Contract Talent Acquisition Sourcer

We’re looking for a contract Talent Acquisition Sourcer who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and views recruiting as both art and science. In this role, you’ll build and maintain high-quality pipelines for our GTM functions, engage passive talent with thoughtful outreach, and assess candidates against defined profiles. As a strategic partner to recruiters and hiring managers, you’ll ensure alignment on hiring needs and help deliver the right talent at the right time. In this contract role, you’ll join a high-performing team known for collaboration, high standards, and exceptional candidate experience. Together, we’re focused on building a world-class team that will shape the future of our business and set us apart in a competitive talent landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively identify and engage top talent across GTM functions through various channels.
• Monitor the broader market and competitor talent pools to stay ahead of where talent is moving.
• Collaborate closely with recruiters and hiring managers to define candidate profiles and ensure alignment on needs.
• Conduct targeted outreach that reflects our value proposition and resonates with what motivates candidates.
• Qualify and assess candidate fit through active listening and thoughtful interview questioning.
• Champion our story authentically with prospects so they walk away impressed, even if we don’t hire them.
• Track outreach, pipeline health, and conversion metrics in Greenhouse and Gem to continuously improve sourcing outcomes.
• Incorporate feedback from candidates and hiring managers to refine messaging, processes, and sourcing effectiveness.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Proven success in a similar role as a Talent Sourcer with a focus on GTM functions.
• Experienced in leveraging sourcing tools and strategies such as Gem, Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and AI-supported workflows.
• Exceptional communication: you know how to build trust quickly with candidates and hiring partners, and you follow through.
• Strong data literacy: you can make sense of metrics, influence decisions, and tell the story behind the numbers.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with a capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize effectively.
• Relationship-based networker: you think in long-term connections, not just open reqs.
• High degree of professionalism with the judgment to protect sensitive and confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in a SaaS startup environment.
• Ability to thrive  in high-growth environments where ambiguity, quick pivots, and urgency are the norm.

Pendo Description:

Pendo was founded in 2013 by former product managers, who combined their heads and hearts to build something they wanted but never had as product managers -- a simple way to understand and attack what truly drives product success.  Our mission is to improve society's experience with software.

Come join one of the fastest-growing startups, supported by best-in-class institutions like Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital and Meritech. You will gain experience in a diverse and exciting set of technologies and clients and have a real impact on Pendo's future. Our culture is passionate, dynamic, and fun.

EEOC

We are an equal opportunity employer and believe having diverse teams where everyone brings their whole self to Pendo is key to our success. We welcome all people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Accessibility

Pendo is committed to working with, and providing access and reasonable accommodation to, applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you think you may require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, please send a request to: accommodation@pendo.io. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical and permitted by law.

 

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