# Founding People Lead

About the Role Join an early-stage AI and procurement technology startup as its first dedicated People and Recruiting hire. You will build the hiring function while establishing the people operations that support the team as it grows. What You'll Do Own recruiting end to end, including sourcing, pipeline management, candidate experience, offers, and closing. Manage onboarding, employment contracts, compensation, benefits, and HR compliance. Help build a high-performing team through hands-on people support and thoughtful hiring practices. Run daily office operations and welcome new team members and visitors. Set up AI agents and workflows to support sourcing, screening, and recurring tasks. What We're Looking For At least 2 years of experience in recruiting or people operations, including full-cycle hiring through offers and closing. Experience handling onboarding, employment contracts, or HR compliance. Experience working at an early-stage startup, ideally during a zero-to-one phase. Fluent in German and English. Organized, reliable, discreet with sensitive information, and comfortable taking ownership in a fast-moving environment. People-first approach and interest in us

- **Id**: 3699159
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/clera-founding-people-lead-2>
- **Role**: HR
- **Role family**: HR
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Berlin, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T17:18:34Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T19:42:01Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-09T19:42:01Z
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1400
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 2706
- **Name**: Clera
- **Domain**: getclera.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/clera>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 40
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 6
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: German; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no
- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Germany** — Iso: DE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T18:56:19Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-09T19:42:01Z

## Visa

- Country: DE; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 6; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 6 of its adverts here in 24 months; Cap exempt: no

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