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Principal Talent Sourcer

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a passionate and experienced Principal level Talent Sourcer with strong communication and collaboration skills. As a senior member of the talent sourcing team, this role will focus on sourcing for top talent across the technical and game development organizations and will have significant influence and impact across the business. You will drive sourcing strategy, identify market trends, procure competitive intelligence, and partner with team members in the execution of these critical components. The ideal candidate must be self-driven and able to successfully prioritize a book of critical open roles and pipelines.

This role can be REMOTE

Responsibilities:

• Partner closely and effectively with sourcing, recruiting and hiring teams to develop, build and execute an effective sourcing strategy
• Ability to source and deliver highly qualified prospects using multiple tools and techniques for a variety of roles at all levels
• Build talent pipelines and maintain a network of prospects through proactive market research and ongoing relationship management and sourcing campaigns
• Partner closely with cross-functional partners (talent attraction, compensation, HR, systems and operations teams, etc.)
• Develop and deliver on industry event strategies
• Maintain accurate and thorough documentation via the company’s CRM
• Positively influence and mentor members of the team

Requirements:

• A minimum of 10 years’ hands-on technical/games sourcing experience
• PC/Console Game, Mobile Game or Technology industry with in house experience preferred
• Expert in cutting edge tools/sourcing techniques
• Ability to build and deploy comprehensive sourcing strategies for hard to fill and niche talent
• Expertise and insight into the technical/gaming talent market
• Relationships with passive top talent in technical/gaming business pillars
• Strong business acumen
• Demonstrated in communication and collaboration skills
• Able to exercise independent judgment and discretion
• Strong eye for talent and intuition for culture fit
• Strong mentoring skills
• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field of study

Pluses:

• Passion for gaming
• Experience using Avature or other CRMs