Tech Talent Acquisition Lead
Hybrid Paris Full-time Senior Recruiting & Talent Acquisition
At a glance
Senior Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at Pigment. Paris · full-time · €85,000–€100,035 base.
SalaryStated by Pigment
€85,000 – €100,035
Base salary for this role, in EUR per year, as published in the posting.
RoleRecruiting & Talent Acquisition
SenioritySenior
LocationParis
WorkplaceHybrid
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay€85,000–€100,035
PostedMar 31, 2026 · 6mo ago
Role brief
hrroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop three Tech Talent Acquisition Managers, setting priorities and backing them on difficult searches and offers
- Turn R&D workforce plans into hiring priorities, team roadmaps, and tailored approaches for critical or hard-to-fill roles
- Advise R&D leaders and hiring managers on profiles, assessment, timelines, pipeline risks, and hiring decisions
- Personally run selected senior or complex searches, from sourcing and assessment through candidate closing
- Use recruiting metrics to improve workflows, hiring consistency, interviewer training, talent mapping, and candidate experience
What you bring
- Strong experience in technology recruiting, ideally gained in a fast-growing, international setting
- Experience leading, mentoring, and developing a talent acquisition team
- Ability to shape hiring plans into recruiting priorities and influence senior stakeholders
- A data-led approach, using hiring metrics and market insight to guide decisions
Who this fits
This senior role suits someone who can lead a team while staying directly involved in selected strategic searches. You’ll manage three full-time recruiting managers and work closely with R&D leaders. The role is based in Paris and described as hybrid.
From the employer
Join Pigment: The AI Platform Redefining Business Planning
Pigment is the AI-powered business planning and performance management platform built for agility and scale. We connect people, data, and processes in one intuitive, feature-rich solution, empowering every team—from Finance to HR—to build, adapt, and align strategic plans in real time.
Founded in 2019, Pigment is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally. Industry leaders like Unilever, Snowflake, Siemens, and DPD use Pigment daily to make more informed decisions and confidently navigate any scenario.
With a team of 600+ across Paris, London, New York, Toronto, San Francisco and Austin, we've raised nearly $400M from top-tier investors and were named a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software.
At Pigment, we take smart risks, celebrate bold ideas, and challenge the status quo—all while working as one team. If you're driven by innovation and ready to make an impact at scale, we’d love to hear from you.
Tech Talent Acquisition Lead
We’re looking for a Tech Talent Acquisition Lead to lead recruitment across Pigment’s R&D organization, including Engineering, Product, IT, and Security.You will manage a team of three full-time Tech Talent Acquisition Managers, supported by external RPO partners when needed. Your role will be to develop the team, define the Tech recruitment strategy, and act as a trusted partner to R&D leaders.While this is primarily a leadership role, you will remain hands-on by managing selected strategic or complex searches.
What you’ll do
Lead and empower the Tech TA team
Tech Talent Acquisition Lead
We’re looking for a Tech Talent Acquisition Lead to lead recruitment across Pigment’s R&D organization, including Engineering, Product, IT, and Security.You will manage a team of three full-time Tech Talent Acquisition Managers, supported by external RPO partners when needed. Your role will be to develop the team, define the Tech recruitment strategy, and act as a trusted partner to R&D leaders.While this is primarily a leadership role, you will remain hands-on by managing selected strategic or complex searches.
What you’ll do
Lead and empower the Tech TA team
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of three Tech Talent Acquisition Managers
- Create a healthy and collaborative environment built on trust, transparency, and shared accountability
- Leverage the team’s expertise and give each member the autonomy to own their roles, stakeholders, and projects
- Set clear priorities and allocate resources based on the hiring plan, business needs, and team capacity
- Support the team with complex searches, stakeholder challenges, and offer negotiations
Define the Tech recruitment strategy
- Build the recruitment strategy based on Pigment’s workforce plan, hiring priorities, and talent-market conditions
- Translate the hiring plan into a clear roadmap for the team
- Anticipate hiring needs, capacity constraints, risks, and dependencies
- Develop tailored strategies for critical or hard-to-fill roles
- Adjust priorities and approaches based on business changes, market insights, and recruitment data
Partner with R&D leaders
- Act as the main Talent Acquisition partner for R&D leadership and Hiring Managers
- Align stakeholders on hiring priorities, target profiles, assessment criteria, and timelines
- Provide clear visibility into pipeline health, progress, risks, and team capacity
- Use data and market insights to guide decisions, challenge assumptions, and recommend actions
- Coach Hiring Managers and interviewers to improve assessment quality and decision-making
- Help unblock complex situations and maintain efficient hiring processes
Remain hands-on
- Own selected strategic, senior, or complex searches end-to-end
- Proactively identify and engage high-quality candidates
- Build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing strategies
- Support offer negotiations and closing when needed
- Ensure a consistent and high-quality candidate experience
Improve hiring performance
- Track key metrics, including pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-hire, offer acceptance, and source effectiveness
- Assess progress against the hiring plan and identify areas for improvement
- Improve recruitment processes, workflows, and tools
- Maintain consistent and scalable hiring practices across R&D
- Lead initiatives such as interviewer training, talent mapping, candidate experience, and Tech employer branding
Who you are
- You have strong experience in Tech Talent Acquisition, ideally in a fast-growing and international environment
- You have experience managing/mentoring and developing a Talent Acquisition team
- You know how to create a collaborative environment while giving people autonomy and holding them accountable
- You can translate a hiring plan into a clear recruitment strategy and priorities
- You are comfortable advising, influencing, and challenging senior stakeholders
- You are hands-on and enjoy managing strategic or complex searches
- You are data-driven and use recruitment metrics and market insights to guide decisions
- You bring clarity and structure to complex, fast-changing environments
- You care deeply about hiring quality and candidate experience
What we offer
- Competitive package
- Stock options to ensure you have a stake in Pigment's growth
- The best health insurance with Alan Blue, entirely free for you and your family
- Weekly Lunch and Lunch vouchers (Swile card) to cover your lunch breaks with total flexibility
- Subscription to Egym Wellpass (ex-Gymlib) for full access to gyms, studios, and wellness spaces across France
- A Learning Stipend per year, for you to develop into areas that amplify impact for your careers or personal development
- Remote work stipend to have the best work station possible at home
- Along with one company offsite every year, we have brand new offices at the heart of major cities including New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Paris, and London
- High-end equipment (based on stock/availability) to do your work in the best conditions