Talent Acquisition&Culture Lead, Antwerpen

At Faktion, culture is not a poster on the wall. It is our high-performance operating system. It is how we win clients, build complex AI solutions, share knowledge, stretch ourselves, take ownership and stay ahead of the curve. We are looking for a Talent Acquisition&Culture Lead who can help us scale that system.

This is a hands-on, strategic role across recruitment, onboarding, talent growth, culture, knowledge sharing and employer branding.

About Faktion Faktion is an AI Engineering Services, AI Solutions and AI Advisory company based in Antwerp. We design, build and scale custom AI applications, AI software products and AI-native platforms for ambitious organisations. We work at the intersection of AI engineering, software engineering and business transformation. To keep growing, we need to attract strong people, help them land well, and create the conditions for them to perform, learn and grow with the company.

Your mission As Talent Acquisition&Culture Lead, your mission is to help Faktion attract the right people, onboard them well, help them grow, and strengthen the culture that makes Faktion perform. You will work closely with leadership, delivery, engineering, advisory and marketing to turn our growth ambitions into a strong talent and culture approach.

Talent acquisition You build and manage the recruitment engine for AI, software, delivery, advisory and commercial roles.

Source, screen and engage strong candidates

Build structured pipelines for key roles

Define role scorecards with hiring managers

Improve interviews, case challenges and selection quality

Create a strong candidate experience from first contact to offer

Build relationships with universities, communities, recruiters and ecosystem partners

Track recruitment quality, conversion, time-to-hire and offer acceptance

Onboarding and talent growth You help new colleagues become productive, connected and confident quickly.

Create onboarding journeys for new colleagues

Coordinate the first week, first month and first 90 days

Help define role expectations, seniority levels and growth paths

Support feedback, coaching and development rhythms

Identify skill gaps and translate them into hiring or learning priorities

Culture as a high-performance operating system You help make Faktion culture visible in how we work every day. Our culture is built on ownership, autonomy, trust, feedback, drive, client impact, team pride and high-quality execution.

Strengthen our Antwerp office culture

Organise team activities, rituals and internal moments that build connection

Help colleagues understand and contribute to Faktion strategic initiatives

Support a culture of ownership, feedback, quality, collaboration and accountability

Keep the energy high across the team as we grow

Innovation, knowledge sharing and staying ahead of the curve In AI, standing still is falling behind. You help create the rhythm that keeps Faktion learning.

Facilitate internal knowledge-sharing initiatives

Support research, learning and outside-in inspiration

Help teams share insights from projects, clients, tools and AI developments

Connect internal learning to strategic company priorities

Make innovation and knowledge sharing part of the company rhythm, not a side activity

Employer branding and inside-out storytelling You help show the outside world what Faktion is about.

Translate our culture, technical depth and ambition into strong employer branding

Work with marketing on careers content, team stories and talent communication

Help make our people, projects and way of working more visible externally

Support referrals, employee advocacy and community presence

Make sure our outside story matches the inside reality

What we are looking for

5+ years of experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, people operations, HR or talent management

Experience recruiting technical, digital, consulting, AI, data or software profiles

Strong sourcing and stakeholder management skills

Experience with onboarding, employer branding, talent development or culture initiatives

Hands‑on execution power, not just process thinking

Strong communication skills in Dutch and English

French is a plus

Based in, or willing to work regularly from, our Antwerp office

Genuine curiosity about AI, technology, consulting and high‑growth environments

Competencies we value

Drive: energy, rhythm and ownership

Initiative: proactively spotting and creating opportunities

Hands‑on execution: making things happen

Communication: clear, proactive and well‑aligned

AI insights and learning drive: curiosity and willingness to learn fast

Deliverables and ownership: consistently strong output

Critical mindset: sharp thinking and quality focus

What we offer

A strategic role close to company leadership

Real ownership over recruitment, onboarding, culture and talent growth

The opportunity to build the talent function of a leading Belgian AI company

A high-performance culture with ambition, technical depth and team pride

A strong office base in Antwerp

Exposure to complex AI projects, strategic clients and fast-moving technology

The chance to help shape how Faktion grows from the inside out

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