Talent Acquisition Partner

About Us

UMO is a stealth-mode FinTech venture aiming to evolve the way people experience money by building a unified, AI-powered, yet deeply human modern money platform across fiat, crypto, and investments - subject to regulatory approvals. The platform is being designed to break down traditional barriers to money across access, assets, and experience, enabling simpler, more adaptive ways for people to interact with financial services. We are currently developing our MVP and navigating licensing requirements, with a multidisciplinary team of 100+ people representing 20+ nationalities. With our headquarters in the UAE and offices in Portugal and Ukraine, we are united behind a shared ambition and a relentless focus on serving our customers.

About this role

As a part of our team, you'll help us shape a platform that works for One — a business owner, an artist, a freelancer. In this role, you will act as the frontline ambassador for our brand, taking full ownership of identifying, engaging, and bringing in the world-class talent needed to build our platform. Your search will primarily focus on key talent hubs in Dubai and Lisbon, while selectively engaging exceptional remote candidates worldwide as strategic exceptions. We provide the space for you to operate with complete task autonomy, partnering directly with founders and domain leads to build high-performing, multicultural teams without corporate clutter or micromanagement.

You'll take ownership of:

• Delivering exceptional talent: Own the search for outstanding people who will raise the bar across the company. From first outreach to signed offer, you’re responsible for making great hires happen.
• Owning the process end-to-end: Run the entire recruitment process—from sourcing and screening to interview coordination, offer negotiations, and closing candidates.
• Partnering with hiring managers: Work closely with leaders to understand what success actually looks like, challenge assumptions when needed, and ensure we hire for long-term impact rather than simply filling vacancies.
• Creating an outstanding hiring experience: Ensure every candidate has a professional, transparent, and respectful experience while giving hiring managers the insights they need to make confident decisions.
• Building strong talent pipelines: Proactively identify and engage exceptional talent across global markets, with a focus on engineering, product, AI, fintech, and crypto.
• Using data to improve hiring: Keep recruitment data accurate, maintain visibility into pipeline health, and use hiring metrics to continuously improve speed and quality.
• Knowing the market: Stay informed about compensation trends, talent availability, and competitor hiring activity to help the business make smarter hiring decisions.

About you:

• Fintech & Startup Recruiting Depth: You bring proven experience in talent acquisition (at least 3+ years), ideally within a fintech, Web3, or high-growth tech startup navigating zero-to-one product builds.
• Sourcing Capability: You feel at home identifying hard-to-find technical and domain talent across both traditional channels and specialized tech networks.
• Domain Fluency: You speak the language of modern product engineering and financial infrastructure, feeling comfortable evaluating candidates across engineering, compliance, product, and architecture disciplines.
• Autonomous Milestone Execution: You manage your talent pipelines comfortably, taking full end-to-end accountability for closing searches rather than just passing resumes along.
• High EQ & Clear Communication: You bring exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy, and professional integrity to every conversation, with an absolute zero-tolerance policy for rudeness or arrogance.
• Linguistic Edge: You speak and write English fluently to communicate comfortably across our global offices.

Can get you a few bonus points:

• Regional & Industry Expertise: Direct experience recruiting within the MENA and European markets, with a strong network across the FinTech sector.
• Multilingual Capability: Proficiency in Portuguese, Arabic, Ukrainian, or Russian to help build seamless communication bridges across regional hubs and internal engineering squads.
• Unconventional Sourcing: Hands-on experience sourcing through technical platforms like GitHub, Telegram, or developer-focused hubs.
• AI-Augmented Recruiting: Regular use of modern AI assistants or automation tools to streamline candidate research, outreach copy, and administrative workflows.

The UMO Standard

• Dynamic Work Environment: Vibrant offices and strong local teams across Lisbon, Dubai, Kyiv, and Lviv — with openness to remote for the right fit.
• Rest & Recovery: 24 days of annual leave, dedicated paid sick leave, and observance of Public Holidays to keep you at your best.
• Recharge Week: After your first year with us, enjoy two consecutive 4-day work weeks annually — a built-in reset to help you sustain peak performance for the long run.
• Full Setup: Top-of-the-line hardware and a home office stipend so you can do your best work anywhere.
• Growth Ecosystem: A dedicated learning budget and a clear, accelerated path toward executive-level leadership within the UMO ecosystem.
• Impact & Ownership: Your work directly shapes the product and company direction — not just executes it.