Head of Talent Acquisition (f/m/d)

1 Month ago • 5-10 Years • Human Resource

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Job Description

As Head of Talent Acquisition at Applike Group, you will lead and develop a multinational team of 10 recruiters, setting the strategy for attracting top talent globally. Responsibilities include implementing cutting-edge sourcing strategies, utilizing data-driven recruitment to optimize performance, managing stakeholder relationships, driving employer branding initiatives, and adapting processes to support rapid growth. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the company by building a world-class team.
Must have:
  • Lead & develop TA team
  • Active sourcing expertise
  • Data-driven recruitment
  • Stakeholder management
  • Employer branding
  • Adapt to rapid growth
Perks:
  • Competitive salary + VSOP
  • Career growth opportunities
  • In-house gym & personal trainer
  • EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
  • 30 vacation days
  • Flexible working hours
  • Dog-friendly office
  • Regular team events & hackathons
  • Relocation package
  • Monthly company lunch, snacks & drinks
  • Free breakfast & pastries

As our Head of Talent Acquisition, you will be a crucial driver of our international growth, responsible for leading and developing our recruiting team. You’ll set the strategy for attracting top talent, refining our employer brand, and ensuring that we maintain a high standard of excellence in our recruitment efforts. In this role, you’ll directly shape the future of Applike Group by bringing in the people who will help us continue our journey of innovation, hyper-growth, and success.

Applike Group is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe, innovating at the crossroads of adtech and mobile gaming. With a team passionate about disrupting industries and making a global impact, we are scaling rapidly and are looking for a dynamic and visionary Head of Talent Acquisition to lead the charge in building a world-class team.

What you will do:

  • Lead & Develop the Talent Acquisition Team: organize and coach a multinational team of currently 10 recruiters with different levels of seniority, providing guidance, support, and growth opportunities to ensure they thrive.
  • Active Sourcing Expertise: Design and implement cutting-edge sourcing strategies to proactively engage top talent in global tech markets.
  • Data-Driven Recruitment: Work with KPIs to measure and improve recruiting performance, ensuring we attract top talent efficiently and effectively.
  • Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders, including leadership and hiring managers, to understand business needs and align recruitment strategies.
  • Employer Branding: Drive our employer branding initiatives, ensuring Applike Group stands out as a top choice for talent in competitive tech markets worldwide.
  • Scale with the Business: As Applike Group continues to scale rapidly, you’ll play a pivotal role in constantly adapting and evolving our talent acquisition processes to support this growth.

What we´re looking for:

  • You are located in, or open to relocating to, Hamburg to join our team on-site
  • Proven Experience: Several years of experience as a hands-on (Tech) Recruiter and later Team Lead in fast-growing, international tech companies.
  • Active Sourcing Expert: A deep understanding of how to attract and engage top talent through innovative sourcing techniques.
  • KPI-Driven: A strategic mindset with the ability to analyze recruitment data, optimize processes, and deliver measurable results.
  • Leadership Skills: Demonstrated success in building, developing, and leading motivated teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
  • Excellent Communicator: Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and partner with senior leadership and hiring managers.
  • Innovator: Constantly rethinking recruiting approaches, experimenting with new tools to automate processes and find better talent faster
  • Employer Branding Savvy: A track record of effectively marketing a company's employer brand to attract top talent.
  • Growth Mindset: Adaptable, open to change, fast learner, and thriving in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
  • Values: Living and role-modeling our company values, e.g. be direct, move fast, go big, and have fun

Why applike group?

  • Be part of a fast-scaling tech company at an exciting moment of international growth.
  • Work in a dynamic, innovation-driven environment where your contributions truly matter.
  • Opportunity to shape the future of applike Group by building a world-class, global talent acquisition team.
  • Competitive salary including VSOP, endless opportunities for career growth and development, and attractive benefits packages:
  • Physical & Mental Health Package: In-house gym with a personal trainer, various classes like Yoga with expert teachers & free of charge access to our EAP (Employee Assistance Program) to support your mental health and well-being
  • Work-Life Package: 30 vacation days, flexible working hours, dog-friendly kick-ass office in the center of the city.
  • Activity Package: Regular team and company events, and hackathons.
  • Relocation Package: Visa & legal support, relocation bonus, reimbursement of German Classes costs, and more.
  • Happy Belly Package: Monthly company lunch, tons of free snacks and drinks, free breakfast & fresh delicious pastries every Monday

Join us in building the future of tech talent at Applike Group!

The Interview Process:

  • 1st Interview with TA Manager
  • Case Study
  • 2nd Interview with VP of People
  • Conversation with Co-Founders and get-to-know with TA Team

Skip writing cover letters. Tell us about your most passionate personal project, your desired salary and your earliest possible start date. We are looking forward to your application!

We welcome applications from people who will contribute to the diversity of our company.

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About The Company

applike group is the leading company building in the app economy. Based in Hamburg/Germany, our technologies & businesses cover the full value chain of the mobile apps market.


Our companies work independently but benefit from each others’ technologies and knowledge.


We have set up 5 companies (JustDice, adjoe, Sunday, justtrack, Tabbler) under one roof of applike group.


justDice is responsible for building the world’s largest rewarded mobile gaming experiences. As market-leader in this genre, our goal is to ultimately create the best rewarded games.


adjoe’s ad format generates higher ad revenues than any other solution. adjoe’s UA platform provides quality traffic on scale, leveraging our growing SDK network.


Sunday creates and publishes extremely engaging and addictive mobile games with smart and player-friendly monetisation.


justtrack is our unique answer to optimizing and automating your entire mobile app growth strategy – all on one platform.


Tabbler builds highly engaging mobile games (iOS and Android) for leading consumer brands. End-to-end, from the development to the game’s production to the actual distribution to millions of users in a given region.


These 5 companies receive best in class business support from applike's central service teams: Talent Acquisition, HR, Finance, Office Management and Internal IT.


We are 100 percent tech company where everybody is interested in computer science. We are always giving our best to keep in touch with the newest technology to build the most relevant products. Our mission is to build software with the capability to distribute ads to every mobile device on earth.


We're always looking for new colleagues. Come join us if you're ambitious, smart, kind and want to grow professionally while having a lot of fun. :)

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