Talent Acquisition Partner/Recruiter - French Speaker

Thales Group; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales Group in Lisbon seeks a Talent Acquisition Partner to own end-to-end recruitment for French-speaking Europe. You will collaborate with hiring managers to define requirements, source candidates across channels, and conduct competency-based and case interviews to assess fit.

You will help build strong pipelines and ensure smooth offers in a dynamic, international tech environment. You will join a cross-border team in Central Lisbon, supporting multiple countries and aligning with business

Qualifications

• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment in international environments.
• Strong interviewing method, competency-based, with case-based assessments a plus.
• Proven ability to build pipelines for hard-to-fill technical roles.
• Fluent in French and English for interviews and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for a French-speaking European market from Lisbon.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and sourcing criteria.
• Conduct structured interviews and assess technical and behavioral fit.
• Screen, shortlist, and drive offers with internal stakeholders.
• Report on metrics like time-to-offer and quality-of-hire, and improve processes.

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment

Competency-based interviewing

Sourcing multi-channel

French & English fluency

Tools

LinkedIn

Recruitment platform/ATS

Job description

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space.

Talent Acquisition Partner / Recruiter - French Speaker at the site in Central Lisbon

Your mission:

• Lead and drive the end-to-end recruitment process in a french-speaking country in Europe, ensuring speed, quality, and alignment with business needs within an international tech company in our core markets (Defense, Aerospace and Cyber Security and Digital Identity)

• You will join a great team in Lisbon supporting other countries on an end-to-end basis being closely integrated into the respective local teams

• Partner closely with hiring managers to define role requirements and sourcing criteria based on skills and competencies

• Conduct structured interviews, including competency-based and case interviews , to assess both technical and behavioral fit

• Source, screen, interview, and shortlist candidates with a focus on skill-based evaluation and long-term potential

• Maintain and report on key recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-offer, quality-of-hire ), identifying areas for continuous improvement

• Build and maintain strong pipelines of active and passive candidates to meet current and future hiring needs on our recruitment platform

• Ensure a smooth offer process with candidates by closling collaborating with internal stakeholders
  

What we are looking for:

• Solid experience managing full-cycle recruitment, ideally in an international and matrixed environment

• Strong expertise in competency-based interviewing , with exposure to case-based assessments is a benefit but not mandatroy

• Proven ability to drive recruitment proactively and operate independently with minimal supervision

• Experience sourcing candidates through multiple channels, especially LinkedIn, with a focus on hard-to-fill and technical roles

• Fluent in French and English , with the ability to conduct professional interviews in both languages

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Please note that we can only accept applications in english language.