Description:
At AMS, we’re building teams that are curious, collaborative, and committed to doing great work.
We are seeking a data-driven, strategic Talent Acquisition Sourcing Manager to build, lead, and scale our talent sourcing function. In this role, you will lead a team of talent sourcers while directly driving proactive pipeline strategies to identify, attract, and engage top-tier passive candidates across hard-to-fill, technical, and executive disciplines.
You will combine market intelligence, advanced search methodologies, diversity sourcing initiatives, and CRM analytics to transform our sourcing team into a proactive talent engine that drives long-term hiring growth.
What you’ll do:
- Leadership & Coaching: Manage, mentor, and grow a team of Talent Sourcers; set clear performance targets, key metrics (outreach volume, response rates, screen-to-interview ratios), and professional development plans.
- Capacity Planning: Manage sourcing allocation and workload balancing across business units, prioritizing high-impact and critical-path requisitions.
- Sourcing Capability Building: Train the team on cutting-edge sourcing techniques, boolean search strategies, AI-driven discovery tools, talent mapping, and competitive intelligence gathering.
- Proactive Talent Mapping: Design and execute strategic talent mapping and market research projects to identify talent clusters, competitor organizational structures, and passive candidate pools.
Skills & Requirements:
- Leadership experience is must. Demonstrated ability to recruit within complex oil&Gas and energy-related environments, with experience across sectors such as energy technology, manufacturing, engineering, or large-scale transformation programmes.
- Strong background in talent acquisition within the Middle East, including experience identifying, engaging, and hiring local talent across the region.
- Knowledge of localisation and nationalisation hiring requirements and the ability to incorporate these into recruitment strategies and delivery plans.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and influence decision-making at multiple organisational levels.
- Confidence presenting to clients and communicating recruitment strategies, market insights, and delivery approaches with clarity and credibility.
- Ability to articulate sourcing strategies and translate talent market intelligence into actionable hiring recommendations.
- Excellent communication and consulting skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders and business leaders.
- Familiarity with the MENAT region and its talent market landscape