--- title: 'Talent Acquisition Partner (all genders) at Lio' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/talent-acquisition-partner-all-genders-lio-munich-c2njbmzdrdwv' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-04' --- # Talent Acquisition Partner (all genders) at Lio - **Company:** Lio - **Location:** Munich, Germany - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-10-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lio/69ae608c-98c2-491b-b7c3-42733d974512 ## Job description Help build the team behind the AI workforce for procurement! Following our $30M Series A, Lio is entering a defining chapter: scaling internationally and assembling the exceptional team that will shape the future of procurement. As our Talent Acquisition Partner, you’ll build and own a core talent vertical: Engineering, AI Implementation, Go-to-Market, or our growing U.S. organization. You’ll work directly with our founders and leadership team to attract the people who will drive Lio’s next stage. This is your opportunity to do more than recruit for a great company: it’s your opportunity to help build one! ## What You’ll Do - Own end-to-end recruiting for core talent verticals - Partner with hiring managers to define requirements, challenge assumptions, and develop effective search strategies - Proactively identify and engage exceptional passive talent through LinkedIn and other relevant channels - Build strong, diverse pipelines for current and future hiring needs - Advise hiring managers throughout the selection process and drive confident, evidence-based hiring decisions - Manage candidates from initial outreach through offer, negotiation, and close - Create an exceptional, personal, and consistent candidate experience - Build and continuously improve interview processes, scorecards, sourcing strategies, and recruiting workflows - Track recruiting metrics and use data to improve quality, speed, and conversion across the funnel - Strengthen Lio’s employer brand and develop creative ways to reach high-performing talent - Select and manage external recruiting partners when additional support is needed ## Your Profile - You have several years of experience owning end-to-end recruiting, ideally within a fast-growing technology company, startup, or recruiting agency - You have successfully hired across technical and commercial functions; experience with senior or leadership searches is a strong plus - You know how to identify and engage exceptional candidates who are not actively looking - You are a trusted partner to hiring managers and are comfortable challenging, advising, and influencing senior stakeholders - You combine strong candidate judgment with a structured, data-informed approach - You understand how to create recruiting processes that are both rigorous and fast - You are proactive, highly organized, and motivated by ambitious hiring goals - You thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy building processes from the ground up - You are fluent in German and English Why Lio? - Build the company: Every hire you make will directly shape Lio’s future - High ownership: Own critical searches and help define our global talent strategy - Strategic influence: Work closely with our founders, leadership team, and hiring managers - Exceptional talent: Recruit across AI, Engineering, Product, and enterprise Go-to-Market - Build from the ground up: Create the recruiting structures, standards, and candidate experience that will support our next stage of growth - International impact: Help scale our teams across Munich and New York This is an opportunity to do more than fill roles. You’ll build the team creating the future of procurement! ## About Lio ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Lio builds the world's first multi-agent AI workforce for enterprise procurement, automating the entire purchasing process from request to delivery. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Munich, Bavaria, Germany - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Vladimir "Vladi" Keil (CEO), Lukas Heinzmann (CTO), Till Wagner (COO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Enterprise AI / Procurement Automation / Supply Chain Technology - **Target customers**: Large global enterprises (150+ enterprise clients) — B2B, Enterprise - **Mission or purpose statement**: To make work faster, smarter, and more human through AI — transforming procurement from a bureaucratic bottleneck into a frictionless, strategic function. ## Products & Services - **Lio Multi-Agent Procurement Platform**: An AI-driven system where specialized agents work in parallel to research vendors, negotiate terms, manage approvals, and track deliveries. Integrates with existing P2P/ERP systems. Available in five layers that customers can adopt incrementally: Operational Automation, Agent-Augmented Buying, and others. [lio.ai](https://lio.ai/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $30.1M (Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (lead investor in Series A), Y Combinator (YC alum), Microsoft (Official Microsoft Partner) - **Growth Signals**: - 1,000,000+ users across 150+ enterprises in less than three years - 100% customer retention — not a single customer has churned - 428.6% headcount growth YoY (from ~16 to 87 employees) - Awarded BME Procurement Excellence Award (with REHAU) and DPW Growth Award - Average 10% additional cost savings for customers and 85% reduction in operational workload ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover in multi-agent procurement**: World’s first multi-agent system purpose-built for procurement, not a generic automation tool. - **Enterprise-grade security & compliance**: ISO 27001 certified, hosted on Microsoft Azure Europe, fully GDPR compliant — a critical moat for large enterprise adoption. - **Deep integration ecosystem**: Official Microsoft Partner with secure integration into Microsoft architecture and existing P2P/ERP systems. - **Proven ROI at scale**: >95% of procurement requests flow through standardized, compliant processes; customers achieve 10% cost savings and 85% workload reduction. - **Zero churn**: 100% customer retention signals extreme product-market fit and stickiness. ## Strategic Focus - **Global expansion**: Actively hiring for Head of US Sales, indicating a push into the North American market. Already has a presence in the US and UK. - **Product depth**: Continuing to build out the five-layer platform to deepen automation and expand the scope of AI agents. - **Talent scaling**: Rapidly growing headcount (87 employees, +428.6% YoY) across engineering, sales, implementation, and operations. ## Why Work Here - **High-growth environment**: 428.6% YoY headcount growth means significant ownership, impact, and career acceleration for early hires. - **Mission-driven work**: Employees describe it as "a rare chance to build something that truly matters" alongside people who "raise your standards for the rest of your career." - **Strong engineering culture**: Founded by a CTO with expertise in machine learning; building the world's first multi-agent procurement system. - **Premier benefits package**: Top-notch Apple equipment, Employee Stock Options (SOPs), EGYM Wellpass, Mobility Allowance, Breakfast/Dinner/Shakes & Snacks provided. - **Culture**: "Lions" — a culture of celebrating milestones with true team spirit. Values-driven environment (specific values not publicly detailed). - **Work policy**: Not explicitly stated as remote/hybrid/office, but headquartered in Munich with roles listed across Germany, US, and UK. Likely hybrid given the collaborative startup environment. - **Notable perks**: Employee Stock Options (SOPs), premium equipment, meals on-site, wellness pass. ## Sources 1. [lio.ai](https://lio.ai/) 2. [lio.ai/about-us](https://lio.ai/about-us) 3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://de.linkedin.com/company/lio-ai) 4. [Y Combinator Profile](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lio) 5. 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