Talent Sourcer

ROLE MISSION

We are seeking to bring a Talent Sourcer onto our People & Culture team to help scale 15Five to the next level. The Talent Sourcer will source top, diverse talent with speed, urgency, and integrity and will coordinate each step of the hiring process from start to finish, ensuring a seamless, inclusive, and extraordinary experience for all candidates.

As one of the founding members of our Talent Acquisition team, you have a mission critical role: sourcing and hiring values-aligned Sales Development Representative (SDR) candidates who will achieve the mission and outcomes of their role, given their depth of aptitude and competencies. You will partner with Sales Development Leadership to build high performing and highly engaged SDR teams.

OUTCOMES

• Drive a diverse candidate slate through sourcing best practices

• Leverage our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Lever and online recruiting resources such as LinkedIn, social media and alternative sourcing techniques to identify, attract and present top, diverse talent to the SDR leadership team

• Develop meaningful partnerships with organizations, communities, colleges, and universities that help source top, diverse SDR candidates 
  

• Coordinate each step of the candidate management process for SDR roles

• Build subject matter expertise in 15Five’s talent acquisition process

• Own coordination and scheduling of interviews across all SDR roles

• Maintain candidate information within our applicant tracking system (Lever); ensure data is correct across all systems and reports

• Own hiring and pre-onboarding steps: conduct reference checks, send out offer letter, initiate background checks, and kick-off onboarding process 
  

• Partner with SDR Leadership to bring in top talent

• Partner with Sales Development Managers to deeply understand team needs and culture, and the requirements of the SDR role’s mission, outcomes, and competencies

• Act as an advisor to the business, contributing to discussions on how to build winning teams

• Ensure that Lever is updated and organized at all times, proactively communicating with Sales Development Managers on the status of the candidate pipeline within 24 hours

• Proactively problem solve and provide solutions to interview scheduling and logistics
  

• Provide an extraordinary candidate experience

• Proactively communicate with candidates at every step, ensuring that they have all the information they need throughout our talent acquisition process

• Respond to candidates within 3 business days

• Develop strong relationships with candidates that result in future referrals 

• Represent 15Five’s values in every interaction with candidates

• Consider how to improve the candidate experience through Lever templates and candidate correspondence

• Identify opportunities and drive enhancements to our talent brand, talent acquisition processes, and candidate experience

COMPETENCIES

• Self-directed, independent executor with an entrepreneurial mindset; thrives in ambiguity

• Ability to stay highly organized, with exemplary time management and prioritization skills

• Proven ability to manage high volume of sourcing and resume screens, candidate correspondence, and interview team coordination

• Strong attention to detail with a focus on timely follow-up, follow through, and data integrity 

• Ability to maintain a high level of transparency and frequent communication, with strong written and verbal communication skills  

• Focused on building trusted relationships with key stakeholders; adopting a sense of urgency with candidate management in order to meet hiring managers’ needs  

• Operationally savvy and quick to learn and adopt new technologies and processes

• Ability to effectively translate our values, culture, and business strategy to our candidates

• Ability to think creatively and generate ideas to uplevel our talent acquisition efforts

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 years of experience in sourcing and recruiting in a fast-paced, hyper growth environment, ideally B2B SaaS

• 2+ years experience with diversity sourcing

• Proven track record of sourcing and hiring top SDR talent

• Experience using Lever (or another ATS), Google Suite, and Slack

• Experience working in a distributed and remote work environment

SAMPLE WEEK IN THE LIFE

• Monday: Start your week aligning on any requisition changes to the Master Hiring Plan. Attend the company-wide Boost meeting, then spend the afternoon scheduling video screens. Attend the weekly Talent Acquisition Team meeting.

• Tuesday: Spend the first part of the day in deep work sourcing candidates on LinkedIn and in various communities.  Spend the afternoon calendaring group interviews across 3 time zones. 

• Wednesday: Review resumes for 2 hours, attend a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion networking event with the goal of meeting 3 new candidates. Have a 1-on-1 meeting with your manager.

• Thursday: Email candidates on updates on where they are in the process. Debrief candidate pipeline with SDR leadership. Review resumes and schedule interviews for 2 hours. 

• Friday: Evaluate priorities for the upcoming week. Schedule video screens, ensure candidate pipeline in Lever is up to-date, and finish up by submitting your 15Five. Proactively identify process improvement opportunities and include them in your 15Five check-in.

ABOUT 15FIVE

Founded in 2011, 15Five equips HR leaders to play a strategic role in their company’s growth. HR leaders use 15Five to combine engagement, performance, and OKRs on one platform so they can make insightful decisions and take strategic action. Unlike other ‘command and control’ performance systems, 15Five uses the latest in people science to turn managers and employees into self-driven owners of performance and engagement. To further the impact of talent on company growth, 15Five also provides education, coaching, and community for HR leaders, managers, and employees. HR leaders at over 2,800 companies, including Credit Karma, Spotify, and Pendo, rely on 15Five’s software and services to make their talent a growth driver.

At 15Five we focus on building a diverse team that prioritizes inclusivity and celebrates everyone’s unique identity. We are proud of our thriving hybrid culture that supports a remote-first workplace balanced with distributed office hubs, and annual opportunities for all employees to connect in person. We also offer: full Medical, Dental, and Vision, employer paid Term, Short Term and Long Term Disability, paid Sick Time Off, Military Leave, Jury Duty Leave, Unlimited Vacation, flexible work arrangements, up to 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave for birth and non-birth parents, Bereavement Leave, therapy and relationship counselling, weekly Best-Self Time, monthly stipend for wellness, monthly reimbursement for phone and/or internet, Sabbatical Program accessed at 5 or 7 Years and Retirement Account Program with 4% match at 6 months employment. We also provide extensive training and development such as strengths discovery and alignment and Manager specific development opportunities.

Reading over the role description and feeling like you don’t check every box? That’s okay; if you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily meet all the criteria, please apply—you could be exactly who we are looking for!