Talent Acquisition Specialist, Sourcing and Talent Intelligence (Temporary Role)
Palo Alto, CA (Open to US-based Remote)
People Ops & Recruiting – Recruiting /
Temporary /
Hybrid
We are seeking a highly analytical and proactive Talent Acquisition Specialist with a strong focus on technical sourcing and talent intelligence to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in identifying, engaging, and attracting top-tier talent for critical positions across our organization. Leveraging advanced sourcing techniques, market research, and data analysis, you will build robust talent pipelines, provide strategic insights to hiring partners, and contribute to our overall talent strategy. This role is ideal for someone passionate about understanding talent markets, using data to drive decisions, and connecting Wealthfront to highly qualified candidates.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Sourcing: Develop and execute innovative, multi-channel sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive candidates for niche and high-priority roles. This includes leveraging platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, industry-specific communities, academic networks, and other non-traditional sources.
- Talent Intelligence & Market Mapping: Conduct in-depth market research and competitive intelligence to understand talent landscapes, industry trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability. Provide actionable insights to hiring managers and leadership to inform talent strategies.
- Pipeline Development: Proactively build and maintain robust talent communities and pipelines for current and future hiring needs. Cultivate long-term relationships with potential candidates.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Track, analyze, and report on key sourcing metrics (e.g., pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-fill) to evaluate the effectiveness of sourcing strategies and recommend data-driven improvements. Leverage applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other recruitment technologies for optimal data management.
- Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate closely with hiring managers, recruiters, and others to deeply understand hiring requirements, define candidate profiles, and align on sourcing approaches. Act as a trusted advisor on talent market dynamics.
- Candidate Engagement: Craft compelling outreach messages to attract and engage passive talent. Ensure an exceptional candidate experience from initial outreach through the early stages of the recruitment process.
- Employer Branding: Contribute to employer branding initiatives by showcasing the company's mission, culture, and values to potential candidates, particularly within specialized talent communities.
- Continuous Improvement: Actively monitor emerging recruitment technologies, sourcing best practices, and advancements in talent acquisition, then recommend and implement innovative solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1.5+ years of experience in talent acquisition, with a significant focus on strategic sourcing and/or talent intelligence within a fast-paced environment.
- Proven expertise in utilizing various sourcing tools and platforms (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS, CRM systems).
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, interpret, and present data to inform talent strategies.
- Experience sourcing for highly technical engineering roles
- Experience with advanced Boolean search techniques and other creative sourcing methodologies.
- Familiarity with workforce planning and succession planning concepts.
This will be a 6-month, full-time temporary role, with the opportunity to transition to a permanent position at the end of the 6-month period. Estimated annual salary range: $185,000 - $215,000 USD. This position is not eligible to receive equity or bonus compensation.
About Wealthfront
Here at Wealthfront, our mission is to create a financial system that favors people, not institutions. We do this by leveraging technology to build powerful, low-cost, and easy-to-use financial products that help modern investors grow and manage their money.
We started with the ambition to transform the investment advisory business. By automating strategies typically reserved for the wealthy, we unlocked access to high quality investment advice for a digitally-native generation that was underserved by traditional institutions. Since then, we've expanded to a full suite of products designed to help our clients turn their savings into long-term wealth, including:
- A Cash Account that, through our partner banks, offers one of the highest annual percentage yields on uninvested cash in the industry, while providing instant and secure access to your money with no account fees and a full suite of checking features.
- A zero-commission Stock Investing Account with 50+ handpicked collections that help DIY investors discover new companies and make smarter investing decisions.
- Multiple automated investing portfolios designed to unlock tax savings through sophisticated strategies like fixed income, tax-loss harvesting, and direct indexing—which we offer at industry-leading low costs and accessible minimums.
Our award-winning products have attracted over 1 million clients who trust us with more than $85 billion of their hard earned savings—and we're far from done. If you’re inspired to help us reshape the financial industry as we create our next chapter, let’s talk!
For more information please visit www.wealthfront.com. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Please review our candidate privacy notice.
Disclosures: All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Tax-Loss Harvesting benefits vary depending on the client's entire tax and investment profile. Wealthfront doesn’t provide tax advice. The Cash Account is offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC (“Wealthfront Brokerage”), Member of FINRA/SIPC. Wealthfront Brokerage is not a bank. We convey funds to partner banks who accept and maintain deposits, provide the variable interest rate, and provide access to FDIC pass-through insurance. Investment management and advisory services–which are not FDIC insured–are provided by Wealthfront Advisers LLC (“Wealthfront Advisers”), an SEC-registered investment adviser. The checking features offered in the Wealthfront Cash Account are provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Fees and Eligibility requirements may apply to certain checking features, please see the Deposit Account Agreement for details.
By “award-winning products”, please refer to www.wealthfront.com/reviews for more information. Wealthfront Corporation oversees Total Client Assets and Trusted Clients through Wealthfront Advisers and Wealthfront Brokerage. Wealthfront Advisers and Wealthfront Brokerage are wholly owned subsidiaries of Wealthfront Corporation.
