Maneva is hiring a Founding Talent Manager to build our recruiting engine from the ground up and lay the initial foundations of our people operations. This is a critical role for scaling our team during an early growth phase, focused on full-cycle recruiting and hiring excellence.
What You'll Do
- Own full-cycle recruiting across technical roles (AI, ML, software, computer vision, manufacturing technology) and go-to-market roles (sales, marketing, partnerships).
- Build and maintain a high-quality, long-term candidate pipeline aligned with our hiring roadmap.
- Partner with leadership and hiring managers to define role requirements, success profiles, and priorities.
- Develop creative sourcing strategies for specialized profiles in AI, manufacturing technology, and enterprise SaaS.
- Manage interview processes, candidate communication, and offer execution for a high-quality candidate experience.
- Design and improve hiring processes to balance speed, rigor, and fairness.
- Represent Maneva as a mission-driven, technically credible employer at the intersection of AI and manufacturing.
- Help articulate and reinforce our values, culture, and expectations through the hiring experience.
- Own onboarding from offer acceptance through the first weeks of employment.
- Establish initial onboarding workflows, documentation, and coordination across tools.
- Maintain basic employee records and people processes in partnership with external platforms.
- Act as a first point of contact for common people-related questions.
- Track hiring pipelines, time-to-hire, and recruiting capacity.
- Provide leadership with visibility into recruiting progress, risks, and upcoming needs.
- Support early workforce planning as the company scales.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in talent acquisition or recruiting within high-growth startups or technology companies.
- Demonstrated experience recruiting across both technical and go-to-market roles.
- Comfort engaging with candidates in AI, ML, software, and applied manufacturing technology roles.
- Experience building recruiting processes in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Highly organized, accountable, and comfortable owning outcomes end-to-end.
- Strong interpersonal skills and sound judgment when supporting candidates and employees.
Team & Environment
You will work closely with the leadership team and business operations team.
Benefits & Compensation
- Build the recruiting function for a rapidly scaling AI company from the ground up.
- Work directly with leadership on hiring strategy, priorities, and execution.
- Own a high-impact role that will evolve as the company grows.
- Join a mission-driven team applying cutting-edge AI to real-world manufacturing challenges.
Work Mode
This is a global role.
Maneva is an equal opportunity employer.
