Senior Business TA Manager

About the Position

Senior Business TA Manager

• Company: applike group
• Location: Boston, United States
• Employment Type: FULL_TIME

At Applike Group, we don’t just “fill roles”; we engineer the future of our high-growth portfolio companies. As a Senior Business TA Manager, your mission is to act as a talent engineer for our fastest-growing company, adjoe, in the Americas. You will navigate the landscape to find the best go-to-market talent, ensuring adjoe has the capabilities to remain market leader. This position calls for a strategic talent partner who excels at navigating go-to-market strategies and advising business leaders on securing top talent to drive ongoing success.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Management

  • You are a peer to our MDs, VPs of Sales, and Founders. You don’t just take orders; you provide high-level talent advisory.
  • Leverage our internal Talent Intelligence team for deep industry data and competitive mapping to guide leadership on hiring feasibility and organizational design.
  • Drive the hiring process by aligning role requirements with business goals, ensuring every hire moves the needle for the company’s bottom line.
  • Act as the critical link between complex go-to-market plans and the human capital needed to execute them.

• Talent Engagement

  • The best talent isn’t looking for a job; you are the one who finds them.
  • Use creative networking to track down talent across the Americas.
  • Craft bespoke outreach strategies that resonate with senior go-to-market talent, selling the vision of the group’s existing success stories.
  • Partner with our internal teams to manage the seamless relocation and integration of hires into our local hubs across the Americas.

• AI Workflow

  • We believe the future of recruiting is hybrid. We don’t expect you to be an AI researcher, but we expect you to be fearless with the tech.
  • Be exceptionally comfortable utilizing existing AI-driven sourcing and screening tools to maximize your output.
  • Participate in the experimentation and “building” of new internal AI workflows to keep our TA engine at the absolute cutting edge.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ years of total recruiting experience in SaaS or Technology, with a minimum of 2+ years specifically as a Senior Business Recruiter working on high-visibility, high-impact roles.
• Background: Ideally, you have an agency or go-to-market background.
• Mindset: You treat sourcing like a research project. You are relentless in your pursuit of talent.
• Communication: Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to high-level stakeholders.
• Adaptability: You thrive in an environment where performance is measured by impact, not activity. You value feedback and constant iteration.

Nice to Have

• AI Workflow
• Creative Networking

We Offer

• Invest in Your Future: You’ll join a high-performing, rapidly scaling global company with a clear vision, while directly influencing the company’s trajectory and sharing in its success. We’re committed to your growth through regular feedback, mentoring, and our development programs. You’ll expand your skillset and build a long-term career at adjoe.
• Easy Arrival to adjoe: From signing to settling in Boston, we’ve got you and your family covered, including a relocation package and personal support to help you build your life here, making your move smooth and stress-free.
• Live Your Best Life, at Work and Beyond: Flexible hours, remote Fridays, and 30 vacation days. You’ll also have three weeks of remote work each year, wellness reimbursement, and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Future & Financial Health Package: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans as well as 401K match program.

About the Company

The applike group is committed to creating engaging experiences for every app user around the world. We are passionate about creating market-changing products, technologies, and companies. We have already founded 4 companies. Our ventures are independent business units that benefit from each other’s technologies, expertise, and market access to become even more successful: adjoe is developing a breakthrough mobile advertising solution that enables app publishers around the world to grow their advertising revenues. justDice is the market leader in Mobile Gaming Loyalty Programs. Sunday is a next-generation hybrid casual mobile game publisher. And justtrack offers unique software to automate the entire mobile user acquisition process. Yet more to come.

Under the umbrella of the media company Bertelsmann, we have access to a global network of experts and strong financial support. By developing a state-of-the-art tech stack and highly skilled workforce, we aim to reach more mobile users than any other company in the world. If you want to grow your career in tech, challenge yourself in a high-performance environment, while having fun with great colleagues from all over the world, you’ve come to the right place!

Find the whole world in one office. Boost your career with awesome people!

Recruiting Process

Curious About our Recruiting Process?

The interview process at applike group is seamless, fast, and fun for you! Recruiting is a two-way street, so that’s why our process is designed for both you and us to get to know each other. Our Talent Acquisition team is there to guide you through the process, making sure you will receive the best candidate experience. The process is usually divided into 5 major steps:

1. Screening Process

   • Simply apply with your updated resume, we don’t need any cover letters or additional documents. If you have a relevant portfolio, you can of course share this as well. After reviewing, we will get in touch with you quickly.

2. First Interview

   • In the first interview you will meet someone from the Talent Acquisition team to get to know more about the company, our culture and the open role.

3. Case Study Step

   • We designed this step to get a deeper understanding of your skills and also give you some insights into tasks that might be awaiting you in the new role.

4. Final Interviews

   • In the final interviews you will get the chance to meet your future Lead, Team and also Managing Director to get the full picture of what it could be like working here.

5. The Offer

   • Finally – after clearing all steps successfully, you are going to receive an offer from our side. Congrats, we want you on our team! … and we hope you accept the offer and join us! 🙂

Tips & Tricks to Nail Your Interviews!

• Skip cover letters: Since we want to keep everything fast and easy for you, we don’t want you to waste time on a cover letter – we would rather take a look at your CV and if it’s a match, we directly invite you to a first call.
• Check your equipment: Test your internet connection, camera, mic, and speakers beforehand. Time for each interview is limited, and we’d like to spend as much of it as possible on getting to know each other. If the interview is online, always have your camera on! It’s way easier to create a meaningful interaction if we also see each other.
• Do some research: We will give you all the information about the role & company’s culture, but it’s always nice to see how you perceive us after doing some online detective work. 😉
• Prepare an elevator pitch: We will certainly ask you to briefly summarize your work experiences in a short overview. Think of what you’re going to say beforehand so you can fit all of the essential information in 2-3 minutes. Keep the goal of the interview in mind, and make sure everything you say is relevant to the position you’re applying for.
• Structure your answers: Be specific, but don’t get caught up in details – following the STAR method can help you: Situation (set the scene and give the necessary details of your example) – Task (describe what your responsibility was in that situation) – Action (explain exactly what steps you took to address it) – Result (share what outcomes your actions achieved).
• Let your personality shine: It is a recruiting process, but this doesn’t mean you can’t loosen up and showcase your personality. We are looking for an authentic character and we are open to having some small talk or a funny joke thrown into the mix. This might even show us that you’re a good cultural fit. Remember, next to all our ambition we like to have fun!
• Come with your questions: At the end of the interview, we will ask you whether you have any questions for us. Use this time to get answers to all your questions or clear out any curiosities. Always have two or three questions prepared, whether about the position specifically or about career development, upcoming projects, or company culture.
• Don’t be afraid of rescheduling: Even if you’ve already scheduled an interview, urgent things might pop up in your schedule or you might not feel fit to attend the interview. We are all humans & we treat these situations with empathy. It’s better to reschedule rather than not be 100% prepared to attend the interview. Simply communicate the change with your TA Manager and we will find a solution.

Finding Home Abroad – Relocation Stories

We’re supporting new colleagues from all over the world to move to Hamburg, Germany – see what they have to share about their relocation experience:

• Grigory – justDice: Relocated from Georgia with spouse
• Gemma – applike group: Relocated from New Zealand
• Yuriy – adjoe: Relocated from Israel with spouse and child
• Roman – Sunday: Relocated from Kazakhstan with spouse and 2 kids
• Min – justtrack: Relocated from Thailand with spouse
• Mia – applike group: Relocated from North Macedonia with spouse
• Kim – adjoe: Relocated from the Philippines

Recruiting FAQs

• How long does your recruiting process take?

  • We aim to make our recruiting process as fast and efficient as possible, but the duration can vary depending on the role you are applying for. Usually we are really fast, though (less than 4 weeks).

• Can I apply for more than one role?

  • Yes, if you see multiple roles open that match your skill set, you can apply for them simultaneously. Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and contact you about the role that best seems to match your skills.

• Can I apply for multiple companies within applike group?

  • Yes, if you see multiple roles that match your skill set, you can apply for them simultaneously. Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and contact you about the role that best matches your skills.

• I just handed in my application, what are the next steps?

  • Great! Please allow a few days for our team to review your application. We will contact you with the next steps as soon as possible.

• How do I know I’m really being contacted by someone from applike group?

  • We’ll never ask you for money, fees, or sensitive information (like bank details, tax forms, or credit card numbers) during the hiring process. If anything feels off, you can always double-check by reaching out to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]. Once you’ve signed your contract, our HR team may request personal details, but only from our official email: [email protected].

• Do I need to be located in Germany to be able to apply for your jobs?

  • No, we do provide full visa and relocation support.

• Do you help with my relocation?

  • We do! You can find more information about our relocation support and the successful relocation of our colleagues here on this website.

• What if I want to relocate together with my family?

  • No problem! Our visa and relocation support does also include your partner or kids.