Senior Talent Acquisition Manager – All Genders

ahead®

Senior Talent Acquisition Manager focusing on end-to-end hiring for critical roles in a fast-growing snack company. Champion active sourcing and recruiting analytics to enhance hiring quality.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeHamburg • 🇩🇪 GermanySeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end hiring for diverse, niche, and critical roles - assessing requirements, shaping role profiles, designing interviews, and closing candidates with clarity and confidence.
Actively hunt for A-Players, build deep talent pools, and run tailored outreach to maintain long-term relationships with high-impact talent.
Translate business needs into structured hiring roadmaps, challenge assumptions, and make decisions based on impact, data, and priorities.
Partner with hiring managers and leadership, translating market insights into realistic expectations on talent availability, timelines, and hiring quality.
Own recruiting analytics and funnel health, monitor KPIs like time-to-hire, pipeline conversion, drop-offs, and acceptance rate, and implement measurable improvements.
Strengthen ahead’s presence in the talent market and shape how the company speaks about its mission, culture, and people.
Design scalable recruiting processes that drive quality, efficiency, and fairness, and ensure a strong and positive candidate experience from first touchpoint to offer.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 3-5 years of hands-on recruiting experience for diverse, niche roles- ideally in a fast-growing environment in recruiting consulting, agency or brand (Series A/B or 100→200+ scaling).
Successful track record in active sourcing: mapping markets, using Boolean search, and building talent pools.
Comfortable with ATS (Personio or similar), sourcing platforms, and LinkedIn / Boolean tooling.
Deep understanding of recruiting metrics and KPIs with an eye on improvement and execution.
Experience with process improvement- internal pipelines, sourcing, candidate experience.
Experience with employer branding and know how to represent a company’s mission and culture in conversations, content, and outreach.
Clear communication and negotiation skills- ability to influence, challenge, and build trust.
Proactive mindset and ownership of roles, projects from start to finish.
Strong command of English, both written and spoken. German fluency is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fuel yourself with ahead snacks, drinks, and merch - we’ve got you covered.
€50 monthly allowance to spend as you like - Urban Sports Club, mobility options, or vouchers from your favorite brands (IKEA, MediaMarkt, Lego and more)
Enjoy 28 vacation days plus two extra days off on December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 31 (New Year’s Eve)
Regular after-work hangouts and legendary annual team offsites you won’t forget

ATS Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

Boolean SearchRecruiting MetricsKPI MonitoringTalent Pool BuildingInterview Design

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationNegotiation SkillsProactive MindsetInfluencing SkillsTrust Building