Founding Talent Lead (m/f/x)

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