Talent Lead
Core
Building a talent function from scratch to hire technical scientists and engineers for an AI-driven automated biology lab.
Role type
Senior Talent Lead / Head of Talent
Builds
A scalable hiring engine, recruiting team, and org design for a high-growth biotech startup.
Domain
Biotechnology / AI / Lab Automation
Required skills
Technical recruiting, hiring technical talent, building recruiting teams, candidate assessment, org design, compensation strategy, ATS management, stakeholder management, fast learning, startup speed, autonomy.
Preferred skills
Swiss labor market experience, European biotech hiring, deep tech hiring, building talent functions from zero.
Technologies
Ashby, Claude Code, AI tools.
Responsibilities
Define hiring strategy and roles, build and manage a recruiting team, own inbound pipeline and work trials, optimize ATS and hiring workflows, set leveling and compensation bands, partner with founders and hiring managers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC building a function
