UK data center investment, it seems the future of the London and UK AI industry is looking bright. ➢ This growth is reflecting a global upward trend of AI investment. The fastest growing category of US venture investment in 2024 is AI, and venture capitalists have invested $18.3 billion through the first four months of the year. At this pace, we should expect AI startups to raise about $55bn in 2024. ➢ According to LinkedIn, the number of companies with a “Head of AI” position has more than tripled in the last five years, and is up 13% since 2022. ➢ And according to CIO. com, 32% of companies either have hired, or are seeking, a Chief AI Officer. ➢ There is clearly a demand for roles that are strategically aligned to AI for businesses, but do you need to start considering having one in your leadership structure? We answer your questions. 📣 What is a Head of AI? ➢ A Head of AI or Chief AI Officer (CAIO) is a crucial leadership role that enables strategic alignment between AI strategy and business goals. They will be tasked with not just developing AI strategy, but also governance, risk management, privacy and company-wide AI education. ➢ Ideally the new Head of AI will act as the bridge between technical, commercial and the board to ensure benefits are felt business-wide. They will also be responsible for AI talent gaps within the company – helping to build out the expertise embedded within the workforce. 📣 What will make a good Head of AI? They need to balance four key aspects of AI in business: 1, AI technical expertise 2, AI business strategy 3, The vision for the future of AI at the company 4, Implement AI products and encourage adoption It all sounds great, but the reality is this is a new role and Head of AI profiles are rare. To date, we are noticing companies outsource AI to external consulting firms. But a recent trend is bringing AI Leadership in-house. So who would make a good Head of AI? Using the four key aspects outlined above, you can look at a variety of backgrounds to find your new AI Leader. Technical ➢ Someone from a FANG or enterprise software company in a VP Product, VP Eng, CPO, CTO role that has recent experience building commercial AI. ➢ Head of Data Analytics with AI/ML experience. Commercial ➢ Ex-Founders of AI start-ups that did not get to the next stage but have been immersed in the latest AI trends. ➢ Management Consultant, working within the AI sector 👉 DM on LinkedIn for more info and a chat or ell@santamonica.digital to organise a confidential discussion 👉 Feel free to share with your network #CTO #CPO #techscaleups #startup #scaleup #fintech #SaaS #AI #Healthtech #StartupInsights #Edtech #TalentAcquisition #HiringTips #vcfunding #seriesa #seriesb

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    Founder of Santa Monica Talent | Delivering explosive growth to tech challenger brands | Building exceptional Sales, Marketing, Software, HR, Product, Ops and Leadership teams

    New Jobs - April 2024 👇 VP Engineering, Sales Director, Commercial Director, Account Executive, GM - Locations include London, Manchester, Dublin & Dubai! 📣 London ✅ Global Commercial Director > Fintech / Digital Assets / Blockchain > Base (DM me for further info) + Bonus + Stock Options > Exciting new role with an early stage Fintech platform, already backed by Venture Capital. A fast-paced start-up environment that will be one of leading Investment Platforms for Digital Assets ✅ Sales Executive/Account Executive > Edtech (Talent Platform)  > £45k+ base + £20K Bonus  > EdTech Talent platform, using cutting edge technology. Working in a high energy environment. Build and manage relationships with the Education sector. 📣 Manchester ✅ Sales Director - Edtech (Talent Platform)  > 90k+ base + Bonus + Stock Options The new Sales Director will lead sales, marketing and customer success, and build a great culture, structure and systems to ensure effectiveness to maximise revenue. Responsible for driving business growth. 📣 Dublin ✅  VP Engineering > Mobile / Cyber / SaaS > €150k+ base This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing  Mobile & Cyber Security platform, taking the lead on every stage of the software journey. Are you a VP of Engineering with a passion for innovation and a proven track record of scaling a multi-site software engineering organisation? 📣 Dubai We would be interested to speak with UK based candidates with a strong interest in relocating to Dubai in 2024 ✅ VP Engineering > FinTech / Payments / AI > £150k+ base (No tax) Working for a leading European Fintech, you will be pivotal in driving growth across the Middle East,  someone that has experience building products across B2B Fintech / Payments / AI. You will manage and build the software team. ✅  GM - Middle East >  Events / SaaS > Base (DM me for further info) + Bonus + Stock Options (No tax) Series A backed European Events platform, looking to hire a GM to drive revenue and build a team in the Middle East, the company is already one of the leading Events platforms in Europe. 👉 DM on LinkedIn for more info and a chat  👉 ell@santamonica.digital for a confidential discussion 👉 Feel free to share with your network

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