Talent Acquisition Partner
HybridLisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon, Lisbon, PortugalHybridFull TimeSenior LevelMedium
Full TimeSenior LevelMedium
Job Summary
Own the end-to-end search for engineering, product, AI, and fintech talent across Dubai, Lisbon, and global remote hubs. Deliver exceptional hires from first outreach to signed offer while partnering directly with founders to define success metrics. Manage full recruitment pipelines, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer negotiations, using data to continuously improve speed and quality. Challenge assumptions with hiring managers to ensure long-term impact rather than simply filling vacancies. Maintain accurate recruitment data and visibility into pipeline health to support smarter hiring decisions.
Required Qualifications
- Fintech & Startup Recruiting Depth: You bring proven experience in talent acquisition (at least 3+ years)
- Fintech & Startup Recruiting Depth: ideally within a fintech, Web3, or high-growth tech startup navigating zero-to-one product builds
- Sourcing Capability: You feel at home identifying hard-to-find technical and domain talent across both traditional channels and specialized tech networks
- Domain Fluency: You speak the language of modern product engineering and financial infrastructure
- Domain Fluency: feeling comfortable evaluating candidates across engineering, compliance, product, and architecture disciplines
- Autonomous Milestone Execution: You manage your talent pipelines comfortably
- Autonomous Milestone Execution: taking full end-to-end accountability for closing searches
- High EQ & Clear Communication: You bring exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy, and professional integrity
- Linguistic Edge: You speak and write English fluently
Desired Qualifications
- Regional & Industry Expertise: Direct experience recruiting within the MENA and European markets
- Regional & Industry Expertise: with a strong network across the FinTech sector
- Multilingual Capability: Proficiency in Portuguese, Arabic, Ukrainian, or Russian
- Unconventional Sourcing: Hands-on experience sourcing through technical platforms like GitHub, Telegram, or developer-focused hubs
- AI-Augmented Recruiting: Regular use of modern AI assistants or automation tools to streamline candidate research, outreach copy, and administrative workflows
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