Staff Talent Sourcer
Leads strategic talent sourcing and market intelligence across European markets for highly specialized technical and business roles. Requires 8+ years of sourcing experience, deep EU talent-market expertise, advanced sourcing-platform skills, and hands-on use of AI-powered workflows and automation.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own top-of-funnel sourcing strategies across EU markets for technical, operational, product, program management, commercial, and corporate roles.
- Build market maps and talent landscapes by company, skill set, function, geography, seniority, and organizational structure.
- Generate and engage candidates using Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, HireEZ, GitHub, professional communities, industry networks, conferences, and referrals.
- Build long-term pipelines of passive, specialized, and hard-to-find talent.
- Adapt sourcing strategies to local market dynamics, candidate expectations, languages, mobility, and regional hiring requirements.
- Design and improve AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, and automations.
- Create repeatable market maps, talent intelligence reports, outreach content, sourcing documentation, and recruiting processes.
- Coach recruiters and hiring managers on EU market insights, sourcing strategy, talent availability, competitive intelligence, and candidate engagement.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition Operations, Employer Brand, University Recruiting, People teams, and business leaders.
- Use recruiting analytics and experimentation to measure effectiveness, optimize outreach, improve conversion rates, and identify regional differences.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of talent sourcing experience, including significant experience across multiple EU markets and functions.
- Experience with market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for specialized and difficult-to-fill roles.
- Experience sourcing across engineering, software, AI/ML, hardware, manufacturing, operations, product, program management, commercial, and corporate functions.
- Expertise in advanced Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut, GitHub, and modern sourcing platforms.
- Deep knowledge of EU talent markets, regional hubs, competitor ecosystems, candidate behavior, and country-specific recruiting dynamics.
- Consultative partnership skills with recruiters, hiring managers, and senior leaders.
- Hands-on experience with AI-powered sourcing workflows, agentic AI tools, workflow automation, or practical AI solutions.
- Experience with AI development environments or coding assistants such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
- Experience building relationships with passive, niche, senior, or difficult-to-engage talent.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, organization, judgment, cultural awareness, and analytical skills.
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, internationally distributed environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomy, AI/ML, advanced technology, manufacturing, or complex hardware/software organizations.
- Experience sourcing across established and emerging European technology and engineering hubs.
- Knowledge of cross-border hiring, candidate mobility, work authorization, export control, or related hiring regulations.
- Experience sourcing both technical and non-technical functions.
- Familiarity with Ashby, recruiting analytics, CRM, or talent intelligence platforms.
- Experience in high-growth, venture-backed, multinational, or rapidly scaling technology organizations.
- Passion for emerging recruiting technologies, regional talent trends, sourcing methodologies, and AI advancements.
Skills
Boolean Search, LinkedIn Recruiter, Hireez, Seekout, GitHub, AI Automation, Market Mapping, Competitive Intelligence, Claude Code, Openai Codex, Cursor, Github Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Ashby
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