Talent Acquisition Manager - Tech & Product

Spiko; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Office Paris & London

Remote 2 days/wk + 1 remote week/mo

Health insurance

Perk budget

Transport support

Referral bonus

Offsites & afterworks

Job summary

Spiko, a London/Paris fintech, is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead hiring for Tech & Product and support other teams as we scale. You will act as a headhunter, building a sourcing engine and a candidate experience that attracts top engineers and product leaders.

You will own the full-cycle process, calibrate with founders, provide market insights, and continuously improve recruiting processes in a fast-moving startup environment. English required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Talent Acquisition with direct sourcing and market mapping.
• Proven track record hiring for tech and product roles (engineering, product, design).
• Excellent English skills, French a plus but not required.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving, early-stage startup environment.
• Strong stakeholder management; able to challenge and align leaders.

Responsibilities

• Proactively source and approach passive candidates for Tech & Product roles.
• Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline ahead of need.
• Provide market insights to inform hiring decisions.
• Own full-cycle recruitment from calibration to offer.
• Design structured interview processes reflecting Spiko's pace.
• Track pipeline health and identify bottlenecks.
• Partner with founders and hiring managers on job descriptions and scorecards.
• Help build scalable TA processes and tools.

Skills

Head hunting

Tech & Product hiring

English proficiency

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruiting

Ownership mindset

Job description

Our Mission

Money sitting idle is money lost. We're fixing that.

Founded in 2023 by Antoine and Paul-Adrien, Spiko gives businesses, non-profits, financial advisers, and fintechs access to institutional-grade cash management, via app or API. We are building the full infrastructure: issuing, operating, and distributing the products ourselves.

Two years after launch, we serve thousands of organizations across Europe and process hundreds of millions of euros in flows every month. Netherlands is one of our priority markets for the next phase of growth.

Our ambition: become the world's leading treasury management infrastructure in a market worth trillions.

We are backed by Index Ventures, the CEO of Revolut, the founder of Kyriba, and the CTO of Wise.

Spiko runs on excellence, transparency, and straight talk.

The role: Talent Acquisition Manager

As our Talent Acquisition Manager, you'll own hiring for our Tech & Product teams, and support other functions across the business as we scale. Reporting to the Head of People & Talent, you'll act as a true headhunter, not just a process manager, going out and finding the talent that will define Spiko's next stage of growth. Success looks like building a sourcing engine and candidate experience strong enough to consistently win top engineers, product managers and other key hires in a competitive market.

Key Responsibilities

Sourcing & Headhunting

• Proactively source and approach passive candidates for Tech & Product roles (engineering, product management, design) and beyond
• Build and maintain a strong talent pipeline ahead of need, not just reactively to open roles
• Bring real headhunting rigor: market mapping, targeted outreach, and a sharp read on what makes candidates move

Hiring Process & Candidate Experience

• Own the full-cycle recruitment process from calibration with hiring managers to offer
• Design and run structured, fast-moving interview processes that reflect Spiko's pace and standards
• Ensure every candidate, hired or not, has an excellent experience with Spiko

Partnering with Hiring Managers & Founders

• Run tight calibration loops with hiring managers and founders on job descriptions, scorecards, and candidate profiles
• Provide market insights (comp benchmarks, talent pool sizing, sourcing strategy) to inform hiring decisions
• Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, not just an order-taker

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Track and report on pipeline health, time-to-hire, and sourcing channel performance
• Identify bottlenecks and suggest concrete improvements to how Spiko hires
• Help build scalable Talent Acquisition processes and tools as the company grows

Who we're looking for

Requirements (must-haves)

• 4+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, with genuine headhunting experience (direct sourcing, market mapping, cold outreach), not only inbound/agency-fed recruitment
• Proven track record hiring for Tech & Product roles (engineering, product, design)
• Excellent English skills, both written and spoken (French is a plus but not required)
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous, early-stage startup environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to challenge and align hiring managers and founders
• A sharp, data-informed approach to recruitment (pipeline metrics, sourcing channel performance)
• High ownership mindset and bias for action

Nice To Have

• Experience in a top-tier, high-growth startup or scale-up
• Experience hiring in fintech
• Experience building or improving TA processes and tools from scratch

What We Offer

• Salary range: 45k - 60k€ (annual base) + Stock Options
• Offices: in central Paris & London
• Remote work: up to 2 days per week and one full remote week per month
• The best tech for your job: latest-generation laptops and industry-leading software
• Health insurance: 100% covered by Spiko
• Monthly Budget to cover different perks of choice
• Transport: 50% of public transport pass covered or the Forfait Mobilités Durables (FMD)
• Referral Bonus
• Social life: regular afterworks and biannual offsites

Our hiring process

• Screening Interview - 30 mins with Nathalie, Talent Acquisition
• Hiring Manager interview - 30 mins with Agnès, Head of HR & Talent
• Business Case: To work on at home and present online or in person
• Final in-person Interviews with the FoundersReference Check: we'll reach out to your references to gather further insights
• Offer