[Hiring] People & Talent Lead @Kestra Technologies

Role Description

Become Kestra’s first dedicated People hire. Help us grow from 50 to 100 people over the next 12 to 18 months, and strengthen the foundations that help a distributed team work well together.

You will own recruitment and People operations, working directly with the founders and hiring managers. This is a hands-on role with room to shape the function as we grow.

Reporting to: Emmanuel (CEO) and Ludovic (CTO), our co-founders

Working language: English

What you will own

• Recruitment from sourcing to signed offer.
• People operations across countries.
• Onboarding that gets people started well.
• Compensation and performance processes.
• How we work as a distributed team.
• A clear view of progress.

Qualifications

• Experience combining People and Talent in a growing company.
• Recruitment experience you have built yourself.
• Experience recruiting across functions.
• Practical knowledge of international employment.
• Strong operational judgment.
• The ability to build and operate.
• 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.

Benefits

• Compensation discussed in the first conversation, based on the scope and level of the role rather than your current salary.
• Equity participation, through BSPCE where applicable.
• Remote work from France or Germany, with flexibility around team commitments.
• An annual company offsite.
• Equipment, conference and training budgets, with time to learn.
• Direct access to the founders and the opportunity to build a function that grows with the company.

How we hire

• 45 minutes with Emmanuel and Ludovic: the role, your experience and your questions.
• 60 minutes on your work: a hiring process you ran end to end and a complex international People situation you resolved.
• 45 minutes with two future colleagues: one from the commercial team and one from the technical team.
• Three conversations, no take-home exercise, and a decision within two weeks of the first call.
• Send your CV or LinkedIn profile.