Tech Talent Acquisition Lead

Tech Talent Acquisition Lead

We’re looking for a Tech Talent Acquisition Lead to lead recruitment across Pigment’s R&D organization, including Engineering, Product, IT, and Security.You will manage a team of three full-time Tech Talent Acquisition Managers, supported by external RPO partners when needed. Your role will be to develop the team, define the Tech recruitment strategy, and act as a trusted partner to R&D leaders.While this is primarily a leadership role, you will remain hands-on by managing selected strategic or complex searches.

What you’ll do

Lead and empower the Tech TA team

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of three Tech Talent Acquisition Managers
• Create a healthy and collaborative environment built on trust, transparency, and shared accountability
• Leverage the team’s expertise and give each member the autonomy to own their roles, stakeholders, and projects
• Set clear priorities and allocate resources based on the hiring plan, business needs, and team capacity
• Support the team with complex searches, stakeholder challenges, and offer negotiations

Define the Tech recruitment strategy

• Build the recruitment strategy based on Pigment’s workforce plan, hiring priorities, and talent-market conditions
• Translate the hiring plan into a clear roadmap for the team
• Anticipate hiring needs, capacity constraints, risks, and dependencies
• Develop tailored strategies for critical or hard-to-fill roles
• Adjust priorities and approaches based on business changes, market insights, and recruitment data

Partner with R&D leaders

• Act as the main Talent Acquisition partner for R&D leadership and Hiring Managers
• Align stakeholders on hiring priorities, target profiles, assessment criteria, and timelines
• Provide clear visibility into pipeline health, progress, risks, and team capacity
• Use data and market insights to guide decisions, challenge assumptions, and recommend actions
• Coach Hiring Managers and interviewers to improve assessment quality and decision-making
• Help unblock complex situations and maintain efficient hiring processes

Remain hands-on

• Own selected strategic, senior, or complex searches end-to-end
• Proactively identify and engage high-quality candidates
• Build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing strategies
• Support offer negotiations and closing when needed
• Ensure a consistent and high-quality candidate experience

Improve hiring performance

• Track key metrics, including pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-hire, offer acceptance, and source effectiveness
• Assess progress against the hiring plan and identify areas for improvement
• Improve recruitment processes, workflows, and tools
• Maintain consistent and scalable hiring practices across R&D
• Lead initiatives such as interviewer training, talent mapping, candidate experience, and Tech employer branding

Who you are

• You have strong experience in Tech Talent Acquisition, ideally in a fast-growing and international environment
• You have experience managing/mentoring and developing a Talent Acquisition team
• You know how to create a collaborative environment while giving people autonomy and holding them accountable
• You can translate a hiring plan into a clear recruitment strategy and priorities
• You are comfortable advising, influencing, and challenging senior stakeholders
• You are hands-on and enjoy managing strategic or complex searches
• You are data-driven and use recruitment metrics and market insights to guide decisions
• You bring clarity and structure to complex, fast-changing environments
• You care deeply about hiring quality and candidate experience

What we offer

• Competitive package
• Stock options to ensure you have a stake in Pigment's growth
• The best health insurance with Alan Blue, entirely free for you and your family
• Weekly Lunch and Lunch vouchers (Swile card) to cover your lunch breaks with total flexibility
• Subscription to Egym Wellpass (ex-Gymlib) for full access to gyms, studios, and wellness spaces across France
• A Learning Stipend per year, for you to develop into areas that amplify impact for your careers or personal development
• Remote work stipend to have the best work station possible at home
• Along with one company offsite every year, we have brand new offices at the heart of major cities including New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Paris, and London
• High-end equipment (based on stock/availability) to do your work in the best conditions