Talent Acquisition Sourcing Specialist

Overview

In this global Talent Acquisition role, you design and lead proactive sourcing for senior, specialist, and hard-to-fill roles across Marketing, Commercial, and Corporate functions. You’ll build strategic pipelines, map markets, and provide insights to shape hiring decisions, using AI-powered tools and talent intelligence to broaden talent pools. You’ll partner with TA leadership and business stakeholders, influencing end-to-end recruitment during peak periods. Based in Hammersmith, you’ll work on-site and drive impactful sourcing across DAZN’s global teams.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years)
• private medical insurance
• life assurance
• pension contributions up to 5%
• enhanced parental leave
• electric vehicle benefit option`,`learning and development resources`,`flexible working`,`internal speaker series and events

Responsibilities

• Own targeted sourcing strategies for business-critical roles and translate briefs into sourcing plans
• Lead proactive headhunting to engage high-calibre passive candidates, including senior talent
• Build and maintain strategic pipelines across key functions and markets
• Lead talent mapping and market research to identify competitor talent and market trends
• Partner with TA Partners and leaders to shape sourcing strategies and provide market insights
• Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, AI, automation and talent intelligence tools to improve sourcing
• Provide market intelligence and high-quality shortlists to inform decisions
• Track metrics to measure impact and identify improvement opportunities
• Improve sourcing approaches and share best practices across TA team
• Develop knowledge of DAZN’s business and talent markets to strengthen engagement
• Maintain candidate experience, data integrity and recruitment compliance
• Support end-to-end recruitment during high-volume periods and critical projects

Key requirements

• Significant experience in talent sourcing, specialist headhunting or talent research in international environments
• Proven track record of sourcing senior and hard-to-fill roles via proactive headhunting and talent mapping
• Experience across Marketing, Commercial, Digital and Corporate functions
• Advanced knowledge of LinkedIn Recruiter, talent intelligence tools, AI and automation
• Strong analytical skills to translate market data into insights
• Ability to translate hiring briefs into targeted sourcing strategies aligned with business priorities
• Proven stakeholder management with TA teams, leadership and senior stakeholders
• Excellent candidate engagement and relationship-building with passive talent
• Strong commercial awareness of talent markets and competitor activity
• Experience measuring sourcing effectiveness through pipeline quality and conversion metrics
• Proactive, curious and innovative with a continuous improvement mindset
• Strong organisation and prioritisation to manage multiple projects across markets
• Collaborative and adaptable, able to support end-to-end recruitment when required

• relationship-building
• communication
• strategic thinking
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• AI-powered sourcing
• talent intelligence tools

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