Talent Acquisition Specialist (Technical Sourcing & Talent Intelligence)

Employment Type: Temporary (6-month contract with potential for permanent conversion) Salary: $185,000 - $215,000 USD (annualized) Location Type: Not Specified Equity/Bonus: Not eligible

Position Overview

Wealthfront is seeking a highly analytical and proactive Talent Acquisition Specialist with a strong focus on technical sourcing and talent intelligence. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in identifying, engaging, and attracting top-tier talent for critical positions across the organization. Leveraging advanced sourcing techniques, market research, and data analysis, you will build robust talent pipelines, provide strategic insights to hiring partners, and contribute to our overall talent strategy. This role is ideal for someone passionate about understanding talent markets, using data to drive decisions, and connecting Wealthfront to highly qualified candidates.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing: Develop and execute innovative, multi-channel sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive candidates for niche and high-priority roles. This includes leveraging platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, industry-specific communities, academic networks, and other non-traditional sources.
• Talent Intelligence & Market Mapping: Conduct in-depth market research and competitive intelligence to understand talent landscapes, industry trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability. Provide actionable insights to hiring managers and leadership to inform talent strategies.
• Pipeline Development: Proactively build and maintain robust talent communities and pipelines for current and future hiring needs. Cultivate long-term relationships with potential candidates.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Track, analyze, and report on key sourcing metrics (e.g., pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-fill) to evaluate the effectiveness of sourcing strategies and recommend data-driven improvements. Leverage applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other recruitment technologies for optimal data management.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate closely with hiring managers, recruiters, and others to deeply understand hiring requirements, define candidate profiles, and align on sourcing approaches. Act as a trusted advisor on talent market dynamics.
• Candidate Engagement: Craft compelling outreach messages to attract and engage passive talent. Ensure an exceptional candidate experience from initial outreach through the early stages of the recruitment process.
• Employer Branding: Contribute to employer branding initiatives by showcasing the company's mission, culture, and values to potential candidates, particularly within specialized talent communities.
• Continuous Improvement: Actively monitor emerging recruitment technologies, sourcing best practices, and advancements in talent acquisition, then recommend and implement innovative solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 1.5+ years of experience in talent acquisition, with a significant focus on strategic sourcing and/or talent intelligence within a fast-paced environment.
• Proven expertise in utilizing various sourcing tools and platforms (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS, CRM systems).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, interpret, and present data to inform talent strategies.
• Experience sourcing for highly technical engineering roles.
• Experience with advanced Boolean search techniques and other creative sourcing methodologies.
• Familiarity with workforce planning and succession planning concepts.

About Wealthfront

Here at Wealthfront, our mission is to create a financial system that favors people, not institutions. We do this by leveraging technology to build powerful, low-cost, and easy-to-use financial products that help modern investors grow and manage their money. We started with the ambition to transform the investment advisory business. By automati...