Reflection

Technology

SourcingTeamLead

$165–225k ~AI est. New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sourcing Team Lead at Reflection. Skills: Talent sourcing, Recruiting strategy, Team leadership. Design sourcing strategy. Own swim lanes”

What You'll Achieve.

Raise bar on sourcing; Raise bar on communication

Industry & Context.

Technology

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Several years sourcing experience, Several years full-cycle recruiting experience, Experience with hard-to-fill roles, Experience with senior roles, Track record building pipelines, Experience guiding sourcers, Experience coaching recruiters, Fluency with sourcing tools, Fluency with ATS/CRM platforms, Comfort working from data, Comfort working from metrics, Clear communication, Organization skills, Quality-first candidate experience instinct, Quality-first employer brand instinct

Nice to Have

Experience sourcing in AI, Experience building sourcing function, Experience driving diverse-pipeline strategies

What You'll Do.

Design sourcing strategy

Assign sourcing responsibilities

Assign outreach responsibilities

Maintain outreach templates

Maintain outreach sequences

Approve new messaging

Spot-check live outreach

Make prioritization trade-offs visible

Decide which searches get capacity

Define pipeline metrics

Report on pipeline metrics

Own hands-on sourcing

Model sourcing standard

Act as calibrated interviewer

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Recruiting team

Communication Scope

Messaging; Reporting

Full Job Description

OUR MISSION Reflection’s mission is to build open superintelligence and make it accessible to all. We’re developing open weight models for individuals, agents, enterprises, and even nation states. Our team of AI researchers and company builders come from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Brain, Meta, Character.AI, Anthropic and beyond. ROLE OVERVIEW We're looking for a Sourcing Team Lead to own and elevate how Reflection finds talent. You'll set the strategy across all active searches, own hands-on sourcing for our hardest roles, and raise the bar on how the team sources and communicates. This is a high-ownership role on a small, fast-moving recruiting team — you'll have real influence over pipeline quality and the systems that drive it. Based in New York City or San Francisco. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design sourcing strategy across searches — channels, search technique, target companies, and talent pools — with a tiered approach so effort matches priority - Own swim lanes across the team, assigning who sources and who runs outreach on each search so no candidate is double-touched and nothing slips - Maintain outreach templates and sequences, approve new messaging, and spot-check live outreach for quality and personalization - Make prioritization trade-offs visible — decide which searches get capacity, in what order, and at what intensity - Define and report on pipeline metrics — volume, response rates, qualified rate, speed to pipeline, channel effectiveness — and use them to coach - Own hands-on sourcing for the hardest, most senior searches, modeling the standard for the team - Develop the team's craft: search technique, messaging, market research, and tooling; act as a calibrated interviewer for new sourcer hires WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Several years of sourcing or full-cycle recruiting experience, including hard-to-fill or senior roles - A track record of building pipelines from scratch — strong search technique and creative, high-converting outreach - Experience guiding or c

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