Sourcing Specialist

Job Summary

• This role is responsible for providing guidance on intricate matters of sourcing and assessing candidates, managing candidate experience, overseeing staffing operations and ensuring compliance with recruitment processes to facilitate successful talent acquisition. The role builds and nurtures relationships with hiring managers in a business and sub-region while cultivating connections with influential decision-makers. The role guides and oversees the attainment of hiring objectives encompassing time-to-fill, cost per hire, diversity, and candidate satisfaction.
  
  

• Support active requisitions across multiple regions and deliver qualified candidate pipelines within agreed service level agreements (SLAs) and turnaround times (TATs).
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for niche, technical, leadership, and business-critical positions across global markets.
• Conduct talent mapping, competitor intelligence, and market research to identify target talent pools and hiring opportunities.
• Provide market intelligence on skill availability, talent supply, compensation trends, competitor hiring practices, and regional talent dynamics.
• Partner with stakeholders across geographies to understand hiring requirements, market challenges, and talent needs.
• Build strong talent pipelines for immediate hiring needs while ensuring a continuous flow of qualified candidates.
• Source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, internal databases, referrals, professional networks, job boards, social platforms, and alternative sourcing channels.
• Utilize advanced Boolean search techniques, X-ray searches, talent mining methodologies, and AI-powered sourcing tools to identify passive and active talent.
• Conduct initial candidate outreach, engagement, qualification, and interest assessment before presenting profiles.
• Maintain high levels of ATS hygiene, candidate tracking, documentation, and sourcing compliance.
• Deliver market insights and hiring recommendations to support workforce planning and hiring strategies.
• Support Inclusion & Belonging initiatives by ensuring diverse candidate representation across talent pipelines.
• Collaborate effectively with global teams and adapt to different regional hiring practices, cultural nuances, and stakeholder expectations.
  
  

• Proven experience in global sourcing supporting Americas, EMEA, SEMEA, APJ hiring markets.
• Strong understanding of global talent landscapes, skill availability, competitor mapping, and labor market trends.
• Expertise in LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Insights, Talent Scout, and other sourcing platforms.
• Advanced Boolean search, X-ray search, internet research, and talent mapping capabilities.
• Experience sourcing for technology, engineering, R&D, AI/ML, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, Product Development, and other niche skill areas.
• Strong market intelligence, research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions simultaneously while meeting aggressive hiring timelines.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and candidate engagement skills.
• Experience working with ATS platforms such as Workday and other recruitment technologies.
• Exposure to AI-powered sourcing tools and talent intelligence solutions is highly desirable.
  
  

• Flexible to work across global time zones and support stakeholders like Americas, EMEA, APJ and SEMEA.
• Willingness to work in flexible or overlapping shifts based on business requirements.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, metrics-driven, and highly collaborative global environment.
  
  

• Time-to-slate and sourcing turnaround time (TAT) performance.
• Quality and conversion rate of submitted candidates.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and service excellence.
• Market intelligence and talent mapping effectiveness.
• Diversity and quality of candidate pipelines.
• Achievement of hiring goals across global markets.