Senior Executive Sourcer
Senior executive sourcer will develop market intelligence, proactive pipelines, and AI-powered sourcing systems for specialized engineering and technical hiring. The role requires 8+ years of technical sourcing experience and expertise engaging passive, cleared, and niche talent.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own top-of-funnel sourcing strategy across engineering, software, embedded, AI/ML, systems, manufacturing, operations, product, program management, and corporate functions.
- Partner with recruiters and hiring leaders to define target profiles and build data-informed sourcing strategies.
- Create talent landscapes by company, skill set, geography, and organizational structure; identify talent pools, competitor insights, and emerging trends.
- Identify, engage, and attract technical talent using advanced search techniques, sourcing platforms, engineering communities, aerospace networks, conferences, referrals, and other channels.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with passive, cleared, and specialized engineering candidates.
- Design and improve AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, and workflow automations.
- Create repeatable market maps, talent intelligence reports, outreach content, documentation, and recruiting processes.
- Coach recruiters and hiring managers on technical sourcing, market insights, competitive intelligence, candidate engagement, and recruiting technologies.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition Operations, Employer Brand, University Recruiting, and engineering leaders.
- Use recruiting analytics, experimentation, and storytelling to measure effectiveness and improve conversion rates.
Requirements
- 8+ years of technical sourcing experience, ideally in aerospace, defense, autonomy, or complex hardware/software industries.
- Proven experience with market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for specialized technical roles.
- Expertise in advanced Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut, ClearanceJobs, GitHub, and modern sourcing platforms.
- Consultative experience influencing recruiters, hiring managers, and senior engineering leaders through market insights and talent intelligence.
- Experience building or using AI-powered sourcing workflows, agentic AI tools, workflow automations, or practical AI solutions.
- Experience using AI development environments or coding assistants such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
- Experience building relationships with passive, cleared, or niche engineering talent.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, stakeholder-influence, organization, judgment, and analytical skills.
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment and continuously evaluate emerging AI technologies.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience supporting aerospace, robotics, autonomy, AI/ML, or advanced vehicle engineering organizations.
- Familiarity with export control, ITAR, EAR, or security-cleared recruiting environments.
- Familiarity with Ashby, recruiting analytics, CRM, or talent intelligence platforms.
- Experience supporting high-growth, venture-backed technology organizations.
- Passion for emerging recruiting technologies, sourcing methodologies, and AI advancements.
Skills
Boolean Search, LinkedIn Recruiter, Hireez, Seekout, Clearancejobs, GitHub, AI Workflows, Workflow Automation, Claude Code, Openai Codex, Cursor, Github Copilot, Recruiting Analytics, Ashby, Talent Intelligence
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