Founding People & Talent Lead

Overview

About the Role A fast-growing, seed-stage AI company in Munich is hiring a Founding People & Talent Lead to build the Talent and People function from the ground up. Operating in a large, underserved market, this company automates inside sales workflows, quoting, order processing, and customer inquiry handling, for distributors and manufacturers using AI. This is a high-impact, hands-on founding

What you'll do

• About the Role A fast-growing, seed-stage AI company in Munich is hiring a Founding People & Talent Lead to build the Talent and People function from the ground up.
• Operating in a large, underserved market, this company automates inside sales workflows, quoting, order processing, and customer inquiry handling, for distributors and manufacturers using AI.
• This is a high-impact, hands-on founding role working directly with leadership.
• You'll own end-to-end recruiting while progressively shaping how the company onboards, develops, and retains exceptional people as it scales across the DACH region and beyond.
• What You'll Do Build and own the full hiring engine, leading recruiting end-to-end from role definition through to offer and close.
• Spend the majority of your early time on Talent: sourcing and closing exceptional candidates across all functions.
• Design and scale recruiting processes, analytics, workflows, and operating rhythms that enable fast, high-quality hiring.
• Partner with founders and team leads to define role expectations, calibrate hiring decisions, and challenge org design.
• Shape People systems over time, including onboarding, performance calibration, career progression, and compensation benchmarking.
• Develop and own employer branding to attract top talent across the DACH region and beyond.

Requirements

• Practical experience with Engineering.
• Experience level: 2-5 yrs.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Comfortable working on-site in Munich.

Skills