Talent Lead
Core
Building a talent function from scratch to hire technical talent (scientists, engineers) for an automated lab where AI agents run biology experiments.
Role type
Senior Talent Lead / Head of Talent
Builds
A scalable hiring engine, recruiting team, and org structure for a high-growth biotech company.
Domain
Biotechnology / AI-driven wet lab automation
Required skills
Technical recruiting, hiring scientists and engineers, building recruiting teams, managing inbound pipelines, running work trials, ATS management, compensation design, interview structure design, leveling, onboarding, stakeholder management, domain knowledge in biology and software/lab automation, AI tool usage, self-starter, fast learner, startup speed, good taste in people.
Preferred skills
Experience with Swiss labor market, hiring in European biotech or deep tech, building a talent function from nothing.
Technologies
Ashby, Claude Code, AI tooling
Responsibilities
Define hiring strategy and roles, build and manage a recruiting team, manage inbound pipeline, run work trials, sell the company mission to candidates, optimize ATS and hiring workflows, collaborate with hiring managers across domains, design org structure (leveling, compensation, onboarding). (via careerplan.io/jobs/93374384-21e3-4284-931a-d8d909829143-talent-lead-at-adaptyv)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC building a function
