Sophie Lipscombe Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

England, United Kingdom

In this time of increasing ransomware and cybercrime, Illumio provides the only proven segmentation product suite purpose-built for Zero Trust security.We believe all organizations should be able to thrive with confidence, assured their digital infrastructure and assets are safe.

United Kingdom

Currently working on a freelance basis supporting a select number of growing SaaS/ Tech companies.I primarily support clients with key individual hires and team-builds. I am a trusted advisor to clients on key areas within Talent Acquisition/ People Ops: Talent acquisition strategy, market research, employer branding, job description optimisation, sourcing techniques, candidate evaluation, diversity and inclusion, negotiation/ offer, client relationships.I pride myself on a long term, relationship driven approach, with a trusted network and strong reputation in niche technology markets.

London, England, United Kingdom

As the Global Director of Talent Acquisition at OwnBackup I was responsible for the strategy and execution of hiring to an ambitious headcount plan. I built and led a high-performing recruitment team in the UK, US and Israel, developing and implementing inclusive and effective hiring practices, establishing strong relationships with candidates and stakeholders across multiple regions and functions. I personally recruited positions across sales, solution consulting, marketing, alliances, professional services, systems engineering, and senior executives, in EMEA, North America and APAC.

Responsible for Recruitment in EMEA at Vlocity, a Salesforce company. Part of the integration team since the initial announcement of the acquisition through to harmonisation to ensure recruitment processes transitioned while hiring continued.

With locations in 18 countries across the world, Vlocity (a Fortune Cloud 100 company) delivers leading industry cloud app adoption on Salesforce and driving digital transformation for the world's leading brands. We enable companies to achieve faster business agility and time to value from the cloud across digital and traditional channels.Our Industry Cloud Apps embed industry-specific functionality, best practices and business processes for the Communications & Media, Insurance & Financial Services, Health, Energy & Utilities and Government industries.As the first recruiter outside the US, I was responsible for driving the Vlocity’s EMEA growth in talent, from 34 employees to 230 at the time of acquisition by Salesforce in June 2020. A valued member of the EMEA leadership team with a proven ability to understand the business requirements and find candidates who will be successful in our company.

London

Ascension is an executive search firm specialising in the software and technology marketplace. Our expertise has been gained over years of assisting and advising some of the most exciting and fast-growing technology companies in a dynamic, competitive global market.Ascension operates on two search levels, firstly C Level Senior Executives and secondly, Sales, Marketing and Technology team in addition to specific operational and strategic roles vital to our clients.

Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

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