Founding Recruiter (mfx)

Invest in Values. Produce in Freedom. Boost Europe.

Behind every megawatt hour our clients save there are people who make it happen. RIZM helps Europes largest industrial companies together around 2% of Europes total energy demand make their energy decisions with AI. Our agent RIZMO works as a digital colleague. But the most important colleagues are the ones we havent found yet.

Thats your job. Were about 15 people today and growing fast. There is no recruiting playbook yet no big HR department and no thats how weve always done it. Youll write the playbook. Not as application admin but as the person who shapes who RIZM becomes.

Im Diana 20 I study civil engineering in Münster and I currently run recruiting at RIZM on my own 20 hours a week. Thats not enough for whats ahead of us which is why were looking for you. Youll be in our Munich office Im based in Münster and will come over regularly. Josh our co-founder & CBO comes from statistics and risk management and will be your sparring partner whenever you need one for tricky candidates for offers and for figuring out who we need next. Got questions before you apply Just message me on LinkedIn: What youll do

• Build the team of tomorrow: Design our recruiting from scratch roles workflows tools and later bring more recruiters and sourcers on board yourself.

• Find the right people: Track down engineers energy experts and product people via LinkedIn Juicebox universities communities and your own network.

• Win people over: Lead first conversations tell our story convincingly and make sure every candidate feels well looked after even when its a no.

• Make it smart: Automate sequences screening and reporting with AI instead of maintaining spreadsheets.

• Steer by numbers: Always know where the funnel gets stuck and turn the right dials.

• Get us seen: Shape how RIZM is perceived as an employer careers page job ads events university partnerships.

• Experience: Youve worked in recruiting or talent acquisition ideally in startups or tech and you know how to approach technical profiles.

• People sense: You spot potential even when its not on the CV and you talk to engineers as equals.

• Tech affinity: You try out new tools build your own workflows and enjoy making things faster.

• Builder drive: You dont want to step into ready-made structures you want to create them independently reliably and fast.

• Background: A degree in psychology business HR social sciences or similar or a path that prepared you just as well.

• Languages: Fluent German and English written and spoken.

• Performance counts: Uncapped variable pay plus equity good work is visible here and rewarded directly.

• Real ownership: Youre the first recruiter. What you build stays.

• A network that moves you forward: Sparring mentoring and learning with the networks of our investors Point 9 and Earlybird.

• Once a year we get out: A team workation with everyone including conversations with inspiring guests like Robert Habeck Kitty Mayo or James Vincent.

• Stay fit: Urban Sports Club membership.

• Munich office: You work in our central Munich office together with our founders team and our go-to-market colleagues. Recruiting thrives on short distances the best ideas come up at the same table.

You dont need to write a classic cover letter. We dont think it tells us much about a person anymore.

Instead picture this: a few years from now RIZM welcomes its 100th team member. Theres a celebration in the Munich office. One of the first people you ever hired stands up to say a few words.

- Whats the one thing you hope they say about you

- And what have you done so far that makes you believe they would

A few honest sentences are enough.