• Own outbound sourcing across our EMEA hiring priorities, with a focus on technical roles.
• Build deep talent maps across enterprise software, AI, developer tools, cloud, infrastructure and high-growth technology companies.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to calibrate on profiles early, then iterate quickly based on feedback and conversion data.
• Use the full sourcing toolkit (LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Boolean and X-ray search, GitHub, communities) and go beyond it with creative strategies that reach people others miss.
• Run referral mining: work systematically through our team's, investors' and alumni networks to uncover warm paths to top candidates.
• Plan, host and attend recruiting events, meetups and networking events, and turn them into qualified pipeline.
• Write sharp, personalised outreach that represents Cognition's story with clarity, credibility and energy, and keep testing what works.
• Engage passive candidates and run first-call qualifying screens, handing recruiters warm, qualified, well-briefed candidates.
• Track and report on top-of-funnel metrics (response rates, pass-through rates, source of hire) and use them to keep raising pipeline quality.
• Build and maintain talent pools in Ashby for recurring and future roles.
• Work closely with international talent leadership to share what works and build scalable sourcing muscle across EMEA.