EMEA Recruiting Sourcer — Outbound, AI & Tech

cognition; London (KY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London office

In-office role

Job summary

Cognition in London is seeking a Recruiting Sourcer to join our EMEA Talent team. This in-office role owns the top of the funnel for hiring across the region, collaborating with recruiters and hiring managers to engage exceptional candidates who aren’t actively seeking opportunities.

You’ll map markets, mine networks, and craft outbound strategies to build a strong candidate pipeline for enterprise software, AI, and cloud roles.

Qualifications

• Proven sourcing experience at high-growth tech companies or similar.
• Ability to map markets and build talent pools across EMEA.
• Experience with outbound recruiting and candidate engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own outbound sourcing across EMEA hiring priorities, focusing on technical roles.
• Build deep talent maps across enterprise software, AI, cloud, and related tech.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate profiles early and iterate from feedback.
• Plan, host and attend recruiting events and turn them into qualified pipeline.
• Write personalised outreach and optimize messaging based on response data.
• Track funnel metrics and improve pipeline quality over time.

Skills

Sourcing experience

EMEA markets

Outbound recruitment

Communication

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Juicebox

Boolean search

X-ray search

GitHub

Job description

Cognition in London is seeking a Recruiting Sourcer to join our EMEA Talent team. This in-office role owns the top of the funnel for hiring across the region, collaborating with recruiters and hiring managers to engage exceptional candidates who aren’t actively seeking opportunities.

You’ll map markets, mine networks, and craft outbound strategies to build a strong candidate pipeline for enterprise software, AI, and cloud roles.