Talent Sourcer
Job description
A Sourcer role on Payward's Global Sourcing team, responsible for designing and executing hiring strategies and building candidate pipelines across tech and non-tech disciplines in a fully remote, async-first environment.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Partner with Hiring Managers and Recruiters to design and execute effective hiring strategies
- Gather, organise and communicate competitive market intelligence, identifying where target talent exists and sharing industry trends
- Collaborate with the broader sourcing team in leveraging best practices across research techniques, boolean searches, tools, networking and other sourcing methods
- Independently develop and maintain candidate flow across a variety of disciplines, leveraging data to drive decision making and process improvement
- Source candidates through a variety of search resources (social media, internal database, job boards, networking, internet searches, etc.)
- Be an ambassador to Kraken/Payward, sharing our values and drive brand awareness in the market
- Participate in research projects and other initiatives which improve the infrastructure of hiring
What we're looking for
- Exceptional track record sourcing talent for reputable, fast-growing, high bar technology/product businesses against ruthless competition
- High craft - Ability to translate hiring needs into accurate sourcing strategies; strong expertise in boolean/X-ray sourcing
- High motor
- Scrappiness - you do not see problems but opportunities
- Strong product sense
- Sound appreciation for the fundamentals of talent acquisition, but creative and inquisitive when considering modern tactics
- High agency, strong bias for action, and the confidence to push boundaries, influence stakeholders, and close exceptional talent without compromise
- Comfort in the chaos, thriving in ambiguity, owning your outcomes, and moving with urgency in a fully async, remote-native setting
- Ability to produce compelling market intelligence based on business and industry knowledge - Fintech/crypto understanding required
Nice to have
- Bonus points if you've hacked it in crypto, fintech or any product-driven org
Your team
Global Sourcing team
Our sourcing team's track record is unprecedented - we provide velocity and quality to our pipelines through hard work, but always working as a team.
How to get hired
- 1We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process
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About Kraken
Building the Future of Open Finance
Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry.
Mission
Built to advance an open, global financial system
Key facts
- Payward is the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks
- Has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry
- We are building one interoperable stack connecting crypto, tokenized assets, and traditional markets
- Businesses under the Payward umbrella include Kraken, Ninjatrader and Reap
What they value
- We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job
- We celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table