Senior Talent Sourcer

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. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description:

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.

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.