Heidi King-Underwood

Leadership Development Participant | 2026 Transform Program

Sonatype

Feb 2026 - Current (7 months)

Recommended for a year-long leadership accelerator designed to master the "Building Blocks of Human-centered Leadership." Key Areas of Study: Human-Centered Frameworks: Focus on Psychological Safety, Intrinsic Motivation, and Personal Growth Mindsets. Performance Optimization: Strategic 1:1 management, moving from burnout to thriving, and defining energizing work. Adaptive Leadership: Navigating complex organizational challenges with a focus on "Committed Action" and "Demonstrated Change." Expected Outcomes: Certification in the Transform Model. The ability to leverage data-driven coaching methods to increase team engagement. Strengthened capacity to drive Sonatype’s mission through advanced people-management strategies.

Principal Talent Acquisition, Global

Sonatype

Oct 2024 - Current (1 year 11 months)

As Principal of Talent at Sonatype, I assist the strategic growth and scaling of recruiting operations for our high-growth SaaS organisation. I work with the implementation of cutting-edge recruiting systems and tooling, enabling our talent acquisition team to stay ahead in a competitive market. Collaborating closely with executives and key stakeholders, I provide strategic insights into talent market trends, compensation benchmarks, and levelling frameworks, ensuring we attract and retain top-tier talent globally. My role also encompasses leadership in recruiting analytics and insights, allowing for data-driven decision-making and optimized hiring practices. I work alongside a diverse team responsible for recruiting, sourcing, and program

Ambassador & Judge

IHR Inhouse Recruitment

Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 8 months)

IHR is the largest and most engaged community for In-house Recruiters. 20,000+ community benefit from over 70 live and virtual events each year ranging from our 1000-strong exhibitions and high profile awards to exclusive half-day breakfasts and targeted dinners for Recruitment Leaders. February 2024 - Subject Matter Expert on ND at the Candidate Experience Conference. May 2024 - Judge for the IHR Supplier Awards. 2025 - Judge for the IHR Supplier Awards (Entries are now open to the inaugural IHR Supplier Awards 2025!) Hear me speak / previous speaking events via the links on my profile.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Co-Lead

Sonatype

Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 (1 year 1 month)

No change to BAU role leading TA in international. I was deeply honoured to be chosen alongside my colleague, Abigail Murray, to co-found and launch Sonatype’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) program. This opportunity allowed me to collaborate closely with leadership to align DEIB initiatives with the business's objectives and lay the groundwork for fostering a more inclusive and innovative work environment. Throughout this year-long journey, I focused on: 🏃‍♀️ Championing Diversity: Advocating for inclusive hiring and retention strategies to build a workforce that reflects diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. 🏆 Accelerating Equity: Working to ensure fair treatment, access, and opportunities fo

Lead Talent, International (EMEA & APJ)

Sonatype

Jan 2023 - Oct 2024 (1 year 10 months)

Sonatype is a dynamic and fast-growing global software company with over 550 employees. We have been pioneers of modern software development practices, are in hyper growth mode, and WE ARE HIRING! Working within the CBID Cohort, actively working on projects with the wider CBID team alongside running initiatives as a team leader. Public speaking as a member of Women at Sonatype. Volunteering for projects such as guiding our Sonatype Brand in conjunction with Leadership & Marketing. Managing the recruitment of GTM talent across EMEA & APJ, with offices in the UK, Germany, Singapore and Australia. Dedicated to the ongoing internal culture, aligning myself to the wider HR business objectives.

Senior Talent Partner

Sonatype

May 2022 - Jan 2023 (9 months)

Sonatype eliminates traditional noise from automated solutions so developers can embrace code quality and open source libraries with confidence. Sonatype delivers developer-first code quality analysis, automatically enforces open source security policies, blocks bad component downloads, and prioritizes remediation. Sonatype continuously identifies and remediates open source risk without slowing down innovation. https://www.sonatype.com/company/careers

Lead Recruiter for GTM, Cyber Security, EMEA

Snyk

Jan 2022 - Apr 2022 (4 months)

Promoted to Lead Recruiter in January 2022, responsible for working alongside the EMEA Leadership team to strategically plan and hire across the regions with main focus on UK, DACH, France and Israel whilst touching on Emerging Markets and Southern Europe expansion.

Principal Recruiter for GTM, Cyber Security, EMEA & APJ 🇩🇪 🇮🇱 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇸🇬 🇭🇰 🇯🇵

Snyk

Oct 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Snyk is to help developers use open source code and stay secure. The use of open source is booming, but security is a key concern (https://snyk.io/stateofossecurity/). I was tasked with finding superstar Leadership, Sales & Marketing people for our offices in EMEA and APJ! Our Snyk family is comprised of experienced leadership, industry thought leaders, community speakers, content creators and product developers. Join us and learn from industry experts as we collectively shape the future of modern application security.

Talent Hunter! (FTC)

Patsnap

Aug 2020 - Oct 2020 (3 months)

Innovation SaaS platform. I joined the PatSnap TA team as a trusted leader to positively impact the delivery of a sustainable employer brand focussing on identifying best in market sales talent, candidate engagement and the experience interacting with PatSnap hiring teams. My roles hired were for Senior Sales across EMEA & North America for all senior sales leaders, working alongside 9 Hiring Managers.

Senior Talent Lead EMEA - Redundancy

Highspot

Jun 2019 - Jul 2020 (1 year 2 months)

Revenue Enablement SaaS Heading up the EMEA HQ's recruitment and tasked with opening new offices in the EMEA region (France, Germany, Nordics). Targeted to attract talent using a direct hire model for roles within the ADR, Sales, Solutions & Services, Marketing and back office teams. **REDUNDANCY**

Superstar Hunter - FinTech (6 months FTC)

Finastra

Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 (6 months)

Fintech Remit - UK, Northern Europe, MENA and the occasional Senior Req where required Formed in 2017 by the combination of Misys and D+H, Finastra builds and deploys innovative, next-generation technology on our open Fusion software architecture and cloud ecosystem. Our scale and geographical reach means that we can serve customers effectively, regardless of their size or location—from global financial institutions to community banks and credit unions. We bring deep expertise and an unrivalled range of pre-integrated solutions spanning retail banking, transaction banking, lending, and treasury and capital markets. With a global footprint and the broadest set of financial software solutions available on the market, Finastra has $1.9 bill

Talent Director (FTC)

Nexmo now Vonage

Jul 2018 - Feb 2019 (8 months)

Telco If you’re up for the challenge of reinventing communications.

Talent Acquisition Manager (FTC)

Mendix

Jan 2018 - Jul 2018 (7 months)

Low-code, no-code PaaS Mendix provides a platform and approach that helps enterprises innovate and digitally transform their businesses and industries. Nearly 4,000 organizations worldwide rely on Mendix to build web and mobile applications to delight their customers and empower their employees.

Global Recruitment Manager

Fourth

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year 1 month)

Hospitality SaaS Sat within the Fourth People Operations family, my role here has been to create a sustainable direct resourcing model whilst recruiting directly. I have also had great success with our Employer Branding, having Fourth win the Glassdoor / CMI Top 20 Employer of Choice award. One of the main projects during the last 12 months was to revitalise the careers page - this newly created careers page can be viewed via: https://www.fourth.com/en-gb/careers Due to the Apprenticeship Levy changes in April, I have also launched the internal Brand - "RISE" to sit in the Fourth House of Excellence designed to utilise the levy fund to offer our current employees the opportunity to upskill and cross train within the business. I have b

Talent & Acquisition Lead

Razorfish

Jul 2015

Razorfish is proudly located in modern, loft style offices within Oxford Circus and is part of Publicis Groupe. For more information, visit Razorfish.com, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter, Weibo and Instagram. Razorfish. Here for tomorrow.™ Reporting directly to the Head of HR with a dotted line to the Head of Talent Acquisition, International, I was responsible for offering advice and guidance to all hiring managers alongside the continued effective hiring of great talent within the UK for: Strategy & Insight Media Creative Client Services Technology Delivery Back Office

Global Recruitment Manager

Dotdigital

Jan 2015 - Jan 2017 (2 years 1 month)

MarTech dotmailer is a leader in the provision of intuitive Software as a service (SaaS) email marketing and cross channel tools. Even better, we've retained the people and knowledge of eCommerce and agency within our business. I joined dotmailer as the Recruitment Manager supporting the growth of dotmailer over the UK, US and APAC regions. My role was to partner with the global business units to execute a valuable recruitment strategy and ensure we recruit the best talent in the market today. At dotmailer I was responsible for, but not limited to: • Executing board strategy for ongoing growth • Managing relationships with internal stakeholders • Recognising and addressing succession planning • Forecasting, developing and executing compr

Talent Acquisition Partner (EMEA) - Fixed Term Contract

Sabre Corporation

Sep 2014 - Jan 2015 (5 months)

Sabre is a technology solutions provider to the global travel and tourism industry. We offer a broad range of technology solutions including, data-driven business intelligence, mobile, distribution and Software as a Service solutions which are used by travel suppliers to plan, market, sell, serve and operate their business. Sabre® has 60 offices around the globe, including locations such as Krakow, Bangalore and Montevideo. My role within the business is to aid in the recruitment for the EMEA region across the Sabre Travel Network and Airline Solutions. General roles I recruit for include but are not limited to: IT Pre-sales, Post-sales, Business Development Product Specialists Finance Business Analysts

Recruitment Business Partner - Fixed Term Contract

Mouchel

Jan 2014 - Sep 2014 (9 months)

In 2014 alone Mouchel were looking to hire 600 engineers and consultants for roles in our infrastructure engineering, environmental and asset management consultancy to serve clients in the UK and the Middle East. At Mouchel I Managed the UK Wide Water, Maritime, Energy & Environment divisions alongside the London & South East Highways Departments. I also touched on the Middle East as and when required. Typical roles ranged from Graduates, Technicians, Engineers (from Assistant to Principal) and Project Managers through to Directors. Departments Managed include but are not limited to - Water Consulting, Water Operations, Environment and Energy, Referencing, Maritime, Local Transport, Planning and Regeneration, Geotech.

Interim Recruitment Manager

Integreon

Dec 2013

Reporting directly to the Head of HR and Talent for Integreon, I was responsible for the day to day recruitment delivery and stakeholder management for the UK sites. Consistently deliver high quality services on time with a focus on, responsiveness, client satisfaction, effective client communication and client service orientation. Where necessary capture, monitor and report Associate and centre performance. Continuously identify and execute strategies to develop and deliver services to meet Integreon business needs. Constantly develop specialised skills in Associates that enable them to produce work efficiently and cost effectively. -Deliver first class recruitment campaigns and activities across business areas -Management of internal

Recruitment Business Partner - Fixed Term Contract

EE

Sep 2013 - Nov 2013 (3 months)

RPO - HYPHEN On-site Recruitment Partner brought in via Hyphen for a short assignment to aid in the head-hunting activities after the merge of T-Mobile and Orange. Typical Roles Recruited from Intern to Senior Managment: Retail HR Marketing Financial Sales (Wholesale / Commercial)

Recruitment Business Partner - Fixed Term Contract

ReachLocal

Jun 2013 - Sep 2013 (4 months)

Reporting to the UK Recruitment Director and UK Country Director I managed the full cycle recruiting process for digital agency candidates ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their hiring needs and goals. Screen resumes and interview qualified candidates. Facilitate interview and hiring discussions with interviewers and hiring managers. Maintain data reports and performance metrics on a regular basis. Drive offer process - including extending offers, closing candidates, and generating offer letters. Work with Training team to on-board new hires. Act as an internally and externally-facing representative of ReachLocal and our talent acquisition team. Typical Roles Recruited

Senior Resourcing Operations - Fixed Term Contract

Eteach

Mar 2013 - Jun 2013 (4 months)

Reporting to the Board of Directors, I was brought in to Eteach to join the Executive Search arm of the company - Appoint Education. Appoint Education is a consultative option for Senior Leadership recruitment needs. My role within the Appoint Education team was to manage the operations and delivery for the team. I utilised my wealth of knowledge, experience, expertise and dedication in driving candidate attraction and management whilst ensuring our team runs efficiently and to target. Typical Roles Recruited - all Senior Heads of Education

Training Partner / Recruitment Manager (Permanent Division) - Maternity Contract

TATE RECRUITMENT

Sep 2012 - Feb 2013 (6 months)

Whilst working for Tate I was the Permanent Consultant, my role was to develop the desk, create new business and develop our candidate bank. My specialist area is Office Professionals (Management Level) within Support functions. I was responsible for the advertisement, assessment and selection of excellent candidates for our clients, ensuring the needs of the hiring manager are met consistently and within the allotted timescales. My responsibilities as a consultant were to work with my clients to continually review and improve their Recruitment process, advise on package attract the best candidates. I was also responsible for the Tate brand awareness to the market, our clients and candidates with high potential are attracted and retaine

Recruitment Manager - Fixed Term Contract

Capita

Jul 2011 - Jul 2012 (1 year 1 month)

Capita Resourcing & Development are UK leaders in the areas of outsourced recruitment, specialist and large scale resourcing and executive recruitment. Part of a FTSE 100 organisation, the company has (circa) 800 employees spread across several UK locations. With over 10 years experience in Sales in a variety of industries, I used this experience to join the team at Capita managing the Permanent recruitment business. Typical Roles: Support Infrastructure Sales & Marketing

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Recruitment Consultant

Snap Recruit

Mar 2011 - Jul 2011 (5 months)

I was employed by Snap under a Fixed Term Contract in the business infancy to drive Business Development with new clients. I worked as a Sales Specialist looking after the I.T, Media and Financial sectors in the Surrey, Hampshire and London areas. Typical Roles Recruited were Senior Staff: Sales Marketing IT

Owner, Business Developer, Trainer, General Dogsbody and Everything In-between

HNMP Consultancy Ltd wwwinhouserecruitmentcom

Feb 2011 - Jul 2016 (5 years 6 months)

Bringing recruitment in house without the use of third parties. www.in-houserecruitment.com My aim is to help SME's with the hurdles of growing headcount as an organisation. My approach covers many subjects but all are tailored to each individual business's needs and how I can help them move forward as an organisation. Understanding the facts - the true cost of recruitment through the time it takes to hire, the quality of the hire and the retention of these quality hires. Methodology of recruitment. The typical 3 stages of defining requirements, attraction and selection. We concentrate on the process both from an employer focus but also candidate focus, this includes advising on the best resources tailored to the company, the marke

Recruitment Manager

MoneyExpertcom

Mar 2010 - Mar 2011 (1 year 1 month)

Immediate Financial, part of MoneyExpert.com Head-hunted to manage the recruitment of multiple staff without the use of third parties. Partnering with local colleages and universities to offer an alternative solution to study. Working with local charities and the job centre to provide a solution between unemployment and returning to work, training not only in commercial skills but aiding in the development of life skills. Responsible for the full recruitment strategy reporting directly to the Managing Director, Operations Director and Finance Director. Proactive forecasting of needs over monthly, quarterly and annual planning meetings to attract and retain high calibre staff. Typical Roles Recruited: Sales Customer Service Account Mana

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CLICK

Oct 2008 - Mar 2010 (1 year 6 months)

Recruitment Lead (Quintec) MENA / APAC / EMEA

Thales

Jun 2005 - Sep 2008 (3 years 4 months)

Quintec (Thales Missiles) provided strategic and technical consulting services to major change and procurement programmes across public and private sectors. Working closely with clients Quintec developed strong working relationships that enabled them to deliver world class consulting whilst transferring their knowledge and skills to client organisations. Since 1989 they have provided a broad range of consulting services to complex programmes in ground transportation, government, defence and energy sectors. I was initially retained by Quintec Associates under a 6 month contract as an Internal Recruiter covering EMEA, however due to the success of the B&P team and new military contracts I was employed full time as the only Internal Recruit

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Recruitment Consultant

Rapier Recruitment

Sep 2001 - Jun 2004 (2 years 10 months)

Initially hired to aid in administration whilst at University studying Law, I was quickly promoted to manage the Permanent recruitment business and oversee the consultant in charge of the Temporary recruitment. This post included managing my clients requirements, their staffing levels, their trading peaks, health and safety requirements, in short - their business needs.

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