Executive Talent Sourcer & Researcher

The role

You will map markets from scratch and segment them to identify and engage executive and senior leadership talent. You will partner with recruiting and hiring leadership to build search strategies and candidate profiles.

What you will do

• Lead research and market mapping for each search.
• Segment markets by stage, scale, business model, growth trajectory, and organizational maturity.
• Map leadership teams and org structures within target companies.
• Identify non-obvious and adjacent talent pools.
• Translate research into actionable market insights for recruiters and hiring executives.
• Partner with recruiting leadership and hiring executives to turn needs into search strategies.
• Proactively source and engage passive leadership candidates through personalized outreach.
• Conduct intake conversations to assess leadership trajectory, scope, impact, and motivations.
• Maintain organized, up-to-date pipelines and candidate activity in applicant tracking systems.
• Maintain a high bar for candidate experience and discretion.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of research and sourcing experience for senior or executive-level talent, in executive search or in-house at a fast-paced, high-growth company.
• A track record of building research from the ground up.
• Experience mapping multiple distinct markets and understanding growth-stage companies.
• Strong market-segmentation instincts.
• The ability to research organizational structures and identify the actual scope and reporting lines of executives.
• Curiosity and creativity in how you uncover talent beyond traditional channels.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Comfort working in applicant tracking systems and recruiting tools.
• Strong judgment and discretion with confidential searches and sensitive organizational information.

About the company

Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with an AI-enabled platform. The company supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries.