Contract Senior Talent Sourcer

Quick Facts

• Role: Contract Senior Talent Sourcer

Description

Own executive talent sourcing strategy by translating complex hiring requirements into precision, data-informed market mapping and pipeline building. Lead top-of-funnel discovery, engage passive executive technical candidates using advanced Boolean search and sourcing platforms, and scale workflows with AI-powered sourcing automations. Partner with recruiting and hiring leaders to deliver competitive intelligence and repeatable sourcing systems across functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead top-of-funnel sourcing strategy with recruiters and hiring leaders (target profiles, data-informed sourcing across functions)

• Build market mapping/talent landscapes by company, skill set, geography, and organizational structure; identify hidden talent pools and emerging trends

• Attract and engage candidates using advanced Boolean search, sourcing platforms, and creative channels (e.g., The Org, PitchBook, Crunchbase, conferences)

• Create and cultivate long-term talent pool strategies for speed of hire and succession planning

• Design and continuously improve AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, and automations to increase recruiting productivity and market intelligence

• Serve as strategic subject matter expert for sourcing by coaching recruiters and hiring managers on strategy, availability insights, competitive intelligence, and engagement best practices

• Collaborate with Talent Intelligence, Talent Acquisition Operations, and Employer Brand to optimize recruiting strategy, outbound messaging, candidate experience, and operational excellence

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• 7+ years of sourcing experience (or recruiting and sourcing) for technology companies focused on leadership/executive talent and/or executive technologists

• Proven track record in market mapping, competitive intelligence, and executive candidate generation

• Deep expertise in advanced Boolean search and experience with tools and methods that access executive talent (e.g., conference speakers, PitchBook, Crunchbase)

• Demonstrated ability to influence executives with data for decision-making

• Hands-on experience building or leveraging AI-powered sourcing workflows, agentic AI tools, workflow automations, or practical AI solutions that improve recruiting/business processes

• Direct experience using AI development environments or coding assistants (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar) to create repeatable sourcing workflows, structured research outputs, market intelligence, process automation, or operational documentation

• Experience applying methods or building tools to manage and cultivate talent pools

• Excellent communication and storytelling skills to engage executive candidates and influence stakeholders

• Fluent in developing slide presentations and documents for executive hiring managers and partners

• Strong judgment, curiosity, and continuous improvement mindset for evaluating and adopting emerging AI technologies

Preferred Experience

• Executive recruiting or sourcing experience in AI Infrastructure or HDD/Storage Media vertical

• Prior experience in Research or Talent Intelligence roles

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including paid vacation and sick leave; medical/dental/vision; life, accident, and disability insurance; flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; voluntary benefits (e.g., supplemental life/AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident/hospital indemnity); tuition reimbursement; transit support; employee stock purchase plan; and WD Savings 401(k)

• Eligibility for bonuses under STI Plan or Sales Incentive Plan depending on role and performance, and possible participation in annual Long-Term Incentive (RSUs or cash equivalents) subject to plan terms

• Option for shift differential and overtime eligibility if non-exempt