Talent Sourcer and Reseacher

The role:

SoFi is seeking a self-driven Sourcer & Researcher with experience building teams for high-growth startups in a high-performance culture. The ideal candidate will define and execute sourcing strategies, screen and present candidates, and build comprehensive talent pipelines. Join us in creating a world-class team to support our continued growth and success.

What you’ll do: 

Active Req Support:

• Partner with recruiters on specific requisitions or groups of requisitions.
• Define and execute sourcing strategies, screen candidates, and present qualified candidates to recruiters and hiring managers 
• Be a trusted partner by developing relationships with your recruiting partners and hiring managers by presenting sourcing insights to ensure hiring success

Competitor Org Charting:

• Perform target searches of direct competitors for niche senior-level roles.
• Build visual representations of targeted departments and talent.

Data & Analytics:

• Conduct talent market research using proven data tools to pull key market insights.
• Organize data to provide clear pictures of the talent pool, enabling data-driven strategies and influencing business decisions.
• Take full ownership in how you achieve your top of funnel metrics, pipeline conversion percentages and hires to help the team achieve our collective hiring goal

Market Development & Pipeline Strategy:

• Build, organize, and maintain pools of niche talent into dedicated pipelines sorted and tagged by technical skills.
• Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, internal ATS, and expert X-ray searching of niche sites, conference attendees, and speaker lists, etc.
• Research, track, and organize real-time salary expectations of candidate pipelines through various credible sources including opportunistic conversations with talent.

Engagement Strategy:

• Develop and define effective engagement strategies for pipelines of passive talent.
• Implement strategic campaign outreach and personalized correspondence to engage potential candidates.

What you’ll need:

• 3+ Years of proven experience as a Sourcer, preferably in high-growth startup environments.
• Experience sourcing for a variety of functional areas not limited to but including, Product/Tech, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Finance and Creative.
• Expertise in building talent pipelines and sourcing strategies.
• Strong understanding of data and analytics to support talent market research.
• Experience with various sourcing tools, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Seekout, and creative Boolean searches.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage and attract passive talent.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proven experience building and maintaining multiple active pipelines of talent across multiple functional areas

Nice to have:

• Experience testing new sourcing techniques, tools and approaches that drive results

• Experience implementing sourcing strategies that address both short-term and long-term hiring needs
• Knowledgeable in advanced sourcing tools and techniques utilized for recruiting top talent