Senior Recruiting Manager

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy.

This role owns how Samsara consistently hires exceptional talent across EMEA at pace. As Senior Manager, Recruiting – EMEA, you'll lead a team of recruiters covering non-quota-carrying and R&D hiring across the region — spanning Engineering, R&D, Sales Engineering, and G&A/Marketing/Corp — providing both strategic partnership and hands‑on execution.

Your job is to build a function that delivers exceptional hires today and gets stronger over time: clearer profiles, stronger signals, better candidate experience, and better decisions. You'll report to the Director of Recruiting, EMEA, and act as the primary recruiting leader for Director + stakeholders within your business areas across the region, bringing the technical credibility and executive presence to be trusted from day one on senior and specialist searches.

This is a hybrid position based in the London area.

In this role, you will:

• Lead a team of recruiters covering non-quota-carrying and R&D hiring across EMEA — including Engineering, R&D, Sales Engineering, and G&A/Marketing/Corp — holding a clear, well-calibrated bar for talent across the team.
• Coach and develop recruiters, helping them grow from strong execution into independent ownership: planning searches, driving reqs to close, and holding stakeholder trust.
• Own the recruiting relationship with Director + engineering and business stakeholders across EMEA, building deep enough business and technical context to be a credible, consultative partner rather than an order-taker.
• Combine strategic partnership with senior stakeholders and direct hands‑on execution on the most complex or specialist searches.
• Bring data-driven rigor to diagnosing and fixing recruiting problems: read funnel data, spot contradictions, identify what’s broken, and build a practical plan with clear leading and lagging indicators.
• Improve signal-to-noise at every stage of the process: sharper role definition, stronger screens, and more consistent interview evaluation and calibration with hiring managers.
• Design a research-centric approach to hiring across EMEA: talent mapping, deliberate outreach, and long-term relationship building, adapted to the specific dynamics of European talent markets.
• Partner with People Partners and business leaders to learn from great hires and mis-hires, then update profiles, assessment, and closing approaches based on what’s learned.
• Model Samsara’s values: embed inclusivity, long-term vision, and teamwork into all aspects of hiring and leadership.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Expert experience in full-cycle recruiting, with credible depth in senior software engineering hiring.
• Proven experience of leading and developing recruiting teams across multiple disciplines and locations via both in person and remote leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and executive presence with senior level stakeholders.
• Strong bar-setting and coaching skills, with a track record of building recruiters from good execution to sought after talent partners.
• Comfortable operating across multiple recruiting disciplines simultaneously (technical + Sales Engineering + G&A/Corp), rather than a single specialism.
• Sales Engineering and/or G&A recruiting experience, alongside core engineering hiring.
• Director+ level search experience.
• EMEA-scale recruiting leadership, ideally spanning multiple countries/markets.

At Samsara, we build for the people who keep the global economy moving. We want owners, not passengers, which is why our rewards are designed to fuel high-impact builders. Our compensation program delivers above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company.

Beyond compensation, we provide the foundations that enable long-term success: a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more.

At Samsara, we embrace a flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams. Our offices are open for those who prefer to work in-person and we also support remote work where it aligns with our operational requirements.

At Samsara, we welcome everyone regardless of their background. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, and other characteristics protected by law.

Samsara is an inclusive work environment, and we are committed to ensuring equal opportunity in employment for qualified persons with disabilities.