Recruitment Team Lead

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Recruitment Team Lead based in Portugal.

As a Recruitment Team Lead, you will oversee the delivery of a high-performing talent acquisition function, ensuring critical hiring needs are met with speed, quality, and consistency. In this remote-first leadership role, you'll manage a team of recruiters while partnering closely with hiring managers to drive efficient recruitment strategies and exceptional candidate experiences. You'll take ownership of recruitment operations, optimize hiring processes through data-driven decision-making, and help establish best practices across the team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced technical recruiter who enjoys combining hands-on hiring with people leadership in a fast-paced, international environment.

• Lead the end-to-end recruitment delivery process for active hiring needs, ensuring timely and high-quality placements across multiple technical roles.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of recruiters by setting clear objectives, maintaining recruitment standards, and supporting continuous professional growth.
• Own the intake process with hiring managers, ensuring role requirements are well-defined while providing constructive guidance on hiring expectations and priorities.
• Monitor recruitment pipelines, analyze conversion metrics, identify bottlenecks, and adjust strategies to improve hiring outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers through regular communication, progress updates, and proactive expectation management.
• Collaborate with sourcing teams to effectively allocate resources and ensure healthy candidate pipelines across open positions.
• Track and report key recruitment metrics, including time-to-fill, offer acceptance rates, pipeline conversion, and overall hiring performance.
• Support talent pipeline initiatives by ensuring qualified candidates remain engaged for future opportunities where appropriate.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in technical recruitment, including at least 2 years in a leadership or senior recruiter capacity.
• Demonstrated success recruiting senior software engineering or specialized technical professionals, ideally within consulting, professional services, or high-growth technology environments.
• Proven experience managing multiple recruitment projects and stakeholder relationships simultaneously.
• Strong expertise in conducting structured intake meetings and partnering effectively with hiring managers throughout the recruitment process.
• Previous experience coaching, mentoring, or leading recruiters while fostering high performance and continuous improvement.
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills with the ability to balance competing business demands.
• Strong understanding of recruitment analytics, including pipeline management, conversion rates, time-to-fill, and hiring performance metrics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong commitment to delivering an outstanding candidate experience.
• Experience collaborating with sourcing teams and managing shared recruitment resources is considered an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package based on experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave.
• Fully remote position with flexible working hours and a remote-first culture.
• Home office equipment allowance or access to a coworking space.
• Opportunity to work alongside globally distributed, highly skilled professionals.
• Professional development and career growth opportunities within an international organization.
• Collaborative, fast-paced work environment with significant ownership and autonomy.
• No business travel required, supporting an excellent work-life balance.

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