Lead Recruiter

Brainlabs is the independent, founder-led agency building the future of media. We have over 1000 Brainlabbers based across the globe, all united through the 12 principles laid out in our Culture Code. We're full-service, with people and AI agents working side by side, all aligned to one thing: maximizing our clients' revenue through a genuinely scientific approach to media.

As a Lead Recruiter, you will lead our Academy program and experienced hires needs for our Buenos Aires Campus. You will own the end-to-end hiring process, partner with hiring managers, and maintain an active talent pipeline.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end recruitment: Own the hiring process across Academy, experienced hires, and local hiring needs for the Argentina hub.
• Partner with hiring managers to scope roles, build role profiles, and job descriptions, source and screen candidates, coordinate interviews, and manage offers.
• Maintain an active, relevant talent pipeline for current and future hiring needs.
• Ensure recruitment processes are well organised, timely, and provide a positive candidate experience.
• Own internal and external communications throughout the process.
• Own hiring targets for the Argentina hub, maintain average Time to Fill below 60 days for standard roles and below 90 days for hard-to-fill roles.
• Assess quality-of-hire against role scorecards and interview criteria.
• Identify suitable internal candidates for open roles and run internal mobility opportunities end-to-end.
• Partner with regional and practice teams to forecast upcoming hiring needs and plan headcount accurately.
• Own requisition data and hiring up-to-date, keeping status, levels, and days-open current and accurate.
• Track and report on recruitment activity, interview stages, and hiring outcomes.
• Identify and drive opportunities to improve recruitment processes, candidate experience, and hiring efficiency.
• Contribute to initiatives aimed at improving Academy hiring and retention of high-performing candidates.
• Directly manage a TA Associate: set priorities, distribute workload, and coach on sourcing, screening, and stakeholder handling.
• Own the Associate's development plan, including skill-building toward independent ownership of searches.
• Act as the escalation point for scheduling conflicts, difficult stakeholder conversations, and edge-case candidate decisions.
• Build bench strength so recruitment coverage doesn't depend on a single person.
• Own working relationships with Heads of Practice, Client Partners, and Operations Managers across the hub.
• Report hiring status, pipeline health, and risk to leadership on a regular cadence.
• Push back on unrealistic scope, timeline, or level expectations from hiring managers, with data to back it up.
• Own employer branding initiatives for BA Campus: social media, careers content, events, and other talent attraction activity.
• Build and maintain relationships with universities and other relevant talent sources.
• Participate in initiatives to strengthen Brainlabs' talent network and attract diverse candidates.
• Represent Brainlabs as an employer of choice at recruitment events and partnerships.

Requirements:

• 5-6 years of experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, including experience managing or mentoring at least one direct report.
• Fluency in English and Spanish, spoken and written.
• Experience owning full-cycle recruitment across open roles, and confident partnering with senior stakeholders.
• Candidate-focused, with emotional intelligence to read different perspectives and create a consistent, positive experience under pressure.
• Comfortable with an ATS and adopting AI-enabled recruitment tools in daily workflow.
• Track record of improving recruitment processes.
• Organized self-starter who manages multiple roles, candidates, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Practical problem-solver, particularly on scheduling and process bottlenecks.

Benefits:

• Full-time job (en relación de dependencia)
• Hybrid salary scheme (50% paid in USD)
• 20 working days vacation plus all Argentina public holidays
• Private healthcare (OSDE 360)
• Adaptive/hybrid working, with 3 days in the Palermo Office
• Free breakfast and lunch in the office
• Quarterly training sessions on wider business skills
• Mobility programmes - work from another country for up to 30 days