People & Talent Lead

• You have worked through a period of significant hiring and know which processes become necessary as a team grows.
• You have hired technical and business profiles, understand how to adapt your approach to different roles and markets, and work with managers to assess evidence of performance beyond a convincing interview.
• Practical knowledge of international employment. You have worked with EOR providers, payroll partners and local advisers, and know when a situation needs specialist input.
• Strong operational judgment. You are comfortable in an ATS, HRIS and payroll platforms, handle sensitive information carefully and follow through on details.
• The ability to build and operate. You can introduce a useful process, run it yourself and improve it without adding unnecessary complexity.
• Fluent professional English. French or German is useful for working with local employees and providers.

Experience in developer tools or open source, a background in operations or consulting, or experience supporting US employment from Europe would be valuable.

How you will work

You will build on an established organisation, supported by the Administration, Workplace Operations and Finance teams that already carry our People processes. Your role is to bring dedicated expertise, coordinate this work and help it scale as the company grows.

We already use Kestra to automate business and administrative workflows, improving them as our needs evolve. You will continue this approach with the teams involved: simplify processes, automate repetitive work and keep human attention where it matters.

Managers remain responsible for their hiring decisions and teams. You will guide them, challenge them when necessary and agree priorities with the founders as recruitment and employee needs evolve.

• You have sourced candidates, assessed them with hiring managers and closed offers. You can explain the difficult searches, the hires that worked and what you learned from those that did not.