Talent Acquisition Sourcer, Strategic and Leadership Hiring

Company Description

We’re Checkout.com. You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day.

We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers.

Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale.

If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact.

With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech - and we’re just getting started.

Role overview | Context

As part of Checkout.com ’s global Talent Acquisition team, the Strategic & Leadership Hiring practice leads most hiring processes at Director, Senior Director, VP and C-suite level across functions and global locations.

The practice is seeking a Sourcing Specialist to own the day-to-day delivery of confidential, business-critical executive searches. Working closely with C-suite and VP stakeholders, this role offers exposure to a high-performing, growth-stage global technology business and the opportunity to influence the teams and projects shaping Checkout.com ’s continued growth.

The role bridges deep market research with opportunity to learn end-to-end recruitment. It supports senior leadership by mapping talent markets, engaging passive executive candidates and maintaining rigorous processes across demanding pipelines, while improving scalability, data quality and consistency within one of the fastest-paced areas of our global Talent Acquisition function.

Role overview | Remit and Responsibilities

We are looking for an execution-focused recruitment professional who combines executive-search craft with high-touch candidate management and stakeholder partnership. You will operate with pace and discretion to manage leadership searches across the business.

• Search Execution & Delivery: Lead defined leadership searches independently from brief through to shortlist and handover, translating role requirements into practical search plans, target-company maps, and talent pipelines.

• Passive Talent Engagement: Conduct high-quality research, sourcing, and direct approach to identify, engage, and pipeline diverse, highly senior, and passive talent across fintech, payments, and tech sectors.

• Candidate Experience: Act as a responsive, trusted point of contact, ensuring clear, timely, and personable communication, expectation management, and candidate care throughout complex processes.

• Process & Operational Rigour: Own the workflow, ATS data hygiene, and operating rhythm for assigned searches while building simple frameworks and routines to remove bottlenecks and prevent search drift.

• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders, providing concise, structured written updates, market intelligence, and candidate summaries to facilitate evidence-based decisions.

• AI & Operational Innovation: Work closely with Talent Operations to drive AI adoption and leverage modern research tools to continuously sharpen sourcing precision, increase data accuracy, and improve search velocity.

• Lifecycle Development: Progress from research and coordination into full-cycle recruiter-led delivery, building fluency in recruiter screens, structured assessments, offer construction, and negotiation support.

Role overview | Desired Background, Core Competencies

The ideal candidate for the role will bring:

• Executive Search Foundation: Approximately 2-3 years of experience in executive search, leadership search, strategic hiring, or a comparable high-growth in-house sourcing environment.

• Proven Search Delivery: Demonstrated track record of mapping complex talent markets, sourcing passive senior talent, and delivering searches rather than only performing administrative coordination.

• Stakeholder Management: Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and candidates with composure, discretion, and clear written and verbal communication.

• Data & Operational Discipline: High attention to detail regarding candidate intelligence, ATS hygiene, process management, and search documentation.

• AI & Digital Aptitude: Strong willingness or experience in using AI tools and market intelligence to accelerate research, mapping, sourcing, and operational accuracy.

• Adaptability & Drive: Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with incomplete data, embodying our #Excel and #Aspire principles by striving for continuous improvement.

• Low Ego & Humility: A collaborative, transparent working style (#Unite) with self-awareness and the confidence to ask for help early when navigating complex scenarios.

Additional Information

Bring all of you to work

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive, through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.

Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity, and where your growth is in your hands.

We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.

It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.

Life atCheckout.com

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.

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