Case Studies: Bounce
From Silicon Valley to Lisbon: how we helped Bounce thrive in Europe
Relocating the operations of a U.S. tech company to Portugal is a rare move – finding the right recruitment partner made all the difference.
Overview
9
Tech hires.
6
Tech profiles: Product and Platform Engineers; Engineering Managers; Data Science, Data Analytics & Data Engineering.
75%
75% offer acceptance rate across the two partnership contracts.
I have always preferred to do our recruitment efforts in-house. Damia was the only company that offered an embedded recruitment model that made sense for us, working alongside our team as any other employee.
Guilherme Duarte
Chief Technology Officer
@ Bounce
The challenge
Initially, Bounce was looking for an office in Europe due to the market size and business opportunities. They evaluated some European cities and Lisbon surpassed all the others. It seemed like the city with the most promising tech connections, with exceptional talent, good energy and lots of little factors that make a difference, from the time zone to direct flights to San Francisco.
After the decision was made, some people of the company ended up wanting to move to Lisbon, and since then Bounce has relocated employees from six different countries.
The strategy was such a success that Bounce’s US office was not reopened. Today, Lisbon is no longer just Bounce’s tech hub, having become their global headquarters.
Find the right Talent Partner or DIY
Guilherme Duarte is Bounce’s CTO and happens to be Portuguese, so he soon took over the operations in Lisbon.
“I was only open to a partner who could seamingly embed into our company, working as any other employee and basically reinforcing our team. So it came down to Damia or we would just do it ourselves.”
We ended up working with Bounce on two different occasions, in two 6-month contracts of our Embedded Recruitment service. So, we’re talking about a returning Partner with very high standards!
In the end, we have helped Bounce with 9 key tech hires, setting them on a sustained growth path.
Bounce decided to do the opposite of what many companies were doing at the time: instead of building a global remote workforce to handpick the best talent from everywhere, they wanted to build a team and a culture in the heart of Lisbon.
Throughout the journey, Damia had a lot of impact at Bounce. If I had to check how many people on my team Damia had a direct involvement in finding, interviewing or closing, I would find a very high percentage.
Guilherme Duarte
Chief Technology Officer
@ Bounce
Partnership Achievements
Provided flexibility throughout different phases of the Partner’s growth journey, with dedicated recruiters and hands-on project management.
Provided expertise on scaling Tech Teams, with end-to-end processes of sourcing, attracting, interviewing, and closing tech talent hires.
Brought market knowledge in order to increase competitiveness and achieve what others could not.
Successfully enhanced candidate’s experience, ensuring that every process, regardless of the outcome, had a positive impact on every single person, strengthening the Partner’s employer branding along the way.
Enabled Partner’s informed decision-making with Salary Benchmarks, Talent Mapping, and valuable insights, avoiding costly mistakes.
Provided candidate’s success metrics to ensure that any bottlenecks would be identified and corrected before affecting either the roadmap or the candidate’s experience.
About Bounce
Making life lighter for everyone.
We believe your days shouldn’t be planned around your stuff. That’s why we’re powering the global storage network that’s everywhere you are, so anything you need is just a tap away.
Bounce is present in more than 1000 cities in over 70 countries.
Permanent Recruitment
Embedded Recruitment
