Executive Sourcer, Business

We are looking for a highly skilled Executive Sourcer who combines exceptional research capability, strategic insight, and relationship-building skills. As an Executive Sourcer, you will play a critical role in driving top-of-funnel strategy, proactive outreach, market mapping, and talent intelligence for our highest-impact non-technical leadership hires.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead research, market mapping, and top-of-funnel strategy across a portfolio of non-technical executive searches
• Build and deliver diverse, high-caliber talent pipelines, proactively identifying exceptional leaders through deep market research, outbound outreach, and ongoing relationship development
• Partner with Executive Recruiters and hiring leaders to refine role requirements, ideal candidate profiles, and search strategies
• Conduct thoughtful first-touch candidate engagement, building trust, assessing interest, and positioning OpenAI's mission and opportunities with clarity

Requirements include:

• 5–10+ years of sourcing or research experience, ideally in executive search or high-growth tech
• Proven ability to run research-heavy, zero→one searches and produce strong, targeted pipelines for senior-level roles
• Deep expertise in search strategy, including talent mapping, competitive research, and proactive outreach
• Exceptional written communication,able to craft compelling outreach, talent insights, and search briefs

Nice to have:

• Experience supporting non-technical (GTM, Operations, Marketing, Finance, etc.) leadership roles
• Background at an executive search firm or internal exec recruiting team
• Experience engaging candidates at VP, SVP, C-suite, or founder level
• Global research experience or exposure to international markets