Senior Recruiter
full-time•Tallinn
About this role
Elesta is looking for a highly experienced Senior Recruiter to join our team and play a key role in building exceptional talent across the organization. This is not a junior or mid-level role — we are seeking a true recruitment professional who can operate independently, influence stakeholders, and own hiring processes end to end at a strategic level.
This position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with the HNUW family and their team, recruiting for a wide variety of roles across functions, seniority levels, and countries. If you thrive in complex environments, enjoy autonomy, and want your work to have visible impact — this role is for you.
Why This Role Is Unique?- Exposure to diverse and high-impact roles across the HNUW family and their teams
- High level of trust, autonomy, and ownership
- True remote-first culture, no micromanagement
- International environment with stakeholders across multiple countries
- Regular team buildings in different countries every 4 months!
- Opportunity to influence hiring strategy, not just execute vacancies
As a Senior Recruiter at Elesta, you will be responsible for managing and scaling recruitment processes while maintaining a high bar for talent and candidate experience.
- Own the full recruitment lifecycle from role intake to offer acceptance
- Act as a strategic partner to hiring managers and leadership
- Recruit for a wide range of positions (operations, corporate, support, senior roles, and niche positions)
- Proactively source top-tier candidates using advanced sourcing techniques
- Build and maintain long-term talent pipelines
- Lead complex and senior-level hires independently
- Ensure a consistently excellent candidate experience
- Improve and optimize recruitment processes, tools, and workflows
- Contribute to employer branding and hiring strategy discussions
We are looking for a very experienced recruiter who is confident, structured, and capable of handling complexity.
Requirements:- Significant experience as a Senior Recruiter
- Proven track record of closing roles across different functions and levels
- Strong stakeholder management and advisory skills
- Ability to work independently and take full ownership of recruitment outcomes
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Excellent knowledge of English and Russian
- Experience working with international or remote teams
- Strong sourcing expertise and market awareness
- High level of professionalism, discretion, and accountability
- Competitive salary aligned with senior-level expertise
- Medical insurance
- Fully remote work — work from anywhere
- Team buildings in different countries
- Supportive, people-focused culture
- Long-term collaboration and stability
- Opportunity to shape and elevate recruitment practices across the organization
This role is ideal for someone who:
- Loves recruitment as a profession
- Wants autonomy and responsibility
- Enjoys working with smart, international teams
- Is ready to be a trusted recruitment partner, not just a recruiter
If this sounds like you — we would love to meet you.
Apply now and become part of Elesta’s growth journey.
What you'll do
- As a Senior Recruiter, you will manage and scale recruitment processes while ensuring a high standard for talent and candidate experience. You will own the full recruitment lifecycle and act as a strategic partner to hiring managers.
About Elesta
We develop and produce sensor products and electromechanical components in the heart of Europe. Individual, fast, accurate, and in person we support our customers to design products sustainable and reliable.
ELESTA GmbH looks back on a company history rich in tradition. Our roots go back to the founding of ELESTA Elektrotechnik AG in 1952, where until 1996 a number of innovations were implemented, among other light-optical sensors, measuring and control systems and relays.
1997 ELESTA relays GmbH was founded as a manufacturer of relays with forcibly guided contacts according to IEC 61810-3. In 2013 the company was renamed ELESTA GmbH. We are part of the PILZ GmbH & Co. KG group of companies.
We develop and manufacture products in three areas:
Relays with forcibly guided contacts
Miniature Optical Encoders
Customer-specific sensors
In our location in Bad Ragaz / Switzerland we currently employ 273 individuals. All our products are designed and manufactured in our in new building, constructed in 2008.
Our company operates according to Lean principles. Our goal is continuous improvement in all areas of the company and the further development of our products to the benefit of our customers.
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What does a Senior Recruiter do at Elesta?
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