Senior talent acquisition specialist recruiting across Canada for Castlemain, which supports class - action settlements and community programs. Building Indigenous community partnerships and sourcing project and corporate talent.
About the role
- Senior Talent Acquisition Sourcer helping Tailscale, a secure networking software company, find technical and specialized talent. Building global sourcing strategies, talent maps, and passive candidate pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Lead sourcing strategies for complex, high-priority, and difficult-to-fill searches across technical, GTM, G&A, leadership, and specialized functions
- Translate business needs, role requirements, and talent-market dynamics into targeted search strategies and actionable sourcing plans
- Identify and engage exceptional passive talent through advanced research, diverse sourcing channels, networks, communities, and creative approaches
- Independently manage multiple searches and adjust strategies based on pipeline performance, candidate feedback, market conditions, and evolving priorities
- Develop deep knowledge of Tailscale’s product, technology, business, and technical culture
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Partners and hiring teams on highly technical or nuanced profiles
- Research adjacent companies, technologies, open-source ecosystems, communities, and talent pools
- Build credibility and relationships with technical and specialized passive talent
- Use sourcing data and market insights to assess pipeline health, identify hiring risks, and improve strategies
- Conduct talent mapping and market research on talent availability, competitive landscapes, geographies, and hiring challenges
- Surface market constraints and opportunities and recommend adjustments to profiles, locations, or sourcing approaches
- Build inclusive sourcing strategies and broaden qualified talent pools
- Create personalized outreach and cultivate pipelines for current and future hiring needs
- Assess candidate interest, motivation, experience, and alignment before handoff to recruiting
- Ensure seamless handoffs and exceptional candidate experiences
- Collaborate across Talent Acquisition on complex searches, sourcing strategy, candidate calibration, and hiring priorities
- Facilitate sourcing jams and share advanced sourcing techniques, market intelligence, search strategies, and talent insights
- Build reusable talent maps, research resources, and sourcing frameworks
- Partner with Talent Acquisition Operations and leadership to improve tools, workflows, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled practices
Requirements
- 6+ years of talent sourcing and/or recruiting experience
- Significant experience sourcing highly competitive talent in high-growth or highly technical environments
- Demonstrated success sourcing across multiple functions
- Deep experience identifying highly technical Engineering and Product talent
- Experience supporting complex, leadership, or specialized searches
- Advanced expertise in sourcing techniques, talent research, market mapping, competitive intelligence, and building pipelines beyond traditional candidate pools
- Ability to understand complex or ambiguous roles and independently translate them into sophisticated sourcing strategies
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Ability to use sourcing data and market intelligence to influence search strategies and engage highly sought-after talent
- Proven ability to partner with Talent Acquisition Partners, hiring managers, and senior leaders
- Strong judgment to challenge assumptions and recommend changes when appropriate
- Ability to independently manage multiple priorities while collaborating across Talent Acquisition
- Ability to elevate sourcing practices through knowledge sharing, tools, AI, and emerging approaches
- Nice to have: experience sourcing infrastructure, networking, security, developer tools, distributed systems, or cloud talent
- Nice to have: experience using open-source ecosystems, GitHub, technical communities, research, and nontraditional recruiting channels
- Nice to have: experience supporting executive or confidential searches and sourcing globally across North America, EMEA, and/or APAC
- Nice to have: experience building talent maps or market intelligence
- Nice to have: experience facilitating sourcing jams and sharing advanced sourcing practices
Benefits
- An inclusive, flexible environment where you can be your authentic self
- A competitive total compensation package including base salary, an equity incentive plan and variable commission for quota-based roles
- Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, including health, vision, dental, and more for you and your family
- Remote-first work environment with flexibility in how and when you work
- Virtual and in-person social events
- Corporate co-working program through WeWork or similar spaces
- Employer-funded retirement contributions matching employee contributions dollar-for-dollar, up to a maximum annual employer contribution equal to 0.75% of eligible compensation
- Annual company retreat and team off-sites
- $1500 USD annually for professional development
- Mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities
- Flexible paid time off program
- Company-owned laptop (Mac or PC)
- Monthly home internet reimbursement
- $500 USD home-office workstation customization allowance
- Paid parental leave top-ups: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Accessible and inclusive hiring process with accommodations available
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