# Staff Talent Sourcer

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** London, United Kingdom
**Role:** Recruiting
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Boolean Search, LinkedIn Recruiter, Hireez, Seekout, GitHub, AI Automation, Market Mapping, Competitive Intelligence, Claude Code, Openai Codex, Cursor, Github Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, Ashby
**Posted:** 2026-09-08

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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