Senior Talent Partner - Attraction & Acquisition

<h3>Your mission</h3> <p>This isn’t your typical talent role. You’ll own the entire candidate journey from first spark to signed offer, crafting an experience that doesn’t just attract top talent, but wins them. As the force behind both talent acquisition and employer branding, you’ll shape how the world sees deepset and ensure every interaction reflects our high bar for quality, care, and impact. Your work won’t just fill roles, it will directly fuel our growth, culture, and competitive edge. If you believe that great hiring is a strategic advantage, this is your moment.</p> <h3>Our mission</h3> <p>We are an AI startup that empowers developers to build applications that use natural language as the interface to data. Our open-source framework <a href="https://haystack.deepset.ai/">Haystack </a>is used by thousands of developers to build LLM applications. Our LLM platform, <a href="https://www.deepset.ai/deepset-cloud">deepset AI Platform</a>, enables enterprises worldwide to unlock the potential of large language models for their business cases. Come join our team and work with tech experts on real-world cases, in a fast-paced and high-impact environment, and shape the AI space together with us.</p> <h3>Life at deepset</h3> <p>At deepset you will find an environment with equal opportunities to grow, share ideas, build relationships, and succeed. We believe every employee is important and generates a direct impact on our team’s success.<br/>Our remote first culture is designed to provide work-life balance, autonomy, and flexibility.<br/>Our daily meetings, the in per<em>son "re:ba</em>se", and the social events allow us to work with great synergy. We would like to invite you to visit<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepset-ai/life/2b941dcd-01ff-4c38-9ffc-06d2e6c8f5ad/"> </a><u><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepset-ai/life/2b941dcd-01ff-4c38-9ffc-06d2e6c8f5ad/">our life</a> </u>page to learn more about our culture.</p> <h3>Your impact</h3> <p>Talent Acquisition (60%)</p><ul><li><p>You are the first defender of internal excellence and high-performance. You understand our talent bar, and drive ruthlessly to maintain or improve it. You see this challenge as energising and compelling.</p></li><li><p>You will own and execute full-cycle recruitment for all company hiring, with a focus on hiring top-tier engineering and AI talent - you will have the ownership and autonomy to design not just the processes, but also the foundations to how we approach TA. </p></li><li><p>You will not just partner closely with hiring managers, but you will deeply understand their functions, thereby being able to challenge their points of view, and add value to their thought process around hiring needs - you will be the recruiting expert. </p></li><li><p>You will help them to scope roles, design inclusive hiring processes, and deliver a high-quality candidate experience, knowing that every interaction with candidates is meaningful and important - it reflects who we are as a business and our values. </p></li><li><p>We believe that diversity, equality and inclusivity does matter. Still. And you will continue to build and nurture diverse pipelines using proactive sourcing, community engagement, and creative outreach.</p></li><li><p>You don’t have to love data, but you have to be competent at using it! A close focus on recruitment metrics help drive excellence in performance and delivery - it’s important. Knowing what to track, how to interpret and then how to use this information to iterate and improve, is essential. <br/><br/></p></li></ul><p>Employer Branding (40%)</p><ul><li><p>Translate deepset’s mission, values, and culture into compelling narratives that resonate with top talent - and live it. </p></li><li><p>Lead content creation for LinkedIn, our careers page, and external platforms (e.g., blog posts, videos, team spotlights, event recaps)</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with Marketing, People, and Leadership teams to position deepset as an employer of choice in the AI and open-source communities by truly understanding what matters to the business and delivering our EVP that ties all of these points of view together.</p></li><li><p>Work closely with our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—facilitating safe spaces, events, and initiatives that foster inclusion and belonging</p></li><li><p>Drive our presence in underrepresented communities, conferences, and affinity groups to attract mission-aligned, diverse talent - not for the optics, but for the impact. You have to understand this difference. </p></li></ul> <h3>Your profile</h3> <ul><li><p>Deep experience in technical recruitment, ideally in high-growth tech or product-led companies - you will cover all roles, but understanding how and where to engage technical talent is a must. </p></li><li><p>Strong storytelling instincts and experience in employer branding, content marketing, or internal communications</p></li><li><p>Proven success sourcing and hiring for hard-to-fil