Talent Acquisition Specialist

Help us scale Cherry Ventures and our portfolio by finding and hiring the best talent across Europe.

Cherry Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Berlin, London, and Stockholm. We back bold entrepreneurs from day zero and actively support them in building world-class teams. To strengthen our own operations and better serve our founders, we are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our Berlin office.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys end-to-end recruiting and is happy to take on coordination responsibilities when needed. Working closely with our Executive Director of Talent, you will play a key role in helping our portfolio companies build the best teams across Europe while ensuring a seamless candidate experience.

• Drive recruitment across the Cherry portfolio – from sourcing and outreach to interviews.
  
  
• Source top talent proactively through LinkedIn, networks, and market research, with a focus on technical and hard-to-fill roles.
  
  
• Support portfolio founders in building high-performing teams by driving sourcing and recruiting efforts for critical hires.
  
  
• Leverage AI and automation tools to boost sourcing efficiency, candidate engagement, and pipeline management.
  
  
• Manage coordination tasks such as scheduling, candidate communication, and process tracking to ensure a seamless experience for candidates and hiring teams.
  
  
• Contribute to talent projects such as building sourcing playbooks, improving candidate experience, and leveraging data to refine our approach.
  
  

• 3 - 4 years of experience in sourcing, recruiting, or talent acquisition (agency, in-house, or startup background welcome).
  
  
• Proven ability to run searches end-to-end while also rolling up your sleeves on coordination tasks.
  
  
• Strong LinkedIn and sourcing skills; comfortable with direct outreach and talent mapping.
  
  
• Mastery of AI recruitment tools is a must - you know how to harness them to supercharge sourcing and hiring outcomes.
  
  
• High proficiency in Greenhouse ATS (or equivalent systems) - you can manage pipelines and processes with ease.
  
  
• Experience hiring for startups or VC-backed companies - you understand the pace, ambiguity, and profile of talent these environments demand.
  
  
• Very technical role expertise highly appreciated - you can confidently approach and engage engineering, product, and data candidates.
  
  
• Excellent organization and communication skills; you're structured and detail-oriented.
  
  
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to build trust with candidates and colleagues.
  
  
• International outlook and comfort working in a diverse, fast-paced environment.
  
  

• A front-row seat to the European startup and VC ecosystem.
  
  
• The chance to shape talent operations at Cherry and directly support ambitious founders in building their teams.
  
  
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
  
  
• A highly international, entrepreneurial, and collaborative team culture.
  
  
• An on-site role in our Berlin office.
  
  

Cherry Ventures is an early-stage VC firm with offices in Berlin, London, and Stockholm. We are a team of former founders and operators, investing across Europe and committed to being the active ingredient behind founders' growth. We've backed more than 120 companies across Europe - including Flix, Auto1, Amboss, Forto, Numa, Moss, and Tacto - and support them not just with capital, but with recruiting, coaching, and operational resources. In 2025, we raised a $500M fund, split between early-stage investments and follow-on capital.

Ready to help founders and teams scale? Apply now - we'd love to meet you

Cherry Ventures is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.