Sourcing Lead

Were hiring a Sourcing Lead to drive sourcing across both contingency and fractional recruiting engagements and to help build the technology-enabled sourcing engine that keeps us on the cutting edge of finding and engaging great people. This is a hands-on role in which youll personally source across multiple clients while helping raise the output of the sourcing function as a whole. 

Youll work on dedicated client teams alongside Client Managers Recruiters and recruiting operations specialists. Your job will be to build run and monitor multi-channel outreach campaigns and sequences tracking responses and effectiveness adjusting as you go.

Another central goal of this position is to reimagine sourcing as a multi-channel engine that is far less dependent on any single platform. Were looking for someone who brings fresh ideas about how to reach and engage candidates and who is energized by building something better than what exists today. 

If you think in systems and workflows and if you love solving problems testing what works and using modern tools and AI to connect with people faster this role was built for you.

What Youll Do

• Drive qualified candidate flow across multiple clients and positions
• Collaborate with our Client Managers and the Director of Service Delivery to triage the full book of open positions deciding which searches need outbound sourcing and at what intensity
• Personally source across multiple clients and searches modeling the standard for the team
• Help design and build a technology-enabled multi-channel sourcing engine working with the Managing Principal to evaluate and adopt emerging technology and tools
• Develop repeatable workflows sourcing strategies and outreach cadences that multiply the teams output relative to its hours
• Bring a data-driven test-and-learn approach tracking whats working across channels diagnosing what isnt and continuously improving response and conversion
• Build and run multi-channel outreach that expands our reach engages prospects faster and reduces our dependence on any single platform
• Use data-enrichment tools to identify personal contact information  such as personal emails and mobile numbers  so we can engage candidates directly
• Partner with Client Managers and Recruiters to translate client goals and candidate profiles into sharp effective sourcing strategies
• Provide visibility into early pipeline activity and outreach performanceanalyzing new leads responses to messaging and other data that helps drive searches meaningfully forward
• Keep our ATS and sourcing data accurate and up to date
• Represent Forrest Johnson Recruitings values in every interaction with candidates and teammates as well as in your broader professional presence including LinkedIn where your outreach reflects our firm

Who Were Looking For

We care deeply about how our team shows upwith clients candidates and each other. The right person for this role will see themselves in the values below not as ideals but as expectations.

• Be Excellent. You take pride in doing the work well. You prepare follow through on commitments and proactively push updates to your teammates before they have to ask. You believe excellence is built through consistency and attention to detail.
• Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated. You approach sourcing with empathy and respect. You treat candidates like people not resumes and teammates like partners. You take ownership and respond quickly because you know trust is built in the small moments.
• Be Transparent. You believe honesty is a gift. You share whats working what isnt and what might be uncomfortable to hear  including when something outside of work is affecting how you show up  because thats how good decisions get made and how we support each other.
• Be Accountable. You own your work and your numbers. You stay steady when things get hard take responsibility for outcomes and are proactive about solving problems.
• Be Curious. You ask good questions and dig for answers. You want to understand what a search really requires where the right talent is hiding and why one channel or message outperforms another. Youd rather test a new tool or approach than assume the old way still works.
• Be Teachable. You bring experience but not ego. Youre open to feedback willing to learn and comfortable saying I dont know when appropriate. You want to keep getting better at your craft.
• Be Redemptive. You handle tension mistakes and misalignment with maturity. You look for solutions not scapegoats and believe relationships can be strengthened through honest respectful conversations.
   

Qualifications :

Were looking for someone who has done high-volume sourcing or outbound work before whether in a sourcing seat or an SDR/BDR role. We also want someone comfortable with modern tools and ready to roll up their sleeves and build.

• Bachelors degree required ideally in Business Information Systems Communications Marketing or Psychology
• 2 years of talent sourcing experience including high-volume searches; comparable outbound experience such as a sales development (SDR/BDR) background will be considered
• A gritty execution-oriented approachyoure willing to do the hands-on work every day and model it for others
• A problem-solvers instinct and a test-and-learn mindsetyou get into the data track whats working across channels and iterate rather than leaning on a single playbook
• A balance of creative problem-solving and a genuine love for process and consistency
• A systems and workflows mindsetyou see a collection of tools and design an orchestrated multi-channel engine
• Comfortable and current with modern sourcing or prospecting technology and AI toolsyou actively use them to find research and engage candidates or leads faster
• Hands-on expertise with sourcing channels beyond LinkedIn such as database mining data enrichment contact-data and outreach platforms and Boolean search across sources
• Experience building running and monitoring multi-channel outreach campaigns and sequences
• Experience supporting many open roles at once while maintaining quality and momentum
• Working knowledge of ATS CRM and/or sales-engagement platforms
• Strong clear written and verbal communication
• Ability to stay organized manage details and keep work moving without close supervision
• Comfort working in a fully remote high-trust environment with the ability to attend quarterly in-person meetings in the Atlanta area
• Authorized to work in the United States; we are unable to provide visa sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience standing up or significantly improving a sourcing function sourcing engine or outbound lead-generation engine
• Familiarity with modern sourcing outreach and automation tools
• Experience building and managing multi-channel outreach and email/SMS deliverability at scale
• Agency RPO or fractional/embedded recruiting experience across multiple clients and industries
   

Additional Information :

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary (W-2) designed to support focused high-quality work without the pressure of commission-based incentives
• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO with no set accruals intended to support personal needs rest and vacation and grounded in mutual accountability and planning
• Company closed between Christmas and New Years Day
• Fully remote work environment
• Annual company offsite
• Quarterly check-ins

Forrest Johnson Recruiting is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time