Tech Talent Acquisition Lead

Join Pigment: The AI Platform Redefining Business Planning Pigment is the AI-powered business planning and performance management platform built for agility and scale. We connect people, data, and processes in one intuitive, feature-rich solution, empowering every team - from Finance to HR - to build, adapt, and align strategic plans in real time. Founded in 2019, Pigment is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally. Industry leaders like Unilever, Uber, Anthropic, Snowflake or Siemens, use Pigment daily to make more informed decisions and confidently navigate any scenario. With a team of 700+ across Paris, London, New York, Toronto, San Francisco and Austin, we've raised nearly $400M from top-tier investors and were named a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software. At Pigment, we take smart risks, celebrate bold ideas, and challenge the status quo - all while working as one team. If you're driven by innovation and ready to make an impact at scale, we’d love to hear from you. Tech Talent Acquisition Lead We’re looking for a Tech Talent Acquisition Lead to lead recruitment across Pigment’s R&D organization, including Engineering, Product, IT, and Security.You will manage a team of three full-time Tech Talent Acquisition Managers, supported by external RPO partners when needed. Your role will be to develop the team, define the Tech recruitment strategy, and act as a trusted partner to R&D leaders.While this is primarily a leadership role, you will remain hands-on by managing selected strategic or complex searches. What you’ll do Lead and empower the Tech TA team • Manage, coach, and develop a team of three Tech Talent Acquisition Managers • Create a healthy and collaborative environment built on trust, transparency, and shared accountability • Leverage the team’s expertise and give each member the autonomy to own their roles, stakeholders, and projects • Set clear priorities and allocate resources based on the hiring plan, business needs, and team capacity • Support the team with complex searches, stakeholder challenges, and offer negotiations Define the Tech recruitment strategy • Build the recruitment strategy based on Pigment’s workforce plan, hiring priorities, and talent-market conditions • Translate the hiring plan into a clear roadmap for the team • Anticipate hiring needs, capacity constraints, risks, and dependencies • Develop tailored strategies for critical or hard-to-fill roles • Adjust priorities and approaches based on business changes, market insights, and recruitment data Partner with R&D leaders • Act as the main Talent Acquisition partner for R&D leadership and Hiring Managers • Align stakeholders on hiring priorities, target profiles, assessment criteria, and timelines • Provide clear visibility into pipeline health, progress, risks, and team capacity • Use data and market insights to guide decisions, challenge assumptions, and recommend actions • Coach Hiring Managers and interviewers to improve assessment quality and decision-making • Help unblock complex situations and maintain efficient hiring processes Remain hands-on • Own selected strategic, senior, or complex searches end-to-end • Proactively identify and engage high-quality candidates • Build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing strategies • Support offer negotiations and closing when needed • Ensure a consistent and high-quality candidate experience Improve hiring performance • Track key metrics, including pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-hire, offer acceptance, and source effectiveness • Assess progress against the hiring plan and identify areas for improvement • Improve recruitment processes, workflows, and tools • Maintain consistent and scalable hirin