Sr Sourcing Specialist (12 Month Contract)

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At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry.  Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises.

As a Sr Sourcing Specialist for our Go-to-Market (GTM) team, you’ll be a critical driver of our hiring success—powering the talent engine behind a hyper growth software company. You’ll partner with the business and TA organization to identify, engage, and attract exceptional talent.

We’re looking for a proactive, detail-driven sourcing expert who thrives in a fast-paced environment. In this role, you’ll own market intelligence, build high-impact talent pipelines, and spark meaningful conversations with top candidates—turning prospects into future hires.

As a Sr Sourcing Specialist you will:

• Proactively source, identify, and engage high-quality candidates for roles across Sales, Solution Engineering and Professional Services.

• Build and maintain robust talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs in a fast-paced, global environment

• Partner closely with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to understand role requirements, team dynamics, and hiring priorities

• Conduct market mapping and talent research to provide insights on talent availability, competitor activity, and sourcing strategies

• Create, develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies using a mix of tools, platforms, and creative outreach techniques

• Craft personalized, compelling outreach messages that drive candidate engagement and response rates

• Qualify and assess candidates against role criteria, ensuring a strong alignment with both skills and culture

• Track and manage candidate activity and pipelines within the ATS and sourcing tools, ensuring data accuracy and consistency

• Build and nurture long-term relationships with passive candidates, creating talent communities for future opportunities

• Continuously analyze sourcing performance metrics and optimize strategies to improve effectiveness and efficiency

• Stay up to date with industry trends, talent market insights, and emerging sourcing tools and technologies

We're excited about if you have (Required Qualifications):

• Proven track record of successfully identifying and engaging passive candidates for competitive talent markets leveraging platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter, GEM and other sourcing tools

• Acts with a sense of urgency and experience partnering with recruiters and hiring managers in a results driven environment

• 5–7+ years of experience in talent sourcing or recruitment, with a strong focus on Go-to-Market (GTM) roles ideally

• Strong research and market intelligence capabilities, with the ability to translate insights into effective sourcing strategies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft personalised and compelling candidate outreach

• High level of organisation and attention to detail, with experience managing multiple pipelines and priorities simultaneously

• Data-driven mindset, with the ability to track metrics and optimize sourcing effectiveness

• Experience of Workday, GEM, Gemini AI and Metaview an advantage

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university  

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