# Sourcer II, Business Recruiting

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** Tokyo, Japan
**Role:** Recruiting
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, Google X-Ray, Sourcing Campaigns, Candidate Sourcing, Recruiting, Talent Mapping, Event Management, Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Sources and engages passive candidates for complex business recruiting roles, building talent pipelines and developing strategic sourcing plans. Requires at least 3 years of recruiting or sourcing experience, strong communication, organization, and stakeholder engagement skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Generate and maintain active and passive candidate pipelines for complex, hard-to-fill positions using sources such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, sourcing campaigns, Google X-Ray searches, and previous event attendee lists.
- Amplify and champion job openings internally and work with employees to identify talent in their networks.
- Develop and implement strategic sourcing plans, tracking progress throughout searches and sharing updates with stakeholders.
- Research creative ways to find talent, including diverse talent, that may otherwise remain off the radar.
- Map the talent market, monitoring talent flow, market attrition, and the companies employing target talent.
- Specialize in event and project management, messaging analysis, creative prospecting, and stakeholder engagement.

## Requirements

- 3+ years of experience as a recruiter or sourcer at a search firm or in-house recruiting team, preferably in high-volume recruiting.
- Strong communication skills, urgency, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently on multiple roles.
- Passion for sourcing and engaging candidates.
- Proven ability to engage talent through sourcing tools and convert passive prospects into candidates.
- Creative, innovative, intellectually curious, and results-driven.

## Benefits

- Competitive benefits package.
- New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan.
- Continuous career development and career pathing opportunities.
- Product training.
- Onboarding program.
- Internal mentor and buddy program.
- Friendly and inclusive workplace culture.

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