Talent Sourcing Specialist - Executive Recruitment

The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end sourcing strategy for executive and senior leadership positions across the business.
• Identify, engage, and build relationships with high-calibre passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, executive search techniques, networking, referrals, and market mapping.
• Develop and maintain robust talent pipelines for current and future leadership hiring needs.
• Partner closely with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, and senior stakeholders to understand hiring priorities and provide market intelligence.
• Conduct comprehensive market mapping, competitor analysis, and talent benchmarking to support strategic hiring decisions.
• Manage and maintain recruitment trackers, ensuring complete accuracy of hiring data, candidate pipelines, interview progress, and reporting.
• Project manage recruitment activity across multiple senior-level vacancies, ensuring milestones, timelines, and stakeholder expectations are effectively managed.
• Produce regular recruitment reports and dashboards, providing data-driven insights on pipeline health, sourcing effectiveness, time-to-fill, and hiring progress.
• Ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the sourcing and engagement process.
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism while recruiting for highly sensitive and confidential leadership appointments.
• Continuously monitor market trends, salary benchmarking, and competitor hiring activity within the UAE.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years' experience sourcing senior-level professionals, including Director, VP, Executive, and C-Suite appointments.
• Previous recruitment experience within the Dubai/UAE market is essential.
• Demonstrated success in executive search, talent mapping, and sourcing passive candidates.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior business leaders.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to manage complex recruitment trackers, analyse hiring data, and produce meaningful reports.
• Strong project management and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple executive hiring campaigns simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly analytical with strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, and other sourcing platforms.
• Must be from an entertainment, tourism, real estate or retail background sourcing high level roles.

Availability