Principal Recruiter - EMEA
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Amplitude
Job Description
Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, and Square—build better products and digital experiences. With powerful AI Agents embedded across our platform, teams can analyze, test, and optimize user experiences faster than ever. Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2’s Winter 2026 Report, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams. Learn more at amplitude.com.
As an organization, we deliver for our customers by living our values. We operate from a place of humility, take ownership of problems and successes, approach challenges with a growth mindset, and put our customers at the center of everything we do.
Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Principal Recruiter, EMEA to lead our talent acquisition efforts across Europe and the Middle East, based in the UK, reporting directly to the VP of Global Talent Acquisition. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role designed for a professional who thrives at the intersection of strategy and operation. As our sole TA team member on the ground in the region, you will act as a consultant to EMEA leadership and a hands-on recruiter, managing a portfolio of approximately 30 strategic hires per year.
You will be the primary architect of our regional talent engine, working in lockstep with cross-functional partners in HR and Finance to scale our presence across both established entities and emerging markets.
The Role: Strategist & Operator
-
Regional Ownership: Serve as the dedicated TA partner for EMEA leaders, providing market insights and headcount planning while executing the full-cycle recruitment process.
-
Complex Global Hiring: Manage recruitment across a diverse geographic footprint, including established entities (UK, France, Netherlands, Germany) and PEO structures (Sweden, Spain, Dubai, Saudi Arabia), with an eye toward further expansion.
-
GTM Focus: 90% of your remit will focus on Go-To-Market (GTM) roles across all levels—specifically Sales, Sales Engineering, Marketing, and Post-Sales.
-
Cross-Continental Flex: The remaining 10% of roles (EPD/G&A) will be managed collaboratively; you will either lead these locally or partner with AMER recruiters who "flex across the pond" to support regional needs.
-
Tech Stack Mastery: We aren't looking for a tool administrator; we want a Power User. You will dive deep into our ATS and integrate AI recruiting tools to maximize your productivity and speed-to-hire. You are someone who is already AI-fluent or is aggressively becoming so.
Who You Are
-
A Seasoned Expert: You bring 15+ years of experience in recruitment, with demonstrated experience hiring across enterprise software GTM teams. You may be a career individual contributor who has mastered the craft across functions and borders, or a seasoned Manager who prefers to stay "on the tools" and carry an active req load.
-
High Autonomy: You are comfortable "leading from the front." You have the confidence to make decisions independently, the maturity to report upward effectively, and the self-awareness to ask for help when needed.
-
Multi-National Navigator: You have a deep understanding of the EMEA talent landscape, including the legal, cultural, and logistical nuances of hiring in various European and M
