Senior Talent Acquisition Partner- Executive Search

About us

N26 is Europe’s leading digital bank with a full German banking license, headquartered in Berlin and operating across more than 20 markets.

As we enter our next stage of maturity, our focus is on strengthening robustness, scalability, and operational excellence across the business. With new senior leaders joining to guide this phase, we are sharpening how we build, ship, and sustain products at scale.

We continue to keep a strong product pulse, from expanding into adjacent services like mobile connectivity to recently launching cards designed for kids, embedding financial tools that are reliable, resilient, and part of everyday life.

About the role

As Senior Talent Partner for the Executive Team, you will work directly with senior executive stakeholders to help shape and hire the next generation of leaders. The role offers significant exposure to high-impact decision-making, with a day-to-day focus on deep stakeholder engagement, robust research, and delivering clear, strategic hiring recommendations. Alongside executive hiring, you will support the wider Talent team on strategic initiatives, helping to strengthen our hiring approach as the business continues to mature.

Reporting into the Senior Manager- Executive Search. Based in Berlin

Your impact

Executive Hiring & Market Mapping

• Lead & support end-to-end Director+ searches across functions and markets, from briefing to offer.
• Build structured search strategies and talent maps that generate strong, diverse leadership pipelines.
• Assess candidates rigorously and deliver clear, evidence-based hiring recommendations.

Stakeholder Partnership & Influence

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on leadership hiring strategy and market insights.
• Confidently challenge ideas, timelines, and expectations to ensure the best hiring outcomes.
• Translate market intelligence into clear narratives that enable confident decisions.

Talent Strategy & Hiring Excellence

• Help define and elevate best practices for executive hiring across the company.
• Embed inclusive search strategies to strengthen diversity in leadership pipelines.

Continuous Improvement

• Collaborate with the broader Talent Acquisition team on strategic initiatives, from AI adoption to quality-of-hire improvements.
• Continue to support in improving our processes and tooling.

What you bring

• Executive search experience: Experience working on Director+ roles.
• Stakeholder Gravitas: confidence working directly with senior executives, with the communication skills to influence, challenge, and advise credibly.
• Bias for Action: You take ownership, move searches forward proactively, and maintain momentum even in ambiguous or complex situations.
• Collaborative Mindset: You work seamlessly with recruiters, researchers, HRBPs, and leadership teams to deliver strong hiring outcomes.
• Commercial Thinking: You understand how leadership hires shape company performance, and can connect hiring decisions to business strategy.
• AI proficiency: Strong understanding of AI tooling & workflows. Help us get better with gemini.

What you can expect

We recognize that our strength lies in our people and the varied perspectives they bring to our workforce. We strive to build talented and diverse teams to drive our business success and empower our people to reach their full potential.

We genuinely welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, neurodiversities, and ages. We're committed to creating an inclusive workspace where everyone feels valued and respected, free from harassment and discrimination. If there's anything you need to make the application process work for you, please let us know by reaching out to

Visit our website to learn more about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at N26.