Founding Talent Lead (m/f/x)

Cortea AI - Berlin - Global - Oil & Gas / Energy

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

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