Lead Talent Sourcer

Job Description

Overview

Microsoft is seeking a dynamic Lead Talent Sourcer who thrives on exceeding goals, driving innovation, and empowering others to reach their full potential. If you are passionate about making a measurable impact and enjoy coaching and mentoring peers to deliver best-in-class results, this is the ideal opportunity for you.

As our most senior sourcing expert, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Microsoft's future by identifying and engaging top industry talent. You’ll have the freedom to challenge conventional approaches and introduce sourcing solutions that elevate performance across the organization, ensuring we remain ahead of the curve. This position goes beyond traditional sourcing activities—you will play a key role in continuously improving and iterating our sourcing processes. You’ll coach and mentor others, advocate for best practices, and build strong relationships with key stakeholders. You’ll be comfortable using data to inform talent decisions and help drive smarter, more strategic sourcing outcomes. Our team values initiative and excellence, recognizing those who consistently contribute to evolving how we work. Join us to be a part of a team that champions collaboration, creativity, and ongoing learning.

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We come together every day with a growth mindset, innovate to enable others, and collaborate toward our shared goals. We live our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to foster a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive both at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Leading sourcing strategies to identify and attract top talent, always striving to exceed key recruitment metrics and benchmar
• Collaborating with business leaders to understand their hiring needs and develop effective sourcing plans that deliver exceptional outcomes.
• Continually improve, drive and advocate for the adoption of best practices in sourcing and recruitment, setting new standards for performance and impact.
• Mentoring and coaching a team of sourcers to achieve sourcing goals, cultivating a culture of excellence, ambition, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical recruiting experience. -
• Many years experience in talent sourcing, recruiting, or talent acquisition, preferably within a large, global organization.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing and executing innovative sourcing strategies for a variety of roles and business units.
• Highly effective stakeholder management skills, including experience partnering with business leaders and hiring managers.
• Proven ability to mentor, coach, and lead teams to achieve ambitious goals in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with sourcing technologies, social platforms, and applicant tracking systems.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.