Sr. Sourcer, Corporate

Databricks Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Corporate Sourcer focused on leadership hiring to partner with hiring managers, TA teams, and HR business partners. You will craft targeted search strategies, map markets, and build diverse pipelines to fill Manager through VP roles with high-caliber leaders.

You will act as a flexible utility player across corporate functions, guiding candidate engagement, calibration of profiles, and data-driven updates during searches, all while advancing a global diversity agenda.

Qualifications

• Experience: 6+ years of specialized sourcing or talent acquisition experience, with a proven track record of identifying and engaging corporate talent from Manager up to VP level.
• Utility Player Mindset: High adaptability and comfort with ambiguity; pivot between functions, role types, and evolving business needs.
• Stakeholder & Candidate Engagement: Ability to build credibility and strong relationships with passive candidates across career stages.
• Strategic & Conceptual Mindset: Synthesize market data, map target organizations, translate business needs into sourcing strategies.
• Resourcefulness & Drive: Scrappy, creative, proactive in surfacing hard-to-find talent within tight timelines.
• Organization & Agility: Strong prioritization to manage multiple leadership searches in a fast-paced environment.
• Technical & Sourcing Tools: Proficiency with modern sourcing tools, CRM platforms, ATS systems, and talent intelligence platforms.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers, TA teams, and HR partners to design and execute targeted search strategies.
• Engage high-impact leaders across Manager, Director, and VP tiers through market intelligence and talent mapping.
• Develop comprehensive sourcing strategies across HR, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations.
• Act as a flexible utility player across the TA team and leadership priorities.
• Cultivate diverse talent networks to support current and future leadership needs.

Job description

While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered.

Drive the identification, engagement, and alignment of top-tier talent across corporate functions, with a primary focus on leadership hiring (Manager level through VP/Executive). In this role, you will act as a strategic partner to business leaders and recruiting partners, delivering a high-touch, consultative sourcing experience.

We are looking for a true utility player: someone adaptable, highly versatile, and ready to pivot across functional areas, search levels, and talent initiatives as business priorities evolve. You will build robust, diverse pipelines that ensure we consistently raise the bar and scale leadership across the organization with intention.

The impact you will have:

As a Corporate Sourcer supporting Leadership Hiring, you will partner directly with hiring managers, talent acquisition teams, and HR business partners to design and execute targeted search strategies. You will combine market intelligence, proactive outreach, and talent mapping to engage high-impact leaders across Manager, Director, and VP tiers.

Additionally, the Corporate Sourcer is responsible for:

• Search Strategy & Market Mapping: Build and execute comprehensive sourcing strategies to identify, map, and engage high-caliber talent across various corporate functions (e.g., HR, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations).
• Cross-Functional Versatility: Act as a flexible "utility player" across the TA team, comfortably shifting focus across different business areas, candidate levels, and emergent search priorities without missing a beat.
• Pipeline Development & Diversity: Proactively cultivate deep, diverse talent networks to support current and future leadership needs while advancing our commitment to a diverse global workforce.
• Candidate Engagement & Relationship Building: Gain the trust of passive prospective candidates, articulate our value proposition, and successfully convert them into active candidates across Manager, Director, and Executive levels.
• Calibration & Intelligence: Partner with hiring managers and recruiters to calibrate candidate profiles, share market research, and provide insights on industry talent trends.
• Rigorous Screening: Conduct thorough initial assessments and screens to evaluate prospective candidates against functional needs, leadership capabilities, and our hiring bar.
• Data & Search Progress: Track and leverage sourcing metrics, market feedback, and candidate data to refine sourcing tactics and present updates during search reviews.
• Knowledge Sharing: Continually contribute to the team’s knowledge base by sharing competitive landscape mapping, market conditions, and target company research.

What we look for:

• Experience: 6+ years of specialized sourcing or talent acquisition experience, with a proven track record of identifying and engaging corporate talent from Manager up to VP level.
• Utility Player Mindset: High adaptability and comfort with ambiguity; ability to pivot seamlessly between different corporate functions, role types, and evolving business needs.
• Stakeholder & Candidate Engagement: Demonstrated ability to build credibility and establish strong relationships with passive candidates across varying career stages.
• Strategic & Conceptual Mindset: Able to synthesize market data, map target organizations, and translate business needs into actionable sourcing strategies.
• Resourcefulness & Drive: A track record of being scrappy, creative, and proactive in surfacing hard-to-find talent within tight timelines.
• Organization & Agility: Strong prioritization skills to manage multiple leadership searches simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Technical & Sourcing Tools: Proficiency with modern sourcing tools, CRM platforms, ATS systems, and talent intelligence platforms.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipated utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here .

Zone 1 Pay Range

$125,000 — $171,950 USD

Zone 2 Pay Range

$112,600 — $154,750 USD

Zone 3 Pay Range

$106,300 — $146,200 USD

Zone 4 Pay Range

$100,000 — $137,500 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , and Instagram .

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here .

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

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