Director of Sourcing and Marketing Intelligence at Fivetran – Oakland, California
About This Position
From Fivetrans founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. Were proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.
About the Role
We are seeking a strategic and data-driven Global Director of Talent Sourcing & Market Intelligence to lead and scale our global sourcing function. This leader will manage a distributed team of high-performing sourcers responsible for building proactive, high-quality candidate pipelines across our most critical roles worldwide.
This role sits at the intersection of talent strategy, workforce planning, employment brand, and business intelligence. You will design and execute a forward-looking sourcing strategy that ensures our teams have access to exceptional talent today and in the future. You will also build and operationalize a talent market intelligence program that informs business leaders, shapes hiring decisions, and enables long-term workforce planning.
Our hybrid work model offers a blend of remote flexibility and in-person collaboration, including two days in the office each week to connect and build as a team.
What Youll Do
Global Sourcing Strategy:
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Define and execute a comprehensive global talent sourcing strategy aligned with company growth priorities, and advise on the location strategy.
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Build a framework to set clear, aggressive yet attainable goals and KPIs for our sourcers that will stretch them to continuously grow and excel in their careers.
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Partner with the VP of Global Talent Acquisition & Talent Leaders to establish clear operating criteria defining which hiring requisitions are supported by centralized sourcing versus managed directly by recruiting teams, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and hiring efficiency.
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Build scalable sourcing plans supporting Technical, GTM, and leadership hiring across regions.
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Develop proactive talent pipelines for critical and emerging business capabilities.
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Implement innovative sourcing methodologies, tools, and technologies to increase efficiency, quality, and diversity of pipelines.
Talent Market Intelligence:
- Establish enterprise-wide market intelligence practices including:
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Talent mapping
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Competitive hiring analysis
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Talent availability and location insights
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Provide data-backed recommendations on where and how Fivetran should hire.
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Deliver forward-looking trends and insights on talent supply, hiring risk, and competitor activity.
Data, Analytics & Hiring Predictability:
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Champion a data-driven talent acquisition culture across Fivetrans Talent Acquisition function.
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Serve as the product owner for TA top of funnel dashboards and analytics in partnership with TA Operations.
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Manage TA dashboards tracking key hiring metrics, including pipeline health, hiring plan progress, talent quality, and funnel conversion.
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Implement data-driven operating mechanisms that improve hiring predictability, execution efficiency, and decision-making.
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Establish measurable SLAs, KPIs, and performance frameworks across sourcing, recruiting and hiring teams.
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Translate Talent Acquisition data into actionable business insights and executive-ready narratives.
Executive Partnership & Workforce Planning:
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Partner with TA and Business leadership to anticipate talent demand ahead of organizational growth.
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Support quarterly and annual workforce planning through talent and market insights.
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Regularly present hiring performance, risks, and strategic recommendations to the leadership team.
Strategic & Special Projects
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Personally drive sourcing and hiring strategy for executive and leadership-level searches across all the functions.
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Partner directly with executive stakeholders on confidential or escalated hiring situations.
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Step in as a hands-on leader to unblock priority searches impacting company execution.
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Lead special talent initiatives tied to new market entry or strategic growth priorities.
What Were Looking For
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12+ years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, with significant experience in strategic sourcing within a high-tech or fast-scaling environment. 7+ years of mgmt experience.
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Demonstrated experience building proactive pipelines for highly technical and hard-to-fill roles.
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Strong expertise in talent market intelligence, workforce planning, and labor market analytics.
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Experience building KPIs and performance frameworks that drive measurable impact.
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Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate as a strategic business partner.
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Deep understanding of global hiring markets and cross-regional talent dynamics.
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Strong analytical mindset with experience using sourcing analytics tools, talent intelligence platforms, and reporting dashboards.
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Excellent executive communication and storytelling skills.
What Success Looks Like
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Sustainable, high-quality pipelines for all critical roles globally.
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Clear visibility into pipeline health and market dynamics.
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Business leaders proactively using talent intelligence to inform decisions.
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A high-performing sourcing team with strong engagement and measurable impact on hiring outcomes.
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Reduced time-to-accept and improved quality-of-hire across Fivertran
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The compensation range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire compensation for the target position and level, and may include sales incentives or target bonuses depending on the role. Our compensation ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The compensation range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation range for your location during the hiring process.
Perks and Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
- Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
- RSU stock grants*
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information
Click here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.
Were honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, were proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.
Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.
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