Talent Acquisition Lead

Mr Marvis; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Lunch provided

25 vacation days

Pension scheme

Mobility allowance

20% discount on MR MARVIS collection

Wellbeing budget (Peaks, Swapfiets, or

OpenUp coaching access

Personal development opportunities

Sabbatical after 5 years

B Corp environment

Job summary

MR MARVIS is seeking a Talent Acquisition Lead to drive the recruitment engine across Europe. The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on recruiting to shape how we attract and hire top talent for a fast-growing menswear brand.

You will build and develop a recruiter team, partner with Directors and HR to align hiring with business goals, and use data to anticipate needs and improve processes. This is a hybrid role based in Amsterdam.

Qualifications

• End-to-end recruitment experience in a fast-moving startup/scale-up environment.
• Experience coaching recruiters and leading a small team.
• Ability to advise hiring managers and senior leaders.
• Willingness to stay hands-on with senior hires when needed.
• Strong use of data and market insights to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Talent Acquisition strategy and set priorities.
• Grow and coach two recruiters through regular 1:1s and planning.
• Partner with hiring managers, Directors, and HR Business Partners.
• Advise on role profiles, selection, and hiring decisions.

Skills

Real recruitment experience

Leadership experience

Trusted advisor

Hands-on by choice

Commercial and data-savvy

Ownership mindset

Process improvement

Job description

As MR MARVIS grows across Europe, we're hiring at speed. Now we need a Talent Acquisition Lead to build the engine behind it. This role is for someone who still loves the thrill of hands‑on recruiting, and who wants to build a smarter, smoother way of doing it.

About MR MARVIS

MR MARVIS is an Amsterdam-based menswear brand, dedicated to creating the perfect shorts, trousers and tops. As a Certified B Corporation, we’re proud to be part of a community of companies working together for change, and taking part in collective action to advocate for a shared goal of a global economy that benefits people and the planet.

What started in 2016 with three founders has now grown into a team of 300+ people representing 40+ nationalities. Having established a strong online presence across Europe, we’re now growing our international retail network. Today, you’ll find us in cities such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris and London.

We make slow fashion, with timeless design and craftsmanship at the centre. We are dedicated to doing better every day, creating value for our team, our suppliers, our customers, and everyone who interacts with our business.

What you'll do

• Lead our Talent Acquisition strategy: Help shape how we attract and hire great people, from priorities to ways of working, and keep making the team better at it.
• Lead and grow your team: Guide two Recruiters through regular one-to-ones, workload planning and hands‑on coaching. Give them room to take ownership, and step in when they need you.
• Build partnerships that matter: Work side by side with hiring managers, Directors, senior leaders and HR Business Partners.
• Advise and challenge on role profiles, selection and hiring decisions, and coach your team to build equally strong relationships.
• Stay close to the action: Personally own selected key and leadership hires from first conversation to signed offer. You'll carry a lighter load of open roles by design, leaving you space to lead and improve.
• Drive performance and improvement: Use hiring data and market insight to spot risks early, balance team capacity and sharpen hiring decisions. When something keeps going wrong, whether it's a process, a tool or a habit, you fix it rather than work around it.
• Plan for what's next: Build relationships across the business to anticipate future hiring needs, grow talent pipelines in advance and keep the team ready for whatever comes next.

What you’ll bring

Essential

• Real recruitment experience: A solid track record in end-to-end recruitment, gained in a fast-moving startup or scale-up, with some time in a larger company too. You've seen both worlds.
• Leadership experience: You've coached, mentored or managed recruiters, and helped them grow into confident, independent professionals.
• A trusted voice at the table: You're comfortable advising and challenging hiring managers and senior leaders, not just taking a brief and running with it.
• Hands‑on by choice: You're happy to roll up your sleeves on complex or senior hires, from the first briefing and sourcing through to the offer. Recruiting still gives you energy.
• Commercial and data‑savvy: You use hiring data, market insight and business context to set priorities, spot problems and make better decisions.
• Ownership mindset: You notice recurring problems, take responsibility and put them right.
• A history of making things better: You've improved interview processes, tools, reporting, candidate experience, applicant tracking systems or ways of working.

Nice to have

• Retail, e‑commerce or direct‑to‑consumer experience: You know the pace and variety of hiring across stores, head office and digital teams.
• Forward‑looking talent planning: You've looked beyond today's vacancies to future hiring needs and built talent pipelines in advance.
• Employer brand know‑how: You've helped shape how a company attracts and engages talent.

What you’ll get

• 25 vacation days;
• A pension scheme, because later is also important;
• Mobility allowance in case you live outside of Amsterdam;
• All equipment needed to set you up for success;
• Daily free & fresh lunch served at the office;
• 20% discount on the entire MR MARVIS collection;
• Monthly "Wellbeing budget for Swapfiets, Treatwell, or several gyms. Want to invest your budget? You can, via Peaks!;
• Free unlimited access to OpenUp (coaching/psychologists platform) as well as Meditation Moments (meditation App);
• Personal development opportunities to help you grow and excel in your role;
• Hybrid working with an inspiring office (balancing home focus time with 60% of your week spent together in person);
• Sabbatical after 5 years with us: enjoy some well-deserved rest;
• Join a B-corp and make a real impact;
• Working in a fun, international team at a fast growing scale‑up;
• Amazing team events and weekly Friday drinks with your colleagues.

MR MARVIS is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment for all current and potential employees. A diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. So no matter where you’re from, who you love, or what you believe in, we welcome you to be your true self at MR MARVIS.