🌼 Talent Acquisition Manager

Staycation is the app that lets people easily escape their daily routines with unique, 24-hour getaways or short experiences at the best hotels nearby.

Since launching in 2017, Staycation has redefined the hotel experience by transforming hotels into curated experiences and connecting them with a vibrant local community.

Today, Staycation means:

• 3.5 million users (with an average age of 30)

• 2,000+ partner hotels (4-5 stars and luxury destinations)

• Experiences rated an average of 9.3/10 by our users

Joining Staycation means becoming part of a team passionate about reimagining the future of hospitality and urban living.

✨ The Role

As our Talent Acquisition Manager, you’ll shape the Staycation team of tomorrow in France and across Europe. You’ll fully own how we hire: building a thoughtful recruitment engine, partnering with every team, and helping us grow with care and ambition. This is a key role to support our next chapter.

📍 Key Responsibilities

Your role revolves around three key pillars:

1. Define – Clarify needs & set the stage

• Partner with the hiring managers to define the role: scope, ideal profile, success KPIs

• Design the best hiring strategy for each role

• Write job descriptions, co-create interview kits and scorecards with the teams

2. Attract – Find & connect with the right people

• Source and engage top candidates through a mix of inbound and outbound strategies, using smart, creative outreach

• Run fit interviews on your own and share insights with managers

• Deliver a best-in-class candidate experience: timely, thoughtful, and consistent from first contact to final offer

• Help boost our employer brand on key platforms (Welcome to the Jungle, JobTeaser, careers page…)

3. Structure – Build a solid and scalable recruitment engine

• Track your activity and monitor performance to continuously improve

• Own and evolve our recruitment stack (ATS, sourcing tools, automation, etc.)

• Lead initiatives to level up the experience

• Suggest and implement improvements in process, rituals, content, tools...

🌍 Location

This position is based in Paris, 20th district with a hybrid work setup.

🚀 Why Join Us?

• You’ll own the full talent acquisition scope in a growing startup, with real impact and autonomy

• You’ll build a thoughtful, high-quality hiring engine from the ground up

• You’ll work with a passionate, ambitious, and genuinely kind team

• You’ll help shape the future of a company that’s redefining hospitality and bringing more joy into people’s lives

🎯 You’re the Ideal Fit If You:

• Have 3+ years of experience in full-cycle recruitment in a startup environment

• Are used to hiring tech roles, and bonus points if you’ve touched creative, growth, sales or data profiles too

• You’re confident sourcing through both inbound and outbound channels, and know how to make your outreach feel smart and personal

• Love working with people and are trusted as a true business partner by hiring managers

• Are well-organized, meticulous, and care deeply about the candidate experience

• Think in systems and numbers, you're data-driven and always improving

• Are hands-on, proactive, and take ownership without waiting for permission

• Experience working with an ATS is a big plus, and if you already know Ashby, even better!

• And last but not least... you’re fluent in French and English

⚙️ Our Hiring Process

• Fit Call with Isabella, our People Lead (30 min)

• Interview with Isabella (45 min)

• Take-home business case

• Business Case Debrief with Isabella and Mathieu, CEO (1h)

• Meeting the Founders (1h) and the team (30 min)