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About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Talent Sourcer to lead talent discovery and develop precision sourcing strategies across the EU region. This role focuses on building intelligence, relationships, and repeatable systems to identify and hire world-class talent across aerospace, autonomy, AI, advanced hardware, and broader business organizations.

Responsibilities

Partner with recruiters and hiring leaders to define target profiles and build data-informed sourcing strategies across the EU for various functions.
Develop comprehensive talent landscapes by company, skillset, function, geography, seniority, and organizational structure across key European markets.
Identify hidden talent pools, competitor insights, regional talent hubs, and emerging talent trends to inform recruiting strategy and workforce planning.
Identify, engage, and attract exceptional talent across diverse functions and EU markets using advanced search techniques and creative sourcing channels.
Cultivate long-term relationships with passive, highly specialized, and hard-to-find talent across the EU.
Develop expertise across EU countries and talent ecosystems, adapting sourcing strategies to local market dynamics.
Design, build, and improve AI-powered sourcing workflows, research agents, and automations.
Create structured market maps, talent intelligence reports, outreach content, and scalable recruiting processes using AI tools and workflow automation.
Serve as the subject matter expert on EU sourcing, coaching recruiters and hiring managers on regional insights and best practices.
Collaborate cross-functionally to optimize recruiting strategies, outbound messaging, candidate experience, and operational excellence across the EU.
Measure sourcing effectiveness, optimize outreach strategies, improve conversion rates, and evolve sourcing practices using recruiting analytics and experimentation.

Requirements

8+ years of sourcing experience, with significant experience supporting hiring across multiple EU markets and a broad range of functions and talent profiles.
Proven track record in market mapping, competitive intelligence, and candidate generation for highly specialized, difficult-to-fill, and business-critical roles.
Demonstrated experience sourcing across multiple disciplines, including Engineering, Software, AI/ML, Hardware, Manufacturing, Operations, Product, Program Management, Commercial, G&A, and other corporate functions.
Deep expertise in advanced Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, SeekOut, GitHub, and other modern sourcing platforms.
Strong knowledge of the EU talent landscape, including regional talent hubs, competitor ecosystems, candidate behaviors, and market dynamics.
Ability to operate as a consultative partner to recruiters, hiring managers, and senior leaders, influencing hiring strategy through market insights and talent intelligence.
Hands-on experience building or leveraging AI-powered sourcing workflows, agentic AI tools, workflow automations, or practical AI solutions.
Direct experience using AI development environments or coding assistants to create repeatable sourcing workflows, structured research outputs, market intelligence, process automation, or operational documentation.
Experience building and maintaining long-term relationships with passive, niche, senior, or otherwise difficult-to-engage talent across multiple markets.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to engage candidates from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds and influence stakeholders.
Strong judgment, curiosity, cultural awareness, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Highly organized, data-driven, and able to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, mission-driven, internationally distributed environment.

Skills

Talent Discovery
Sourcing Strategy
Talent Intelligence
Market Mapping
Candidate Generation
Pipeline Cultivation
Aerospace
Autonomy
AI
Advanced Hardware
Business Organizations
Engineering
Software
Embedded
AI/ML
Systems
Manufacturing
Operations
Product
Program Management
Corporate Functions
Advanced Boolean Search
LinkedIn Recruiter
SeekOut
HireEZ
GitHub
Professional Communities
Niche Industry Networks
Referrals
AI-powered Sourcing Workflows
Workflow Automation
Recruiting Analytics
Experimentation
Storytelling
Cross-functional Collaboration
AI Development Environments
Coding Assistants
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
ChatGPT
Gemini

Location

EU Region

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Staff
8+ years of sourcing experience

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package aligned to country office location

About the Company

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, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies.
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.
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