Senior Recruiter / Talent Lead

Stacks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance technology startup in London is seeking a Talent Lead to own and scale recruitment across Product, Engineering, and Go-To-Market teams. This role involves managing high-velocity hiring, designing scalable processes, and building talent pipelines during explosive growth. The ideal candidate has proven experience in a fast-growing tech environment, a track record of hiring during rapid expansions, and strong talent sourcing skills. Attractive compensation and the chance to shape a category-defining startup await you.

Benefits

Competitive compensation & meaningful equity

Opportunity to shape the talent foundation

Work directly with founders

Collaborate with world-class colleagues

Stunning canal-view office in Amsterdam

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Recruiter or Talent Acquisition Lead in a fast-growing tech company.
• Deep hands-on IC experience; excel at execution, not just leadership.
• Track record of hiring during hypergrowth (0→50, 50→150, or similar).
• Experience designing recruiting processes and guidelines.
• Ability to context-switch across Engineering, Product, and GTM roles.
• Strong talent mapping and sourcing capabilities.
• Clear communicator who can influence and collaborate across all levels.
• Metrics-driven mindset with a high bar for candidate quality.
• Entrepreneurial, scrappy, and energized by fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across Product, Engineering, and GTM during hypergrowth.
• Build and manage predictable pipelines for critical roles.
• Design, refine, and operationalize scalable recruiting processes.
• Partner closely with functional leaders to understand hiring needs.
• Execute high-volume recruitment as an individual contributor.
• Build talent maps for future leadership roles and long-term hiring needs.

Skills

Senior Recruiter or Talent Acquisition Lead experience

Deep hands-on IC experience

Track record of hiring during hypergrowth

Recruiting process design

Strong talent mapping and sourcing capabilities

Metrics-driven mindset

Clear communication skills

Ability to context-switch

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

This role is based out of our London office 🇬🇧

We are an office-first company & believe great products are made when we are together.

About Stacks

At Stacks, we’re transforming the way finance teams approach one of their most critical processes: the monthly close. For mid to large enterprises, this is still a manual, painful workflow that drags finance teams away from strategic work. We believe this needs to change.

Our vision is bold: with the power of AI, we’re reimagining the monthly close to be as simple as a single click - delivering accurate, detailed financial insights on day one of every month. By giving finance teams their time back, we enable them to focus on high-impact initiatives that matter.

Our team brings together finance, product, and technical expertise from companies like Uber, Plaid, Miro, Mollie, and Bunq, united by the ambition to reshape the future of finance. Based in the heart of Amsterdam, our office overlooks the iconic canals. Backed by top-tier VCs and executives from Stripe, Plaid, and OpenAI, we’re just getting started.

About the Role

Stacks is hiring a Talent Lead to own and scale our recruitment engine across Product, Engineering, and GTM as we enter a period of explosive growth.

You’ll be the driving force behind building our team, mapping the top talent in the market, designing scalable processes, and managing high-velocity hiring internally as an IC.

If you thrive in hypergrowth environments, love building structure from scratch, and want to directly shape the talent foundation of a category-defining startup, this is the role for you.

🧱 What You'll Do

Lead Talent Acquisition End-to-End

• Own full-cycle recruiting across Product, Engineering, and GTM during a period of hypergrowth
• Build and manage predictable pipelines for critical roles
• Map the highest-caliber candidates across Europe and beyond
• Lead hiring strategy for each function in partnership with Founders and Leadership

Build Structure & Scale

• Design, refine, and operationalize scalable recruiting processes, tools, and frameworks
• Establish hiring best practices and interview structures
• Implement data-driven talent acquisition KPIs

Drive High-Impact Hiring

• Execute high-volume recruitment as an individual contributor
• Partner closely with functional leaders to understand hiring needs and team evolution
• Represent Stacks in the market as the face of talent

Talent Intelligence & Market Mapping

• Build talent maps for future leadership roles and long-term hiring needs
• Maintain a proactive pipeline of top candidates across all key functions
• Keep a pulse on competitive talent markets, compensation, and hiring trends

🧩 What You Need

• Proven experience as a Senior Recruiter or Talent Acquisition Lead in a fast-growing tech company
• Deep hands‑on IC experience — you excel at execution, not just leadership
• Track record of hiring during hypergrowth/hyperscaling (0→50, 50→150, or similar)
• Experience building recruiting processes, structure, and guidelines from the ground up
• Ability to context‑switch across Engineering, Product, and GTM roles
• Strong talent mapping and sourcing capabilities
• Clear communicator who can influence and collaborate across all levels
• Metrics‑driven mindset with a high bar for candidate quality
• Entrepreneurial, scrappy, and energized by fast‑paced environments

🚀 What’s in It for You

• Work directly with founders and early leadership
• Opportunity to shape the talent foundation of a category‑defining startup
• Collaborate with world‑class colleagues from Uber, Plaid, Miro, and Mollie
• Be part of the AI transformation in finance
• Competitive compensation & meaningful equity
• A stunning canal‑view office in the heart of Amsterdam

🤝 The Hiring Process

1. Step 1: 30-minute call with our Talent Partner (Peter) to discuss background & motivation
2. Step 2: Interviews with Founder (Albert) and functional leads
3. Step 3: Practical assignment + on‑site panel at our Amsterdam HQ
4. Step 4: Offer!