ASSOCIATE SOURCING SPECIALIST-INDIA

Lumen is the trusted network for the AI‑powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high‑performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.

At Lumen, you’ll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.

This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you’re ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI‑ready connectivity, join us today.

The Role

As a Sourcing Specialist, you will play a critical role in identifying, engaging, and attracting top talent across India and APAC markets, with a strong focus on Technical and Go-To-Market (GTM) functions.

In addition to proactive sourcing, you will drive talent intelligence, market mapping, competitive research, and talent analytics. You will partner closely with Talent Advisors, hiring managers, and business leaders to provide data-driven talent insights, build strategic talent pipelines, and support workforce planning decisions.

This role combines strategic sourcing, talent intelligence, stakeholder partnership, and market research to help Lumen attract and hire exceptional talent across the region.

The Main Responsibilities

• Partner with Talent Advisors and hiring managers to understand hiring requirements, critical skills, talent availability, and business priorities.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across multiple countries and business functions.
• Identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, job boards, networking channels, and direct outreach.
• Conduct initial candidate screening to assess relevant skills, experience, motivation, compensation expectations, and availability.
• Create high-quality candidate longlists and shortlists aligned with hiring requirements.
• Develop and maintain market maps for critical and niche technical and GTM functions, identifying key talent across target organizations and adjacent industries.
• Use Draup, Naukri Talent Pulse, Eightfold, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Insights, and similar tools to generate market insights and sourcing recommendations.
• Produce talent intelligence reports covering talent availability, competitor hiring trends, talent movement, skill adjacencies, diversity representation, location strategy, and compensation insights.
• Translate market data and talent insights into actionable sourcing strategies and hiring recommendations for Talent Advisors and business leaders.
• Conduct organizational mapping, competitor research, talent benchmarking, and external pipeline analysis to support strategic hiring and workforce planning.
• Track sourcing metrics, pipeline health, candidate response and conversion rates, and the impact of market intelligence activities.
• Maintain accurate candidate, sourcing, and market intelligence data within the Applicant Tracking System and relevant talent platforms.
• Support employer branding and talent attraction initiatives across APAC markets.
• Use AI-enabled sourcing and talent intelligence tools to improve candidate identification, research quality, and productivity.
• Ensure a professional and positive candidate experience throughout the sourcing and engagement process.
• Champion the use of AI and automation tools to optimize recruiting processes, improve productivity, and enhance hiring outcomes across the talent acquisition lifecycle
• What We Look For in a Candidate
• Bachelor's degree with minimum 4+ years of experience in talent sourcing, recruitment research, talent intelligence, executive search, or talent acquisition.
• Proven experience sourcing talent across India and APAC markets; technical and GTM hiring.
• Strong expertise in passive candidate sourcing, Boolean search, research, and candidate engagement.
• Experience conducting talent mapping, competitive intelligence, labor market research, organizational mapping, and talent pool analysis.
• Hands-on experience with platforms such as Draup, Naukri Talent Pulse, Eightfold, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Insights, or similar talent intelligence solutions.
• Experience using talent intelligence tools for competitor analysis, talent availability studies, skills benchmarking, location analysis, and workforce planning support.
• Ability to interpret market data and translate talent insights into clear, actionable hiring recommendations.
• Experience preparing executive-ready talent intelligence reports and market research presentations for recruiters, hiring managers, and business leaders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Experience working in a multinational or global organization is preferred.
• Experience using AI-powered sourcing, recruiting, and talent intelligence tools is highly desirable.
• Requisition #: 344250

Equal Employment Opportunities

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