Lead Talent Acquisition EMEA

Pelico; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity or meaningful equity stake

Competitive salary benchmark

Hybrid work model

Health, dental, vision

Learning & development budget

Opportunity to work with complex ops

Team with great culture

Job summary

Pelico, a Paris-based manufacturing orchestration company, seeks a senior Talent Leader to own the EMEA recruitment strategy and build scalable processes for engineering, data and product roles. You will partner with People leadership to forecast hiring needs, define great hiring standards, and shape the employer brand across markets.

You will recruit daily, develop AI-powered sourcing, mentor recruiters, and scale the TA function using Ashby ATS.

Qualifications

• Own full-cycle recruiting from kickoff through offer
• Focus on tech roles and select business hires
• Build talent pipelines with outbound sourcing
• Advise hiring managers on candidate profiles, interview design and calibration

Responsibilities

• Shape the talent strategy for EMEA and forecast needs
• Own full-cycle recruiting for tech roles and select business hires
• Create AI-powered sourcing and recruiting operations
• Set up Ashby ATS and scale the team

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Outbound sourcing

Data-driven recruiting

Employer branding

Stakeholder coaching

Talent analytics

Ashby ATS

Tools

Ashby ATS

Job description

About Pelico

Traditional industrial manufacturing systems were built for predictability. Supply chains no longer are. Today, real-time data is buried in legacy tools that weren't designed for constant disruption. By the time an issue surfaces, it has already snowballed, sending everyone into firefighting mode. Pelico exists to close the gap between production plans and the daily reality on the factory floor.

We've built the manufacturing orchestration platform trusted by the world's most complex industrial operations : companies like Airbus, Boeing, Safran, Eaton, and Cartier. Our AI connects fragmented supply chain, production, and quality data into a single live operational picture — then puts AI agents to work anticipating disruptions, simulating recovery options, and keeping every team aligned before small problems become expensive ones.

Founded in 2019 and backed by General Catalyst, 83North, and Serena, we've raised $72M and are growing fast — 300% year-over-year revenue growth, deployed in 15+ countries, and supporting factories worldwide. We're headquartered in Paris, with offices in Miami, London and Amsterdam, and we're just getting started.

This is a rare chance to join a company that's redefining an industry that hasn't been disrupted in decades — from the inside.

What You’ll Do

Shape the talent strategy for EMEA

• Build our EMEA recruiting strategy from the ground up: the processes, playbooks, and operating rhythm that let us scale hiring with quality.

• Raise talent quality and density: define what great looks like for each role, coach hiring managers on how to spot and hire the right people, and track quality of hire.

• Partner with People leadership on a data-driven talent strategy, using funnel metrics and market insights to forecast needs and influence hiring decisions.

• Create our EMEA employer brand strategy, from job sites and career page to school partnerships and events, with a great candidate experience at every step.

Stay hands-on: recruit every day

• Own full-cycle recruiting from kickoff through offer acceptance, with a focus on tech roles and support on select business hires.

• Run creative, outbound-first sourcing and build talent pipelines before needs become urgent.

• Advise hiring managers on candidate profiles, interview design, and calibration.

Build a TA function powered by AI

• Embed AI across sourcing, market research, candidate engagement, and recruiting operations, and keep testing new ways of working.

• Set up the tools and ATS (Ashby) that let the team scale.

About You

AI-powered and innovative

• You design recruiting processes where AI does the heavy lifting, and you know when to automate and when to keep the human touch.

• You’re resourceful and curious, and you bring ideas to the team rather than waiting to be asked.

6+ years of tech recruiting experience

• You have a proven track record hiring tech profiles (engineering, data, product) through full-cycle recruiting.

• You’re comfortable as a generalist, hiring across functions and seniority levels as needs evolve.

• You’re skilled at outbound sourcing and experienced with modern ATS platforms.

Scale-up and agile mindset

• You’ve worked in a high-growth, fast-changing environment and love building from zero.

• You think like an owner, balancing speed with quality.

• You influence leaders with sound judgment and a genuine care for candidate experience.

Nice to have

• International recruiting experience across multiple markets.

• Experience managing or mentoring recruiters.

Why Pelico

We're building something genuinely hard and genuinely important. Here's what that comes with:

• Meaningful equity - you're building this with us, so you'll own a piece of it

• Competitive salary benchmarked to your market

• Flexible, hybrid work model - we care about output, not face time

• Health, dental, and vision coverage

• Learning & development budget - we invest in people who invest in themselves

• Opportunity to work with some of the world's most complex and fascinating manufacturing operations

• A team that takes the work seriously without taking themselves too seriously

Pelico is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to building a diverse team and an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work.