Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lockheed Martin is a global aerospace and defense company, and they are seeking a Talent Acquisition Critical Skills Pipeline Sourcer. This role focuses on developing high-quality candidate pipelines for critical skill areas and requires proactive sourcing and market intelligence to inform hiring strategies.
Responsibilities
- Design and execute multi-channel sourcing strategies to build robust, ready-now and ready-next talent pipelines for critical and emerging skill areas across the organization
- Identify, engage, and convert passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, GitHub, Boolean search, professional communities, industry events, and targeted referral campaigns
- Build and manage segmented talent pools for high priority, niche, and hard-to-fill roles, ensuring pipelines are continuously refreshed and engagement is maintained
- Conduct in-depth market mapping and competitive talent research to identify target companies, talent concentrations, compensation benchmarks, and candidate personas
- Deliver ongoing insights to TA leadership and hiring managers on talent supply and demand, competitor hiring activity, and emerging skill trends
- Translate market intelligence into sourcing recommendations that inform workforce planning and hiring timelines
- Partner closely with TA Leaders, recruiters, and hiring managers to understand workforce plans, headcount forecasts, and evolving skill needs
- Serve as a subject matter expert on talent availability and market conditions for assigned critical skill areas
- Influence sourcing strategy and hiring expectations through data-backed storytelling and pipeline reporting
- Build and sustain authentic, long-term relationships with prospective candidates through personalized outreach, content sharing, and community engagement
- Champion a positive candidate experience at every touchpoint, ensuring all pipeline members feel valued (whether or not there's an active opportunity)
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date pipeline activity, candidate profiles, and engagement history within the ATS and CRM
- Track and analyze sourcing KPIs including pipeline coverage, conversion rates, time-to-engage, and source-of-hire effectiveness
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of experience in talent sourcing, recruiting, or talent acquisition, with demonstrated success building pipelines for technical or critical skill roles
- Hands-on experience with sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, or comparable platforms
- Strong Boolean search skills and ability to surface hard-to-find passive talent
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling, personalized outreach that converts
- Proven ability to manage multiple pipelines, stakeholders, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Experience supporting workforce planning or talent intelligence functions
- Familiarity with CRM tools (e.g., Beamery, Phenom, Avature) and ATS platforms (e.g., Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS)
- Exposure to employer branding, talent marketing, or recruitment marketing campaigns
- Experience in a corporate TA environment, RPO, or high-volume sourcing capacity
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