Talent Acquisition Team Leader
Port
People & HR
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Description
About Port
At Port.io, we are building an open and flexible Agentic Engineering Platform for modern engineering organizations. Following our recent $100M Series C funding round, we are in a phase of rapid hypergrowth with strong enterprise momentum.
We act as the central nervous system for engineering, enabling platform teams to unify their stack and expose it as a governed layer through golden paths for developers and AI agents. By combining rich engineering context, workflows, and actions, we help organizations transition from manual processes to autonomous, AI-assisted engineering workflows while maintaining control and accountability. As a product-led company, we believe in building world-class platforms that fundamentally shape how modern engineering organizations operate.
About the Role
Port is looking for a passionate and experienced TA Team Leader to join our fast-growing team and take charge of recruitment efforts across all departments globally.
In this role, you’ll play a key role in shaping and executing our global hiring strategy. You’ll lead and develop a team of recruiters in Israel and US, partner closely with hiring managers and executives across departments like R&D, Product, GTM, and ensure our talent acquisition operation scales in line with our rapid company growth.
You’ll also be responsible for building and evolving Port’s recruiting and HR infrastructure - including tools, workflows, and best practices - to support consistent, high-quality hiring and a great candidate experience across regions.
We’re growing fast, and we need a strategic, hands-on leader who can scale global recruitment operations while staying people-focused and agile.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and lead Port’s global talent acquisition strategy to support large-scale, multi-regional growth.
- Manage end-to-end recruitment operations across departments and locations, ensuring a smooth, high-quality hiring process.
- Cultivate and direct a team of recruiters, providing mentorship to drive excellence and teamwork within the group.
- Partner with senior leadership (to include co-founders) and hiring managers to define hiring plans, role prioritization, and long-term workforce needs.
- Implement efficient, scalable recruitment processes and HR infrastructure to support hyper-growth and ensure operational consistency.
- Develop creative sourcing and employer branding strategies to attract world-class talent, including hard-to-reach passive candidates.
- Stay ahead of market trends and recruitment best practices to optimize strategies and tools continuously.
- Ensure each phase of the candidate experience reflects Port's core values and organizational culture effectively and efficiently.
- Track, measure, and analyze hiring data to inform strategy, evaluate team performance, and report on KPIs to leadership.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a Recruiter, preferably in a high-growth tech environment.
- At least 2 years of experience in a managerial or team lead role within talent acquisition.
- Proven success in scaling hiring operations across multiple departments and global locations.
- Demonstrated experience in mentoring and developing recruiters while managing complex, dynamic pipelines.
- Strong hands-on experience in building and implementing recruiting infrastructure and processes.
- Strategic thinker with excellent analytical, organizational, and data-driven decision-making skills.
- Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and leadership abilities.
- Experience working in global contexts, with an understanding of cross-cultural hiring practices.
- Fluent in English and Hebrew, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
