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Founding Talent Lead (m/f/x)

CorteaBerlin🇩🇪Germany

Why this role stands out

As the Founding Talent Lead at Cortea, you'll build the essential talent infrastructure for a rapidly scaling AI startup, shaping a culture of innovation and excellence. This role is perfect for an experienced Talent Acquisition professional who thrives on establishing processes and attracting top-tier talent in a dynamic, mission-driven environment. Apply now to make a significant impact and grow with a company transforming the audit industry.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeOn Site
LocationBerlin, Germany
LinearBrandingOnboardingSourcingEmployer BrandingStructured Interviewing

Job description

About Cortea

We’re Cortea, a Berlin startup transforming audits with AI. Manual, document-heavy audits waste expert time while demand keeps rising. Our AI-powered software and specialized AI agents remove the repetitive work so auditors can focus on judgment.

Backed by top-tier VCs with >15m funding, with a working product and paying customers, we’re rapidly scaling.

We value first-principles thinking, speed, trust, and kindness. We build side by side in our Berlin office.

The Role

You build talent foundations. You’ll design a process, that bring in exceptional talent across Tech and Non-Tech, and build a culture we’re proud of.

What you’ll do

  • Own the Talent end to end: job design → scope → JD → sourcing → structured interviews → offer → close

  • Build a Talent Engine: attract great people proactively; both inbound and outbound

  • Raise the hiring bar: scorecards, trained interviewers, consistent candidate experience

  • Shape our brand for Tech/AI talent with content, events, and a strong referral loop

  • Be culture-positive: partner with founders on rituals, onboarding handover, and feedback loops

You’ll be great at this if you

  • Have 5+ years of TA in a fast environment (startup/scale-up or agency)

  • Have hired top talent before and know the difference in how to assess them

  • Communicate clearly, leverage our founding team, and make data driven decisions fast

  • Can show early-stage track record you’re proud of

  • Think in systems and improve with data; bonus if you’ve built employer branding for engineers/AI

How we work

  • We value kindness + candor + execution, speed with care, and strong ownership

  • We’re fully in-office in Berlin because we like building side by side

  • We hire with structured interviews and clear scorecards to reduce bias

  • Non-linear paths welcome. Career breaks welcome. If you’re unsure, apply.

What we offer

  • High impact from day one and a path to Head of Talent/People as we grow

  • Competitive salary + meaningful equity (range shared on the first call)

  • In-office energy. shared lunches, whiteboard time, fast decisions, real teamwork

  • Uncapped growth. Budget for tools, learning, and events you choose

Interview process

  • Intro Call (25 min) with Liza

  • Expert interview (45 min): with Valentin (Co-Founder) - deep dive into: sourcing strategy, process design, quality in decisions)

  • Cultural interview (45 min): with Philipp (Co-Founder) - collaboration, judgment, and culture add

  • On-site day (Berlin): meet the team and work on a real life assignment

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