talent acquisition manager in deep-tech

Focused Energy is developing clean energy through laser-driven inertial fusion. The company combines scientific and engineering expertise across Germany and the US to pursue commercially scalable fusion power as a clean, sustainable, and abundant energy source.

• Lead and develop five TA Partners and the TA Enablement & Analytics Partner;
• Build and maintain TA operating standards, including hiring processes, interview frameworks, scorecards, and decision criteria;
• Drive capacity planning with Finance and department heads;
• Equip leaders to run structured and fair hiring processes through training, coaching, and tooling;
• Own the ATS end to end, including configuration, data integrity, adoption, and continuous improvement;
• Use pipeline data and KPIs to identify bottlenecks, drive process changes, and report decision-relevant progress;
• Build a consistent and differentiated presence in target talent markets through LinkedIn, Glassdoor, job boards, events, and content.

• 10+ Years of progressive talent acquisition experience;
• Meaningful experience leading and developing recruiting teams;
• Experience in a scaling tech, deep-tech, or engineering-heavy environment;
• Experience hiring for specialised, hard-to-fill roles;
• Fluent use of AI in daily recruiting work, including sourcing, screening, content, and analytics;
• Experience with structured interviewing, assessment design, capacity planning, and hiring manager enablement;
• Hands-on ATS ownership, including configuration, vendor management, reporting, and adoption;
• Strong working knowledge of GDPR as it applies to candidate data;
• Strong working knowledge of German employment law in hiring;
• Fluent English;
• Nice to have: German language, experience building or significantly rebuilding a TA operating model in a company that doubled headcount, experience delivering employer branding results in a competitive talent market, an outcome-focused perspective on talent acquisition, motivation to work for mission-driven companies.

• Competitive compensation, equity participation, and benefits;
• Stock options providing company ownership;
• 30 Days of vacation per year;
• Private pension plan contribution financed at 20% on top of monthly contributions, plus loyalty incentives;
• Healthy snacks and drinks;
• Daily canteen lunch options at the Darmstadt office;
• Regular company events;
• Mobility support through NAVIT for public transportation tickets, taxi rides, or car-sharing;
• Access to gyms, fitness studios, and wellness services across Europe through Wellhub.