Talent Acquisition Sourcer, Strategic and Leadership Hiring

The role

You will conduct research, sourcing, and screening for senior and leadership roles. You will build talent maps and credible shortlists to support business-critical searches.

What you will do

• Turn role briefs into focused search plans.
• Build thorough company and talent maps.
• Write tailored outreach for senior, passive candidates.
• Lead substantive screening conversations to explore expertise and leadership behaviours.
• Make evidence-based recommendations on candidates.
• Keep multiple searches moving and adapt approaches based on feedback.
• Build trusted relationships with candidates and stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate candidate intelligence and applicant tracking system records.
• Use research platforms, market intelligence and AI tools to improve search speed and quality.

Required qualifications

• Recruitment experience with substantial hands-on responsibility for research, sourcing and candidate screening.
• Track record of building strong pipelines for senior or specialist roles.
• Thorough market-mapping skills.
• Compelling written and verbal communication.
• Sound judgement across functional expertise, interpersonal skills and leadership behaviours.
• High attention to detail and reliable follow-through.
• Pace, resilience and adaptability.
• A collaborative, low-ego approach.

Nice to have

• Executive search or search-firm research experience, particularly on confidential leadership appointments.
• Experience sourcing across fintech, payments or technology, and using AI or market-intelligence tools to strengthen research and outreach.

About the company

Checkout.com is a fintech company that enables over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers. They have 20 offices across six continents with London as their HQ.