Lead proactive talent discovery and market mapping across EMEA and APJ for Go-to-Market and Engineering roles. Build data-driven sourcing strategies, generate pipelines using advanced Boolean and niche platforms, engage passive and cleared candidates, coach recruiters and hiring managers, and partner with TA ops, branding, and university teams to optimize outreach and hiring outcomes.
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
As we scale rapidly across EMEA and APJ regions, we’re looking for a highly driven Senior Talent Sourcer who lives and breathes talent discovery - someone who can take a complex, highly specialized needs and translate it into a precision sourcing strategy. You’ll be the go-to expert for market mapping, proactive candidate generation, and pipeline cultivation across our Go-to-Market and Engineering groups.
This isn’t just a “find resumes” role - it’s about building intelligence, relationships, and repeatable systems that fuel our engineering hiring engine.
This isn’t just a “find resumes” role - it’s about building intelligence, relationships, and repeatable systems that fuel our engineering hiring engine.
What you'll do:
- Own the top of funnel: Partner closely with recruiters and hiring leaders to define target profiles and build deep, data-informed sourcing strategies across multiple regions and functions.
- Map the market: Develop comprehensive talent landscapes by company, skillset, and geography; identify hidden talent pools and competitor org structures to inform recruiting strategy.
- Generate and engage: Use advanced Boolean, tooling, and creative sourcing channels (LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, SeekOut, Github, forums, niche aerospace networks, etc.) to identify and engage exceptional candidates.
- Build pipelines proactively: Maintain warm relationships with high-value candidates to enable just-in-time hiring across priority programs.
- Be the sourcing SME: Coach recruiters and hiring managers on market insights, talent availability, and candidate engagement best practices.
- Partner for impact: Work cross-functionally with TA ops, branding, and university teams to optimize outbound messaging
Required qualifications:
- 5+ years of proven cross-regional sourcing experience, ideally in aerospace, defence, autonomy, or other complex hardware/software industries (in-house or executive search environment)
- Proven track record in market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for highly specialized technical roles.
- Deep expertise in Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireZ, and other sourcing platforms.
- Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with passive, cleared, or niche engineering talent.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills - you know how to engage technical talent authentically.
- Highly organized, data-driven, and able to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous and ever evolving environment with shifting priorities
Our international teammates receive a comprehensive total rewards package aligned to your country office location. For full details on compensation and benefits, please consult your talent acquisition partner.
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