Talent Acquisition Team Lead

Location: Fully remote; applicants must be based in Serbia or selected countries across EMEA. Applications from outside these locations are not considered.

Company

hirify.global is hiring for a Talent Acquisition leadership role focused on recruitment operations, people development, and scalable hiring practices.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a team of 5–8 recruiters through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and individual development planning.
• Manage team performance, workload, motivation, retention, and challenging performance situations.
• Improve recruitment processes by identifying bottlenecks, addressing recurring challenges, and implementing scalable solutions.
• Monitor recruitment performance and quality using data and metrics to ensure hiring goals are met.
• Build continuous learning through training, best-practice sharing, and recruitment competency development.
• Drive recruitment initiatives involving process automation, new tools, analytics, operational improvements, and collaboration with Talent Acquisition Partners, People Partners, and leadership.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in Recruitment or Talent Acquisition, including strong hands-on full-cycle recruitment expertise.
• 2+ years of direct people-management experience leading and developing a team of recruiters.
• Experience working in fast-growing, scaling, or complex business environments.
• Experience in people development, performance management, coaching, and handling challenging employee situations.
• Strong understanding of recruitment operations and performance metrics, with hands-on experience improving processes through optimization, automation, new tools or AI solutions, or enhanced analytics and reporting.
• Experience working with international and/or distributed teams across different locations, markets, or cultures.
• Ability to identify root causes, think systematically, and implement sustainable solutions instead of relying on constant manual intervention.
• Strong ownership, decision-making skills, and ability to work independently in a dynamic environment.
• Confident English at B2+/C1 level, both written and spoken.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work from an eligible location.
• 31 days of paid time off, including 21 days of annual leave and 10 days of sick leave.
• Access to learning resources and clear growth pathways.
• Virtual team activities such as cooking classes, yoga sessions, and team quizzes.
• A culture of trust, open communication, ownership, and results over rules.

Hiring process

• HR interview of approximately 45 minutes.
• Manager, team, and final interviews focused on recruitment, people management, problem-solving, leadership, decision-making, team dynamics, and mutual expectations.
• Reference check requiring 2–3 professional references, followed by an offer if successful.