Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Q-CTRL

• No quantum experience is required, just an advanced mastery of modern sourcing methodologies, a keen interest in deep tech, and the excitement to help build a revolutionary sector!
• 6+ years of total recruiting experience, with a primary focus on proactive sourcing and engagement within a high-growth tech or startup environment
• Experience as a 360 recruiter in a deep tech, fast paced environment will also be considered
• Proven experience in gathering market intelligence and insights, analyzing hiring trends and providing meaningful data to internal teams
• Advanced expertise using modern sourcing toolsets, including LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Google X-Ray/Boolean search, academic publications, and technical databases
• Proven track record of international hiring, identifying and engaging technical talent globally,
• Demonstrated ability to advise, influence, and partner effectively with talent teams, leaders and cross-functional partners at all levels
• If you are passionate about making quantum computers useful, we strongly encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above

Desirable

• The Talent team works across the entirety of the organization to attract world-class talent to our rapidly growing global business
• As our enabling engine for growth, we are elevating our proactive sourcing capabilities as we scale —and that’s where you come in!
• Reporting directly to the Talent Manager, the Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist has a critical, high-impact mandate as a global expert in passive candidate discovery, talent mapping, market insights and engagement
• Primarily, you will focus on proactively identifying, mapping, and engaging top-tier global talent for complex roles and niche skill-sets, building sustainable talent communities, and delivering market intelligence to shape our hiring strategy
• This position supports a range of exciting and unique projects, giving you the opportunity to deep dive into our software engineering, quantum computing, and quantum sensing teams
• Contribute to building our strategic sourcing capabilities, processes and delivery framework
• Partner with our software engineering, quantum computing, and quantum sensing teams to design and execute proactive sourcing strategies across hard-to-fill and niche technical domains
• Build and nurture active talent communities for core and recurring capabilities across global markets with an emphasis on the US (but not limited to)
• Craft highly personalized, compelling outreach to convert passive global talent into active candidates for current and future business needs
• Map global talent pools across key regions and serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, delivering actionable market insights, candidate availability data, and hiring trends
• Partner directly with the talent team, hiring managers and department leaders to align on role requirements, define talent personas, and optimize top-of-funnel conversion
• Contribute to talent-facing employer branding opportunities with the support of the Talent Manager, and represent Q-CTRL at specialized global conferences and events