Based in Lisbon. Built for founder-led international hiring.
Founder-Led Commercial Talent for International Teams
Atlas by Cortese helps founders and growth-focused companies hire carefully selected sales, marketing, partnerships, and customer-facing talent based in Portugal and built for international business.
We help companies hire for roles such as
Account Executive
Growth Marketing
SDR / BDR
CRM / Lifecycle
Partnerships
Demand Generation
Customer Success
Commercial Leadership
A more selective, founder-to-founder approach to hiring
Atlas by Cortese was built around a simple observation: many companies do not struggle because talent does not exist - they struggle because the right talent is hard to identify, qualify, and trust.
We help founders and operators hire commercially strong professionals with real international exposure, strong communication skills, and the ability to operate inside modern distributed teams.
This is not high-volume recruitment. It is a curated, relationship-driven approach built for companies that value relevance over noise.
Founder-led perspective
Atlas is built by an entrepreneur with 15 years of B2B sales and business-building experience. We understand the commercial realities behind a hire - not just the résumé.
Lisbon-based advantage
Being based in Lisbon allows us to stay close to a high-quality pool of globally minded professionals living in Portugal, while offering a more human and grounded hiring experience.
Why companies work with Atlas
Internationally experienced talent
We focus on professionals who have worked across borders, markets, and cultures - and who bring real commercial maturity to international teams.
More than placement
In addition to direct placement and headhunting, Atlas can also support fractional roles, transition support, and local coordination when relevant.
Why Portugal has become a serious commercial talent hub
Over the past few years, Lisbon and Portugal have attracted a large concentration of internationally mobile professionals - including former operators, founders, sales leaders, growth marketers, partnership builders, and remote-ready commercial talent.
Many of these professionals have worked across North America, the UK, France, the Middle East, and international B2B environments. They are globally experienced, commercially credible, and often underutilized by the local market.
For international employers, this creates a very compelling hiring opportunity.
Placement, fractional support, and commercial flexibility
Atlas supports companies not only through direct placement and headhunting, but also through more flexible commercial talent needs.
This makes Atlas particularly valuable for founder-led companies and growing teams that need commercial execution without always hiring in a rigid, traditional way.
That can include:
Selective full-time placement
Fractional commercial support
Interim / transition roles
Locally grounded onboarding support in Lisbon when relevant
Built for international hiring across key markets
Atlas by Cortese works with companies hiring across:
North America (USA & Canada)
United Kingdom
Middle East
Europe-wide distributed teams
We focus on internationally commercial talent that can support cross-border business growth, market expansion, and modern remote collaboration.