Technical Talent Sourcer

Who You Are

You’re a self-starter and you’re comfortable with the unknown. You’re agile, accountable, curious, and obsessed with improvement, both in yourself and in others. You like a challenge, aren’t afraid to fail and learn from your missteps and are excited to help build a world-class company from the ground up.

As a Technical Talent Sourcer, you will support Phaidra’s People Operations team. You must be highly disciplined and organized to succeed in our results-based environment.

Please note that we are a fully distributed company, and team time zones vary widely therefore we are looking for someone based on the East Coast.

Responsibilities

• Use all resources to look for and connect with potential candidates

• Collaborate with hiring managers to identify/understand each position’s requirements

• Provide skilled sourcing techniques for technical roles requiring a greater candidate pool.

• Apply strong recruitment skills including short-listing applicant pools to qualifications needed and conducting phone screens for various functional groups.

• Serve as TA support providing assistance for the TA team, able to recruit for a variety of positions/roles for multiple job postings at one time

• Develop a network of potential candidates and industry professionals

• Log candidate information in our Applicant Tracking System and other internal databases

• Measure and report on recruiting metrics, like source of hire and time-to-fill

Key Qualifications

• Proven work experience as a Talent Sourcing Specialist, Sourcer or similar role

• Deep understanding of the technical industry landscape and technically skilled to identify and screen qualified talent

• Proven ability to take initiative and build strong, productive relationships

• Proven ability to consistently and positively contribute in a high-paced, changing work environment with the ability to prioritize multiple functions and tasks and manage time efficiently

• Experience with an ATS (we use Greenhouse), and Google Workspace is required

• Excellent verbal and written communication in English, including strong active listening skills

• Excellent organizational skill and high attention to detail

• High degree of critical thinking skills

• Strong interpersonal abilities

• Able to work well asynchronously and independently with a low level of direction

• Able to use external resources appropriately

• Demonstrative of Phaidra’s values - transparency, collaboration, agility, ownership, and empathy

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Startup experience

• Remote, globally distributed workforce experience

• International sourcing experience

Base Pay

• United States Residents: $40-$100/hour

General Interview Process

• Initial screening interview with a People Operations team member (30 minutes)

• Interview with another People Operations team member (30 minutes)

• Take home assignment

• Interview with Phaidra’s Director of People and external recruiter (1 hour)

• Meeting with member of the technical team (30 minutes)