Talent Acquisition Manager (intermediate level)
7 days ago
Barcelona
At Joko, we help consumers shop smarter. Our mission is to revolutionize shopping, empowering people to find what they need, make informed decisions, and save money. ¿Le interesa este puesto? Puede encontrar toda la información relevante en la descripción a continuación. Founded in Paris, Joko is a tech company and certified B Corp with over 105 talents across Paris, Barcelona, and New York (and beyond). More than 6 million users already save money every day at 10,000+ merchants with Joko. From cashback and automatic coupons to price alerts and carbon tracking, we keep expanding our products to make shopping smarter. We’re now building an AI‑powered shopping assistant to help users find the best products by price, quality, and environmental impact. Having reached profitability in our core market, we’re now scaling globally, with a strong focus on the US. It’s still day 1, come build the future of shopping with us! Our Talent Team We hire with a founding obsession of building a small team of exceptional people. That bet has worked: we've grown to 6 million users and become one of France's most recognized shopping apps with just 30 people in the early years, and we've kept the same bar as we've scaled past 100. The Talent team exists because we believe talent is the single biggest asset of a company, and that identifying, attracting, and closing the best profiles is a craft worth investing in seriously. Today, the Talent team sits within the broader People function, which covers People Ops, Business Partnering, and Workplace across France, Spain, and our growing international footprint into the US. Why this role is special Recruiting is Joko's #1 objective. As a Talent Acquisition Manager you sit at its heart and enjoy three unique aspects: • The team is exceptionally involved in hiring. From ICs to managers to founders, recruiting is treated as a first‑class responsibility, not something delegated to TA. You will work with hiring partners who actually show up, give sharp feedback, and care about the bar as much as you do. Your debriefs will be real conversations, not rubber stamps., • You will have the tools, and the budget, to be on the frontier. We already use a modern stack (Ashby, Claude, Claap, and more) and continue investing to stay among the most performant and modern TA setups. You will not fight for basic tooling—you’ll use the best available and help decide what comes next, including how we deploy AI across the funnel., • You will live a genuinely unique scale moment. Going from 100 to 250 (and more) with a real international component (France, Spain, US) provides the stretch most recruiters only get once. Here you will do it with a company that has proven it can build a recognized product with a tiny team—fully owning the roles you run. What you will do As a Talent Acquisition Manager, your mission is to attract, evaluate, and close the talent that will take Joko from 100 to 250 people, maintaining the bar, craft, and intentionality that define our talent density. You will report to Déborah (VP People) and partner closely with hiring managers across all functions—engineering, product, sales, marketing, ops, and more. • Own hiring end to end, across all functions: You will run full‑cycle recruiting on roles spanning tech, product, design, and business. From kick‑off with the hiring manager to closing the candidate, the desk is yours. You will own the quality, pace, and outcome., • Source like it's a craft: Inbound is not enough at our bar, and you know it. You will run thoughtful outbound campaigns, build talent pipelines for our hardest‑to‑fill roles, and use the best of what AI sourcing tools can do today., • Be a real partner to hiring managers: You will co‑create job descriptions and scorecards, train interviewers, run sharp debriefs, and push back when needed. Our hiring managers are demanding and involved—you match their energy and raise conversation quality., • Deliver a candidate experience that matches the bar we ask of candidates: Fast, honest, specific. You will own the candidate journey on your roles, write rejections that people screenshot, and ensure every candidate, hired or not, leaves with a strong impression of Joko., • Contribute to building the TA function: We are scaling from 1 to 5 recruiters by year‑end. You will help shape process, tooling, AI workflows, interviewer training, and employer brand—beyond executing a playbook handed down. Who we're looking for • Experience: You have a first experience in recruitment, agency or in‑house. What matters is you’ve already run real recruitment work and want to level up fast in a high‑bar environment., • Sales instinct: Recruiting in a startup is sales. The best profiles aren’t applying—they’re happy where they are. You know how to hunt, open a conversation that earns a reply, and build conviction in someone to consider a move. You take rejection as data, not as a verdict., • High‑bar mindset: Joko’s culture is built on talent density. Hiring managers are exacting and not afraid to pass on a 90% candidate. You find that energizing, not frustrating., • Curious and experimental about AI: You don’t claim to have it all figured out. You have hands‑on experience with AI tools and strong opinions from real attempts., • Business partner posture: You want to be a real partner to hiring managers, not just a service provider. You push back, ask the right questions, turning a vague brief into a clear hiring plan., • Operator mindset: Structured, rigorous, detail‑oriented. You think in funnels, conversion rates, and feedback loops, and naturally seek ways to improve the system as you run it., • Communication: Sharp written and verbal communication in French and English. You can simplify, be direct, and write things people actually want to read., • Education: No specific requirement. Track record matters more than credentials., • Languages: Fluent in French and English. Spanish is a plus. Our perks (Some of the benefits listed below are available to full‑time positions only) At Joko, we believe that flexibility and trust are essential. Our work environment reflects this through: • Flexible remote – If you live in Paris, you can choose to work from our office or from home with no constraints. If you live elsewhere, we can provide access to a coworking space and a coworking budget., • Work from anywhere – Want to spend a month in Italy while working? You can work from most countries in the world for up to 3 months per year. On top of that, we offer plenty of perks: • Top‑market compensation, • Equity for everyone with the chance to own a piece of what you build, • Half‑day each week dedicated to leveling up with AI by exploring new tools, iterating hard, and sharpening your skills, • Yearly offsite in amazing locations and budget for team‑building events & monthly in‑person gatherings, • Contribution to your ClassPass subscription, • 8‑week leave paid 100% for the second parent, • …and much more, check the full list here! Our hiring process • Intro call: Quick screening with the Hiring Manager or the Talent team., • Step 1 – Team interview (45 min): Conversation with two Joko team members (could include the Hiring Manager, people from the team you’d join, or colleagues from other teams)., • Step 2 – Role‑specific assessments, • For non‑engineering roles: A take‑home case study followed by a 45‑min interview. We assess both your output and how you think in real time. The exercise will be relevant to your role (e.g. analysis, strategy, or process design)., • For engineering roles: A 90‑min live technical interview on CoderPad covering code understanding, review, system design, and product thinking (with AI serving as a collaboration tool)., • Step 3 – Leadership interview (45 min): Conversation with a SteerCo member and a Founder., • References: Up to 3 calls with former colleagues or managers. xcskxlj You may also be invited for coffee with team members to get a feel for our culture. #J-18808-Ljbffr