Talent Acquisition Sourcer 6 month Contract

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If you dont think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job please apply. Nobody checks every box - were looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.

We are seeking a highly strategic Technical Sourcer to join our team. This role is crucial for scaling our most complex and critical technical teams and will be a key driver in shaping Kongs future talent strategy in EMEA.

About the Role:
Join us in building Kongs future! Reporting to the Manager of Technical Recruiting for EMEA and India you will serve as a critical trusted advisor to Engineering Product and Professional Services leadership across the region. Your mission is to solve the most challenging scaling problems building pipeline for highly specialised and senior roles and drive innovation in our recruiting processes. You will also be key in shaping our employer brand in Milan and driving in person meetups.

What Youll Do

• Architect and drive specialised sourcing strategies to secure world-class typically hard-to-find talent for senior-level (Senior Staff Principal) and highly specialised technical roles.

• Serve as a talent consultant to executives and senior leadership leveraging deep market intelligence to advise on organisational design compensation structures and global talent mapping.

• Proactively build and maintain a hyper-focused pipeline of passive candidates positioning Kong as an employer of choice in competitive markets.

• Conduct thorough screenings and interviews to assess candidates technical skills and cultural fit acting as a steward for our hiring bar.

• Maintain meticulous job postings and candidate data within our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

  What You Bring
  3 years of progressive full-cycle technical recruiting experience
  Strong knowledge of the highly competitive Italian/EMEA technical landscape with a proven ability to successfully compete for talent against top-tier late-stage start-ups and public companies.
  Demonstrated ownership of core TA programs or significant process improvements across the recruiting lifecycle.
  Expert command of advanced sourcing and candidate engagement techniques moving beyond standard LinkedIn Recruiter usage.
  Ability to challenge ideas and effectively influence others.
  Great collaborator and partner to HRBPs Finance and other internal stakeholders.
  Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  

About Kong:

Kong Inc. a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike Kongs unified API and AI platform Kong Konnect enables organizations to secure manage accelerate govern and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information visit .