Strategic TA Sourcing Lead for Elite Tech Talent

Al Tariq; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

EDGE in Abu Dhabi is seeking a TA Sourcing Lead who owns enterprise sourcing channels, pipelines and talent signals. You will act as SME on sourcing technologies and partner with outsourced providers to ensure scalable, high‑quality delivery.

This role focuses on strategic, complex, senior and escalated roles, while mentoring sourcing specialists and driving proactive pipeline strategy across EDGE clusters. English proficiency and international collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Talent Acquisition Sourcing with deep knowledge of the technical aspects of sourcing across multiple channels (e.g. referral generation, deep Talent research, prompt engineering, BOOLEAN, leveraging AI tools, OSINT methods, sourcing signals etc.)
• Proven delivery of business-critical sourcing assignments.
• Advanced expertise in LinkedIn Recruiter and ATS platforms.
• Experience with developing Talent market intelligence and sourcing signal development (outside of LinkedIn alone).
• Expert at relationship and rapport building, career marketing, delivery of employee brand propositioning and employer branding messages.

Responsibilities

• Own, develop and nurture enterprise sourcing channels, pipelines, and modular Talent pools across all EDGE clusters and entities.
• Ensure Talent pipelines, Talent pools, and referrals are modular and deployed Group-wide, appropriately and proactively.
• Own sourcing SLAs, KPIs, and executive reporting.
• Lead delivery of complex priority and escalated sourcing assignments (P1, P2 escalations).
• Provide white-glove sourcing and referral management for EDGE Leadership.
• Define sourcing methodologies, channel strategies, and tool standards.
• As a Subject Matter Expert (SME), you will deliver strategic market intelligence and Talent insights including sourcing signals, while acting as a champion for data driven Talent insights.
• Lead proactive pipeline strategy for critical role families, to include zero day hiring.
• Partner with Vendor Management on OSP/RPO capacity planning and performance.
• Coach and guide sourcing specialists through knowledge sharing.
• Own and drive sourcing initiatives and improvements that improve pipeline quality, speed, or health and act as a key contributor to TA projects and initiatives, to include Enterprise level projects and initiatives.
• Cultivate and nurture Talent pipelines across all channels via the delivery of bespoke and templated employer branding and value propositions.

Skills

Talent Sourcing

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS platforms

AI sourcing tools

Stakeholder management

Tools

AI sourcing tools

OSINT methods

Job description

EDGE in Abu Dhabi is seeking a TA Sourcing Lead who owns enterprise sourcing channels, pipelines and talent signals. You will act as SME on sourcing technologies and partner with outsourced providers to ensure scalable, high‑quality delivery.

This role focuses on strategic, complex, senior and escalated roles, while mentoring sourcing specialists and driving proactive pipeline strategy across EDGE clusters. English proficiency and international collaboration are essential.