Bending Spoons
Talent strategist
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Talent strategist
Lead Talent Acquisition & Hiring Specialist – Increase Efficiency in People-Hiring (Remote/Milan)
About the Role
At Bending Spoons, we’re building an all-time great company—one that delivers exceptional customer value, fosters long-term growth, operates at unparalleled efficiency, and maintains the highest ethical standards.
We acquire and transform digital businesses with deep, long-term impact, blending startup agility with strong leadership. With minimal hierarchy and high-performing teams, talent drives everything we do. AI is deeply integrated into our work, empowering us to make decisions where machine intelligence and human judgment work together optimally.
For someone driven, collaborative, and hungry for growth, this is an opportunity to learn fast, make an immediate impact, and progress your career at an extraordinary pace.
Key Responsibilities
This is a digital-first role focused on increasing efficiency in talent acquisition, hiring, and recruitment strategy:
- Shape & Own Talent Strategy: Define and refine how Bending Spoons hires, balancing effort and investment to maximize impact. Ensure our hiring process remains a core competitive advantage.
- Drive Continuous Improvement: Challenge norms, run rigorous experiments, and use data to optimize how we attract, assess, and onboard top talent.
- Lead Hiring End-to-End: Steer the entire recruiting lifecycle—from sourcing to final decision—leveraging AI/ML tools alongside human expertise to accelerate the process and improve outcomes.
- Identify Exceptional Talent: Proactively scout, engage, and nurture top candidates using multimodal approaches (outreach, data, emerging tech) to surface candidates who truly stand out.
- Design High-Impact Evaluations: Develop structured assessments (interviews, tests, evaluations) that yield clear, predictive signals for hiring confidence.
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What We Look For
We seek someone who excels in reasoning, discipline, and teamwork:
- Master Problem-Solving: Ability to break down complex issues, think from first principles, and make objective, bias-resistant judgments. Obsess over small details that make the biggest difference.
- Tireless Drive: When you commit, you deliver—pushing beyond expectations. You approach work with initiative, passion, and a sense of responsibility to your outputs. You’re motivated to keep raising your own bar.
- Team Spirit: Give generously and prioritise the best idea, not "my" idea. Jump in to help, regardless of where they are on the task. You’re reliable, transparent, and frank in your communication.
- English Proficiency: Fluent verbal and written English—key for collaborating in an international team.
What We Offer
High-Impact Teams
- Work with autonomous, tech-savvy teams alongside top talent in fast-moving, image-driven companies.
- Small collaboration sizes mean big ownership across projects. Spooners in their 20s have led products worth 5+ figures.
Rapid, Sustainable Growth
- We rigorously hire and invest in high-potential individuals, then provide the best mentorship and infrastructure to help them thrive.
- Residency: Initial period in-house in Milan, regardless of long-term location—promoting rapid integration. Support with travel & accommodation included.
Unmatched Work Conditions
- Flexible hybrid/remote options—part-time/permanent roles available.
- Unlimited learning budget for certifications, courses, mentorship, and tools.
- Compensation: Competitive base + equity
- London: £56,345 (start) – £151,436 (experienced)
- Elsewhere in Europe: €54,346 – €145,430 (No ceiling—exceptional candidates may earn more.)
- Equity options for permanent hires. 50% tax reduction if relocating to Milan for 3+ years.
- Top-tier benefits: Market-leading health insurance, generous parental leave, annual retreats (work-cation blending), relocation support, and more.
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Commitment & Expectations
Committed to work in Milan on-site for the initial few months post-hire (relocation/accommodation assisted). Long-term flexibility: work from London, Madrid, Warsaw, or anywhere from approved locations.
The process is demanding—we’re building to fast-growth standards, and we expect high commitment as a prerequisite. If you’ve applied before and rejected, we recommend keeping a gap of at least 1 year before reconsidering.
Selection Process
We screen for clear evidence of performance, with no preferential routes. Here’s how we assess:
- Application: Only apply via the careers page.
- Testing: A real-intention assessment (one or more rigorous tests) that may test unfamiliar areas. Take your time, but prepare for a time-sensitive process.
- See this page for more details on the methodology.
Important Notes
- We do not skimp on candidate evaluation—lets ensure we choose as well as we judge.
- Offsets: We may keep slots open for months or repost if the right contracted isn’t found yet.
- Accessibility: Genuine consideration for applicants with disabilities—let us know via this form.
Why Join Us?
Excited to get deep into scaling a solid engineering and product culture? Eager for real impact on talent strategy and player hiring? We’d love to talk. Apply now!
Join the next great wave of tech entrepreneurs—where ambition is matched by action, and your career accelerates with every step.
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