Senior Talent Acquisition Lead (Berlin, Onsite)

Portfolio Lead Collection – Confidential

We are collecting profiles on behalf of a late-stage, well-established company based in Berlin that is looking to strengthen and future-proof its Talent Acquisition function.

This is a lead collection process, not an immediate hire. Applications will be reviewed over the next 1–2 weeks, after which selected candidates will be contacted with further details about the company and role.

The Opportunity

The company is at a stable stage of maturity with ongoing hiring needs driven mainly by backfills and moderate growth (no hypergrowth). The focus of this role is to build a scalable, high-quality TA setup that can support the business long term.

You will lead and shape the TA function with a strong emphasis on structure, quality, and enablement, rather than pure volume delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a medium-sized TA team

• Own the strategic direction of Talent Acquisition

• Implement and roll out a new ATS

• Build scalable TA fundamentals (processes, governance, quality standards)

• Introduce and run bar-raiser and interview quality frameworks

• Train and enable hiring managers in structured, high-quality interviewing

• Shift the organisation from reactive inbound hiring to proactive sourcing-led recruiting

• Personally manage selected executive and key hires