Christian Portig

Head of Talent

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands17 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in leading global talent acquisition teams.
Proven track record in executive hiring.
Strong focus on coaching and team development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProject ManagementC-level RelationshipsTalent Acquisition StrategyTeam PerformanceBranding

Other Skills

People ManagementBuild Strong RelationshipsStrategisches DenkenLeistungsmanagementWorkforce PlanningTeam ScalingCost ManagementWritten CommunicationConsultingMicrosoft OfficeE-RecruitingRecruitingTeamführungStrategieActive Sourcing

About

📌 Leading Global Talent Acquisition, building high performing teams (co-located & geo-distributed) and believing in servant leadership. 📌 Passionate about the recruitment 'craft' and hands-on with regards to executive and leadership hiring (C-Level, SVP, VP, Director). 📌 Love coaching & helping others learn and grow themselves. 📌 Father of 2, German currently living in the Netherlands, interested in lots of stuff, curious and always happy to help. Reach out to explore more - happy to have a (virtual) coffee!

Experience

17 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Atlassian

Talent Acquisition Lead EMEA R&D

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

As a part of the People Leadership Team in EMEA, I am leading and coaching a geographically distributed Talent Acquisition Team, which includes both solid lines and flexible resources from other regions/teams, as well as managing multiple RPO resources and vendors.
My teams primary responsibilities encompass hiring for the Engineering, Product, and Design (Customer Experience) departments across multiple countries: Poland, Germany, UK, Netherlands, France, and Turkey.
In addition to this, I am also responsible for project management for global TA Engineering initiatives as well as acting as a CTO Hiring Committee Facilitator.
I am actively partnering with the global Talent Brand team on numerous employer branding activities. These include paid campaigns, meetups, events, and job boards, among others. The objective of these activities is to strengthen our location-specific presence and enhance the perception of our (local) talent brand.

Team PerformanceProject ManagementPeople ManagementBuild Strong RelationshipsLeadershipStrategisches Denken+2

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Mentor

May 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

People Management

Getir

Head of Talent Acquisition (Product, Design and Data) - Global

Nov 2021 – Sep 2022 · 10 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Leading Global Product & Data hiring at Getir in a Hypergrowth environment.
Building and leading a geo-distributed TA team and hiring across Tech Hubs in Amsterdam, Istanbul, Barcelona, Berlin and London.
Working directly with C-Level and Co-Founders on business critical executive hiring (C-Level, SVP, VP, Director).
Workforce Planning and Talent Acquisition Strategy across multiple markets and job families.

Team PerformancePeople ManagementBuild Strong RelationshipsC-Level RelationshipsLeadershipStrategisches Denken+2

Just eat takeaway.com

Manager Tech & Product Recruitment

Feb 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Hypergrowth environment. Going from 2000+ employees to 10k+ (including a merger)
Leading Talent Acquisition Tech & Product for the HQ in Amsterdam & Enschede Tech Hub 🚀
Taking over an existing team and scaling team to double size.
Reducing agency spendings to 0 by up-skilling sourcing capabilities of the team.
Coaching & mentoring team members to further develop their capabilities & competencies.

Team PerformancePeople ManagementBuild Strong RelationshipsC-Level RelationshipsLeadershipStrategisches Denken+2

P3

2 roles

Teamlead Global Talent Sourcing

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Leading the global talent sourcing function. Hiring across different areas (Tech, Finance, PM's, Consultants) for roles in Germany, France, China, Mexico, US.
Building, training and enabling the Team. Directly reporting to Head of HR.

Team PerformancePeople ManagementBuild Strong RelationshipsLeadershipStrategisches DenkenBranding+1

Senior Sourcing Specialist / Senior Recruiter

Mar 2017 – Dec 2017 · 9 mos

Development and implementation of a talent sourcing function in the company and convincing all stakeholders of the benefits of an in-house sourcing team.
Active Sourcing, Human Resources Management, Talent Acquisition, Social Recruiting, Tech – Recruiting, Active Searching