Non-Technical Sourcer - TikTok - San Jose (Third-Party Associate)

ompetitor analysis, leveraging market intelligence to inform strategy and stay ahead of trends. While the pace and shifting priorities can be challenging, they also present an exciting opportunity for a proactive, strategic Sourcer to make a lasting impact on the future of our organization.

This is a 12-month temporary assignment, pay-rolled through a third-party staffing agency.

Responsibilities
As a Recruiting Sourcer, you'll lead the end-to-end sourcing process (excluding final offer extensions) for high-impact roles, with a focus on identifying, engaging, and delivering exceptional talent. This role demands more than reviewing resumes-it calls for a strategic, proactive mindset and a deep understanding of business needs, team dynamics, and what distinguishes top-tier candidates.
Success requires strong organization, adaptability, and a relentless commitment to both speed and quality. You'll thrive by taking initiative, navigating ambiguity, and applying sharp business acumen in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

You'll be responsible for:

• Developing Targeted Sourcing Strategies: Partner with hiring managers and recruiters across both English-speaking and Chinese-speaking regions to craft tailored sourcing strategies, leveraging platforms like LinkedIn, niche job boards, and internal databases to proactively headhunt hard-to-find talent. Your ability to negotiate and influence during candidate conversations will be critical to securing top-tier candidates.
• Engaging and Evaluating Talent: Conduct thorough outreach, pre-screening, and interviews to evaluate candidate fit, motivation, and potential. Summarize detailed candidate profiles that highlight key differentiators, providing actionable insights to hiring teams.
• Owning the Process: Manage the full lifecycle of sourcing responsibilities with structure and organization, from reviewing candidate queues to scheduling interviews, following up on feedback, and ensuring a seamless candidate experience. You'll anticipate challenges and address them proactively to keep the process moving.
• Understanding the Market: Dive deep into the talent landscape by conducting competitor analysis and talent mapping to inform hiring strategies. Collaborate with the business to provide data-driven insights on industry trends, talent availability, and market dynamics.
• Build Relationships: Cultivate and maintain robust talent pipelines to meet current and future hiring needs, nurturing candidate relationships to ensure a steady flow of high-quality prospects.
• Driving Excellence: Maintain meticulous records in the ATS and sourcing tools, ensuring data accuracy and delivering regular updates on sourcing progress and key metrics to stakeholders.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• 1-5 years of sourcing experience across diverse, non-technical functions, in either an in-house or agency setting.
• Fluency in both English and Mandarin required: The role involves frequent communication with global teams, clients, and stakeholders in English-speaking regions as well as Chinese-speaking markets. Proficiency in Mandarin is essential to effectively engage with Chinese-speaking partners and understand cultural nuances, ensuring smooth cross-cultural collaboration.
• Strong ability to prioritize, multitask, and operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with keen attention to detail.
• Proficient in sourcing tools and techniques, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and other professional platforms.
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to generate and present actionable insights and reporting to stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience sourcing or recruiting in high-growth, fast-paced, or startup-like environments.
• Ability to navigate global, rapidly evolving organizations with adaptability and resilience.
• Proven success supporting high-volume requisitions while partnering closely with regional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and influence across multiple levels of an organization.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (hourly)

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $29- $55.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.