Talent Sourcing Senior Specialist
Cisco · Posted Oct 30
Networking, cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT infrastructure services
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About the role
The role sits within a globally connected talent acquisition team operating at the heart of Cisco's APJC growth strategy, partnering with business leaders to identify and attract technology talent. The team focuses on building talent pipelines through market mapping, salary benchmarking, and competitive landscape analysis. This senior specialist will design and execute creative sourcing strategies for senior, specialized, and hard-to-fill roles, act as a brand advocate, and use data analytics and AI to measure and improve sourcing outcomes.
What you will do
- This role strategizes Talent Acquisition by developing and implementing creative sourcing strategies to attract high-quality candidates for various roles within the enterprise, often focusing on senior, specialized, or hard-to-fill positions.
- It involves conducting thorough market mapping and analysis to understand where potential candidates are employed, industry trends, salary benchmarks, and the competitive landscape, which inform sourcing strategies.
- Building and maintaining a pool of qualified talent through market research and ongoing relationship management ensures a robust talent pipeline.
- The role acts as a brand advocate, representing the company in a positive light by communicating the company culture, values, and job opportunities to attract top talent. It requires close collaboration with hiring managers and Talent Acquisition teams to understand specific job requirements and support business objectives. Continuously improving the sourcing process by using new technologies, tools, and innovative sourcing techniques enhances efficiency and effectiveness.
- The role ensures sourcing strategies are inclusive and designed to attract a diverse range of candidates to support the company's diversity and inclusion goals.
- Additionally, data analytics is used to track sourcing metrics and outcomes, providing insights into the effectiveness of strategies and enabling data-driven decision-making to optimize the talent acquisition process.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, 9+ years of relevant experience in Talent Acquisition or Sourcing.
- Consistent track record as a senior individual contributor with deep expertise in sourcing for complex, specialized, or leadership-level roles and proactively build and handle talent pools in key areas.
- Solves complex problems that involve creative sourcing for specialized roles or niche markets.
- Handles a higher level of complexity in work, often developing unique solutions to sourcing challenges.
- Strong analytical capabilities, with the ability to perform root cause analysis and translate complex data sets into actionable recruitment strategies.
- Can lead projects and initiatives that transform sourcing capabilities within the team.
- Collaborates across different areas of HR and the business to align sourcing with strategic objectives.
- Makes significant decisions that can shape sourcing approaches and affect the quality of hires.
- Strong grasp of advanced sourcing techniques and talent market trends.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional recruitment projects or regional initiatives.
- Ability to operate with high autonomy in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
- Adept at using AI to create new ways of Sourcing and working with data (creating agents, dashboards etc.)
- Integrates business knowledge into sourcing strategies for optimal results.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc. is a worldwide leader in IT, networking, and cybersecurity solutions that transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. The company specializes in routing, switching, data center infrastructure, and software-defined networking designed for enterprises of all sizes. Today, Cisco drives major advancements in AI infrastructure, observability, and secure hybrid work platforms.
- Industry
- Networking
- Company size
- 90000+ employees
- Founded
- 1984
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
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