Senior Sourcer

You're a self-starter who celebrates teammates as loudly as your own wins. Humble hustle is your default mode.

Startup life means things shift fast. You lean into change, pivot gracefully, and genuinely enjoy figuring out what's next.

Building something new isn't always smooth. You bounce back stronger, see obstacles as puzzles, and never lose sight of the bigger picture.

You ask the questions others miss. You explore for fun, not just for work - and it shows in the quality of your thinking.

Great candidates aren't always looking for a job. That's exactly the problem we're hiring you to solve.

We're looking for a Senior Sourcer to own outbound candidate strategy across our open roles - not a coordinator role, not a "manage the inbound queue" role. You'll build pipelines of passive candidates from scratch, run your own outreach campaigns, and partner directly with hiring managers and leadership on search strategy. Most of your day will be spent finding people who weren't thinking about a new job - and giving them a reason to start.

If you've ever built a search from absolutely nothing - no shortlist, no warm leads, just a blank sheet and a hunch about where the right person might be hiding - this is your kind of problem.

Own outbound sourcing for any role - senior or otherwise - where the pipeline is thin or inbound alone isn't cutting it

Hunt down passive candidates using Boolean search, X-ray search, LinkedIn Recruiter, and whatever other channel gets the job done

Run high-volume, genuinely personalized outreach campaigns and stick with long sourcing cycles that don't pay off overnight

Have real conversations with the candidates you find, to sort signal from noise before handing off to the hiring manager

Partner directly with hiring managers and leadership to figure out where outbound effort matters most

Be the first impression of Zocks for people who've never heard of us - and make it a good one

5+ years of sourcing experience, ideally from an agency, retained search firm, or an in-house team built around outbound

Real fluency in Boolean/X-ray search and other passive-sourcing techniques - not just LinkedIn's built-in filters

A track record of engaging and actually converting candidates who weren't looking

Scrappiness - you don't wait for the perfect tool or a clean list; you figure out a way in

Resourcefulness - when the obvious channel dries up, you find a less obvious one

Comfort with a high volume of no's and silence - you treat it as data, not discouragement

Adaptability - you can shift strategy mid-search when what you're doing isn't working

Strong written communication - your outreach needs to stand out in a crowded inbox, not read like a template

Full ownership mentality - you run a search end-to-end and don't need it handed to you in pieces

This is a remote position, but we are currently only able to hire candidates who reside in the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IA, KS, MA, MI, NE, NJ, NV, NY, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WA, WI

Background and reference checks required as part of onboarding

30-min recruiter screen

Up to three 30-45-min video or onsite interviews

Offer pending references.

Total estimated time: ~3 hours

Zocks AI is an equal opportunity employer. We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status. We believe diversity drives creativity, innovation, and success - and we encourage all qualified people to apply.

We may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process. These tools assist our team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are always made by humans.