Executive Sourcing Specialist — Hybrid

Checkout Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Checkout.com is seeking a Sourcing Specialist to lead executive searches within our Strategic & Leadership Hiring practice. You’ll partner with C-suite and VP stakeholders across global markets, translating needs into targeted search plans and talent pipelines.

In this hybrid role, you’ll blend market research, passive candidate engagement, and data-driven updates to drive fast, high-quality hires while improving processes and AI-enabled sourcing.

Qualifications

• Approximately 2–3 years of experience in executive search, leadership search, strategic hiring, or a comparable high-growth in-house sourcing environment.
• Demonstrated track record of mapping complex talent markets, sourcing passive senior talent, and delivering searches.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined leadership searches independently from brief through to shortlist and handover, translating role requirements into practical search plans, target-company maps, and talent pipelines.
• Conduct high-quality research, sourcing, and direct approach to identify, engage, and pipeline diverse, highly senior, and passive talent across fintech, payments, and tech sectors.
• Act as a responsive, trusted point of contact, ensuring clear, timely, and personable communication, expectation management, and candidate care throughout complex processes.
• Own the workflow, ATS data hygiene, and operating rhythm for assigned searches while building simple frameworks and routines to remove bottlenecks and prevent search drift.
• Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders, providing concise, structured written updates, market intelligence, and candidate summaries to facilitate evidence-based decisions.
• Work closely with Talent Operations to drive AI adoption and leverage modern research tools to continuously sharpen sourcing precision, increase data accuracy, and improve search velocity.
• Progress from research and coordination into full-cycle recruiter-led delivery, building fluency in recruiter screens, structured assessments, offer construction, and negotiation support.

Skills

Executive search

Search delivery

Stakeholder management

Data discipline

AI tooling

Adaptability

Humility

Job description

Checkout.com is seeking a Sourcing Specialist to lead executive searches within our Strategic & Leadership Hiring practice. You’ll partner with C-suite and VP stakeholders across global markets, translating needs into targeted search plans and talent pipelines.

In this hybrid role, you’ll blend market research, passive candidate engagement, and data-driven updates to drive fast, high-quality hires while improving processes and AI-enabled sourcing.