Head of Talent Acquisition

Helsinki, FinlandOn-site

Responsibilities

Coach, train and educate to ensure Aiven is raising the talent bar with every hire.

There are two things that you might have heard about: that Aiven is a data platform, and how AI is taking over the world.
Well, Aiven is actually building the infrastructure that makes building agents or AI applications for production use cases not only possible but most importantly simple.
The Role Are you a seasoned Talent Acquisition Leader with the ambition to solve problems on a global scale? Does building the talent engine for a company that’s pioneering data infrastructure for the AI era sound like your jam? If so, then read on.
Along with that are the GTM and Central teams that help commercialise Aiven’s operations.
The expectation is that you’re optimising for efficiency, and leveraging AI and automation to allow the team more time for the value-adding human tasks.
To put it bluntly, the talent you and your team bring in will directly shape the stability, innovation, and roadmap of Aiven’s platform and growth.
Think beyond just recruitment and more about best practice marketing, AI and automation and enablement.
experience in scaling global talent functions in high-growth, product-driven environments.
AI fluency: You’ve built TA functions that leverage AI and automation as a competitive advantage.
You apply the same standards of "quality and velocity" to hiring that we apply to our Kafka architecture.

From our humble beginnings in Finland back in 2015, we’ve now grown to over 400 people across 17 countries, and we achieved Centaur status in 2025 when we hit $100m ARR.
benefits are designed to help you thrive and grow, personally and professionally: Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.
Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time) Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.
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