Ryan F.

Leading & Scaling EMEA Full-Funnel GTM @ Glean | Enterprise AI | We’re Hiring 🚀

London6.8k followers
Gleanex-PSD Groupex-Saatchi & Saatchi

Over 13 years’ experience across Talent Acquisition, HR, and 360 recruitment, working across both in-house and agency I’m currently leading EMEA GTM hiring at Glean, supporting the build-out of Commercial, Enterprise, and Strategic teams within a fast-scaling global AI

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I’ve partnered with stakeholders across a wide range of functions including Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, People Science, PR, Research & Insights, Strategy, Programmatic & Display, Legal, Finance, HR, and That breadth has given me a practical understanding of what good looks like across different teams and stages of growth; from long-term workforce planning to fast, high-impact hiring, alongside a strong focus on candidate experience, DE&I, and operational I work best in fast-moving, high-growth environments where pace, clarity, and relationships matter. I focus on building trust quickly, staying close to both candidates and hiring teams, and keeping things moving without losing quality.

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. GLEANJOB
    1. Talent Lead- GTM- EMEA
      4M
  2. HELIOSX GROUPJOB
    1. Recruitment & Talent EMEA…
      1Y 7M
  3. CULTURE AMPJOB
    1. Senior Talent Acquisition…
      7M
    2. Senior Talent Acquisition…
      1Y 8M
  4. SAATCHI & SAATCHIJOB
    1. Senior Talent Acquisition…
      6M
  5. ITECH MEDIAJOB
    1. Talent Acquisition Partner
      1Y 5M
  6. MAJOR PLAYERSJOB
    1. Senior Consultant- Consume…
      3Y 5M
    2. Consultant- Research, Insi…
      1Y 1M
  7. PSD GROUPJOB
    1. Consultant- Corporate Pens…
      1Y 3M

Time in market 12Y 5MOpen 2Closed 8Stints 10

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  1. Job: PSD Group — Consultant- Corporate Pensions, Asset Management and Institutional Investments · 2014-03 – 2015-06
  2. Job: Glean — Talent Lead- GTM- EMEA · 2026-04 – present — In my role at Glean, I am dedicated to scaling Go-To-Market teams across EMEA as the first dedicated Talent Acquisition support. I collaborate with various stakeholders to refine recruitment strategies, ensuring they align with our dynamic business goals. My contributions extend to the EMEA leadership team, where I help establish best practices in hiring to support our rapid growth.
  3. Job: Saatchi & Saatchi — Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (FTC) · 2023-08 – 2024-02
  4. Job: Culture Amp — Senior Talent Acquisition Partner- EMEA and NA and LGBTQIA+ ERG Board Lead (FTC) · 2024-02 – 2024-09
  5. Job: Major Players — Senior Consultant- Consumer PR (Agency and Brands) & Client-side Marketing · 2016-08 – 2020-01
  6. Job: HeliosX Group — Recruitment & Talent EMEA & GTM · 2024-09 – 2026-04
  7. Job: Major Players — Consultant- Research, Insights, Innovation, Planning and Strategy · 2015-07 – 2016-08
  8. Job: iTech Media — Talent Acquisition Partner at 🚀iTech Media 🚀 · 2020-02 – 2021-07 — Sourcing, interviewing and hiring the best talent in the market. Working closely with key business stakeholders to help scale a squads, tribes and chapters model which powers a global product portfolio, reaching millions of visitors across the world! 🌍🚀 Chapters partnered with included: -Content Editorial -SEO -Content Marketing -Paid Social/Paid Search -Programmatic and Display -Talent Acquisition and Scaling -People and Experience -I.T. Support
  9. Job: Culture Amp — Senior Talent Acquisition Partner- EMEA and LGBTQIA+ ERG Lead (role ended due to redundancy) · 2021-07 – 2023-03 — Culture Amp is a leading Series F global HR Tech platform driving positive employee experiences through performance, development and engagement tools. -EMEA Board Lead for Camp Out- Culture Amp’s LGBTQ+ ERG -Recruited across: Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, People Science, HR, Legal, Tech Support and Talent
  10. School: University of Wales Trinity Saint David — Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Marketing Management

Skills

RecruitingEvent ManagementBrand DevelopmentMarket ResearchConsumer InsightsMarketing StrategyCustomer InsightMarketing ResearchAdvertisingMarketing CommunicationsQualitative ResearchInterviewingMarketingSalesBusiness DevelopmentCustomer ServiceDigital MarketingSocial MediaStrategy

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