Sr. Talent Sourcer (Starlink)

SpaceX; Redmond; On-site; AUD 192,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k)

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Talent Sourcer for Starlink to build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations. You will engage passive candidates, own the search process, and partner with recruiters to move talent quickly.

This onsite role in Redmond, WA, requires strong sourcing skills, communication, and ownership. SpaceX offers a competitive package including incentives and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of recruiting or sourcing experience
• Associate degree and 6+ years of experience
• 7+ years of professional experience as a recruiter or sourcer in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years of technical sourcing or technical recruiting experience
• Experience sourcing hard-to-fill roles across multiple functions

Responsibilities

• Build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to identify and engage passive candidates
• Own the search and handoff, ensuring passive talent is closeable and excited
• Source passive candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, niche communities, events, and mapping
• Write personalized outreach and qualify candidates over the phone
• Maintain pipelines and keep ATS records accurate
• Track metrics and map competitor talent pools

Skills

Talent sourcing

Passive candidate outreach

Interviewing

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associate degree

7+ years recruiting/sourcing experience (no degree)

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub

ATS

Boolean/X-ray search

Job description

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. TALENT SOURCER (STARLINK)

We are looking for highly motivated talent sourcers to support Starlink as we scale globally across a variety of challenging disciplines consisting of, but not limited to, engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations. We are seeking a creative thinker who can leverage both traditional and non-traditional approaches to identifying excellent talent, and can build robust talent pipelines filled with the top talent in the world to grow Starlink at an unprecedented rate.

Successful candidates will have outstanding communication skills, be self-motivated, hold themselves accountable, have a willingness and drive to manage a demanding high-volume workload, possess strong presentation skills and experience working successfully in a team environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Sr. Talent Sourcer for Starlink, you will build pipelines for hard-to-fill roles across engineering, supply chain, go-to-market, and business operations. You will partner with recruiters and hiring managers to find and engage people who are not applying, and you will often be a candidate's first conversation with SpaceX. You will own the search and the handoff as an extreme owner, ensuring passive talent is closeable and excited about the opportunity.

• Run intake with recruiters and hiring managers and turn each role into a searchable profile
• Source passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, X, niche technical communities, events, and target-company mapping, using Boolean and X-ray searches
• Use AI research tools to move faster, and write the outreach yourself
• Send personalized outreach to generate quality response rates, and qualify the interested candidates over the phone
• Build and maintain pipelines for current and upcoming roles, and keep our ATS records accurate
• Track metrics to ensure your pipelines are hitting the demand the business requires
• Map competitor talent pools and share what you are seeing in the market
• Represent Starlink and SpaceX clearly and accurately in every candidate conversation

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of recruiting or sourcing experience; or associate degree and 6+ years of experience; or 7+ years of professional experience as a recruiter or sourcer in lieu of a degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of technical sourcing or technical recruiting experience, including passive outreach
• Experience sourcing hard-to-fill roles across more than one function, from individual contributor through leadership
• Proven Boolean and X-ray search skills, including building and refining your own search strings
• Experience writing personalized outreach that gets a response from passive candidates
• Working proficiency with an ATS and at least one dedicated sourcing or research tool
• Experience turning a hiring manager's intake into a searchable candidate profile
• Experience mapping talent markets, including target companies and competitor pools
• Skill at judging technical depth well enough to pass a calibrated slate to a recruiter

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• This position is based in Redmond, WA and requires being onsite full-time – hybrid and remote work will not be considered

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Pay Range:
Level 3: $135,000.00 - $175,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law. Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.

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