Talent Acquisition Partner (all genders)

Lio; München; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Lio is building the team behind the AI workforce for procurement. As our Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll own end-to-end recruiting for core verticals and work closely with founders to attract exceptional talent across engineering, AI implementation, GTM, and international teams.

You’ll partner with hiring managers, engage passive candidates, and craft efficient, data-driven hiring processes. This is a high-ownership role where German and English fluency is essential, and the impact spans

Qualifications

• Proven experience owning end-to-end recruitment in tech startups or scale-ups.
• Ability to hire across technical and commercial roles, including leadership searches.
• Proven ability to identify passive candidates and build pipelines.
• Trusted partner to hiring managers, capable of challenging senior stakeholders.
• Structured, data-informed approach to recruitment processes.
• Able to operate in fast-paced, evolving environments.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting for core verticals including engineering, AI, GTM.
• Partner with hiring managers to define requirements and search strategies.
• Identify passive talent through LinkedIn and other channels.
• Build diverse pipelines for current and future needs.
• Advise on selection, negotiations, and closing.
• Improve interview processes, scorecards, and workflows.
• Track metrics to improve quality, speed, and conversion.
• Strengthen employer brand to attract top talent.
• Manage external recruiting partners when needed.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Stakeholder management

Talent sourcing

German & English fluency

Interviewing & assessment

Job description

Help build the team behind the AI workforce for procurement!

Following our $30M Series A, Lio is entering a defining chapter: scaling internationally and assembling the exceptional team that will shape the future of procurement.

As our Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll build and own a core talent vertical: Engineering, AI Implementation, Go-to-Market, or our growing U.S. organization.

You’ll work directly with our founders and leadership team to attract the people who will drive Lio’s next stage. This is your opportunity to do more than recruit for a great company: it’s your opportunity to help build one!

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end recruiting for core talent verticals

• Partner with hiring managers to define requirements, challenge assumptions, and develop effective search strategies

• Proactively identify and engage exceptional passive talent through LinkedIn and other relevant channels

• Build strong, diverse pipelines for current and future hiring needs

• Advise hiring managers throughout the selection process and drive confident, evidence-based hiring decisions

• Manage candidates from initial outreach through offer, negotiation, and close

• Create an exceptional, personal, and consistent candidate experience

• Build and continuously improve interview processes, scorecards, sourcing strategies, and recruiting workflows

• Track recruiting metrics and use data to improve quality, speed, and conversion across the funnel

• Strengthen Lio’s employer brand and develop creative ways to reach high-performing talent

• Select and manage external recruiting partners when additional support is needed

Your Profile

• You have several years of experience owning end-to-end recruiting, ideally within a fast-growing technology company, startup, or recruiting agency

• You have successfully hired across technical and commercial functions; experience with senior or leadership searches is a strong plus

• You know how to identify and engage exceptional candidates who are not actively looking

• You are a trusted partner to hiring managers and are comfortable challenging, advising, and influencing senior stakeholders

• You combine strong candidate judgment with a structured, data-informed approach

• You understand how to create recruiting processes that are both rigorous and fast

• You are proactive, highly organized, and motivated by ambitious hiring goals

• You thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy building processes from the ground up

• You are fluent in German and English

Why Lio?

• Build the company: Every hire you make will directly shape Lio’s future

• High ownership: Own critical searches and help define our global talent strategy

• Strategic influence: Work closely with our founders, leadership team, and hiring managers

• Exceptional talent: Recruit across AI, Engineering, Product, and enterprise Go-to-Market

• Build from the ground up: Create the recruiting structures, standards, and candidate experience that will support our next stage of growth

• International impact: Help scale our teams across Munich and New York

This is an opportunity to do more than fill roles. You’ll build the team creating the future of procurement!