Talent Acquisition & Development Specialist New Lisbon

Talent Acquisition & Development Specialist

Lisbon

Location: Lisbon

About the job

This role plays a pivotal part in shaping our talent strategy by balancing swift,
- quality hiring with
- term people development. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this position will own key aspects of employer branding,
- based recruitment, and scalable learning initiatives, while working closely with leaders and teams to ensure a strong and consistent employee experience as we grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead
  - cycle recruitment for technical, operational, and corporate roles across Portugal and future European locations.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical roles (engineering, operations, energy, security, compliance, commercial).
• Run structured,
  - based interviews to reduce bias and ensure a consistent candidate experience.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role profiles, skills matrices, and selection processes.

Talent Attraction & Employer Branding

• Develop targeted sourcing strategies for niche data center and
  - related profiles.
• Support employer branding initiatives, including events, partnerships with technical schools, and online presence.

Learning Programs

• Assess training needs and design scalable learning programs (technical, safety, leadership, and onboarding).
• Manage relationships with external training providers across Portugal and Europe.
• Coordinate certification and
  - oriented training required for data center operations.

Performance & Development

• Contribute to the design and rollout of career frameworks and competency models.
• Support performance review cycles and tools, including feedback culture initiatives.
• Help build leadership and management development programs as we scale.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years in Talent Acquisition or combined TA + L&D roles, ideally in tech, engineering, energy, or infrastructure sectors.
• Solid experience running full recruitment cycles with technical or
  -
  - fill roles.
• Experience using ATS and L&D systems
• Strong capability to design or manage learning initiatives.
• Ability to operate in a
  - growing, ambiguous environment where systems, processes, and job descriptions evolve quickly.
• Excellent communication skills in Portuguese and English.
• Experience in
  - ups,
  - ups, or greenfield projects (data center or energy industry is considered a plus).

Why You'll Love It Here

• Impact: Lead world class operations at Europe’s largest and most sustainable data center.
• Collaboration: Work closely with
  - functional teams and contribute to business development.
• Flexibility: Empowered to lead with autonomy and creativity in a
  - paced,
  - centric environment.
• Growth: Join a company committed to innovation, professional development, and service excellence.

About Us

At Start Campus, we provide
- critical data center services that power businesses globally. We're
- centric, innovative, and always looking to push boundaries.

If you're passionate about building relationships, driving customer success, and thriving in a
- driven world, we want to hear from you!

If you think you have what it takes for this position and are looking for a new professional challenge send your application.