This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Recruitment Team Lead based in France.
As a Recruitment Team Lead, you will oversee the delivery of a high-performing talent acquisition function, ensuring critical hiring needs are met with speed, quality, and consistency. In this remote-first leadership role, you'll manage a team of recruiters while partnering closely with hiring managers to drive efficient recruitment strategies and exceptional candidate experiences. You'll take ownership of recruitment operations, optimize hiring processes through data-driven decision-making, and help establish best practices across the team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced technical recruiter who enjoys combining hands-on hiring with people leadership in a fast-paced, international environment.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Recruitment Team Lead based in France.
As a Recruitment Team Lead, you will oversee the delivery of a high-performing talent acquisition function, ensuring critical hiring needs are met with speed, quality, and consistency. In this remote-first leadership role, you'll manage a team of recruiters while partnering closely with hiring managers to drive efficient recruitment strategies and exceptional candidate experiences. You'll take ownership of recruitment operations, optimize hiring processes through data-driven decision-making, and help establish best practices across the team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced technical recruiter who enjoys combining hands-on hiring with people leadership in a fast-paced, international environment.
Accountabilities
- Lead the end-to-end recruitment delivery process for active hiring needs, ensuring timely and high-quality placements across multiple technical roles.
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of recruiters by setting clear objectives, maintaining recruitment standards, and supporting continuous professional growth.
- Own the intake process with hiring managers, ensuring role requirements are well-defined while providing constructive guidance on hiring expectations and priorities.
- Monitor recruitment pipelines, analyze conversion metrics, identify bottlenecks, and adjust strategies to improve hiring outcomes.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers through regular communication, progress updates, and proactive expectation management.
- Collaborate with sourcing teams to effectively allocate resources and ensure healthy candidate pipelines across open positions.
- Track and report key recruitment metrics, including time-to-fill, offer acceptance rates, pipeline conversion, and overall hiring performance.
- Support talent pipeline initiatives by ensuring qualified candidates remain engaged for future opportunities where appropriate.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in technical recruitment, including at least 2 years in a leadership or senior recruiter capacity.
- Demonstrated success recruiting senior software engineering or specialized technical professionals, ideally within consulting, professional services, or high-growth technology environments.
- Proven experience managing multiple recruitment projects and stakeholder relationships simultaneously.
- Strong expertise in conducting structured intake meetings and partnering effectively with hiring managers throughout the recruitment process.
- Previous experience coaching, mentoring, or leading recruiters while fostering high performance and continuous improvement.
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills with the ability to balance competing business demands.
- Strong understanding of recruitment analytics, including pipeline management, conversion rates, time-to-fill, and hiring performance metrics.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong commitment to delivering an outstanding candidate experience.
- Experience collaborating with sourcing teams and managing shared recruitment resources is considered an advantage.
- Competitive compensation package based on experience.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave.
- Fully remote position with flexible working hours and a remote-first culture.
- Home office equipment allowance or access to a coworking space.
- Opportunity to work alongside globally distributed, highly skilled professionals.
- Professional development and career growth opportunities within an international organization.
- Collaborative, fast-paced work environment with significant ownership and autonomy.
- No business travel required, supporting an excellent work-life balance.