Job Description:
The Talent Pipeline Sourcer is a high-impact sourcing professional responsible for building and delivering qualified talent pipelines to support high-volume hiring for software, systems, and aeronautical engineers. This role balances proactive pipeline development with immediate hiring support, ensuring recruiters and hiring managers have access to strong technical talent pools for both current and future workforce needs. Working closely with Talent Acquisition leaders, recruiters, and hiring managers, you will develop multi-channel sourcing strategies for engineering functions and other critical skill areas. This is a hands-on sourcing role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and enjoys the hunt- identifying candidates others may not find, engaging passive talent, building communities before requisitions open, and turning market insights into actionable sourcing strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
• Execute high-volume, multi-channel sourcing strategies to support hiring across engineering job disciplines.
• Manage multiple sourcing priorities simultaneously, adjusting strategies and focus based on hiring demand, business priorities, workforce plans, and requisition volume.
• Identify, engage, and qualify active and passive candidates using LinkedIn Networks, Boolean search, CRM/ATS tools, professional communities, industry networks, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
• Build ready-now and ready-next talent pipelines for both high-volume hiring needs and critical or hard-to-fill skill areas.
• Develop and maintain segmented talent communities within Eightfold aligned to specific skills, disciplines, geographic markets, and anticipated hiring needs.
• Maintain accurate candidate, pipeline, sourcing activity, and engagement data within the ATS and CRM.
• Track and analyze sourcing KPIs including pipeline volume, candidate quality, response rates, conversion rates, source effectiveness, speed-to-slate, and pipeline-to-hire performance.
• Monitor pipeline health and proactively identify gaps requiring additional sourcing activity.
• Support sourcing campaigns and other accelerated hiring initiatives as needed.
• Provide sourcing support across multiple U.S.-based sites and geographic markets, adapting strategies to local talent availability and competitive conditions.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand position requirements, talent profiles, hiring volumes, and geographic considerations.
Basic Qualifications:
• 3+ years of experience in a corporate Talent Acquisition environment or large-scale recruiting organization, with direct experience in candidate sourcing and/or recruiting.
• Demonstrated experience sourcing candidates in a high-volume recruiting environment while managing multiple pipelines, stakeholders, hiring initiatives, and competing priorities within tight timelines.
• Experience supporting multiple engineering job disciplines, functions, locations, or business areas.
• Hands-on experience using candidate sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn Networks, SeekOut, or comparable tools.
• Strong Boolean search skills with demonstrated ability to identify, engage, and develop relationships with passive candidates.
• Experience using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and/or Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) platform to manage candidate activity, pipelines, and sourcing outcomes.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills with demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced recruiting environment with changing business and hiring priorities.
Desired Skills:
• Experience supporting high-volume hiring across multiple U.S. sites or geographic markets.
• Experience sourcing engineering and other specialized talent.
• Experience building proactive talent pipelines or talent communities in advance of current or anticipated hiring demand.
• Experience with Eightfold, SAP SuccessFactors, or similar enterprise talent acquisition platforms.
• Experience using talent intelligence, labor market analysis, or compensation benchmarking tools to inform sourcing and recruiting strategies.
• Understanding of recruitment marketing, employer branding, candidate engagement, or talent community strategies.
• Experience using sourcing metrics and recruiting data to evaluate pipeline performance, identify trends, and improve recruiting outcomes.
