{"id":3607732,"url":"https://alion.io/job/lumen-technologies-associate-sourcing-specialist-india-2","title":"ASSOCIATE SOURCING SPECIALIST-INDIA","company":{"id":94167,"name":"Lumen Technologies","domain":"lumen.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/lumen-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Eightfold","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":79,"open_postings":50,"ghost_share":0.18,"stale_share":0.12,"repost_share":0.48,"time_to_fill_p50_days":46,"computed_at":"2026-11-03T05:54:40Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":4,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T08:06:23Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-02","last_verified_at":"2026-11-03T11:29:55Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Lumen is the trusted network for the AI-powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high-performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.\nAt Lumen, you’ll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.\nThis is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you’re ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI-ready connectivity, join us today.\nThe Role\nAs a Sourcing Specialist, you will play a critical role in identifying, engaging, and attracting top talent across India.\nIn addition to proactive sourcing, you will drive talent intelligence, market mapping, competitive research, and talent analytics. You will partner closely with Talent Advisors, hiring managers, and business leaders to provide data-driven talent insights, build strategic talent pipelines, and support workforce planning decisions.\nThis role combines strategic sourcing, talent intelligence, stakeholder partnership, and market research to help Lumen attract and hire exceptional talent across the region.\nThe Main Responsibilities\nPartner with Talent Advisors and hiring managers to understand hiring requirements, critical skills, talent availability, and business priorities. \nDevelop and execute sourcing strategies across multiple countries and business functions. \nBuild and maintain diverse talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs. \nIdentify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, job boards, networking channels, and direct outreach. \nConduct initial candidate screening to assess relevant skills, experience, motivation, compensation expectations, and availability. \nCreate high-quality candidate longlists and shortlists aligned with hiring requirements. \nConduct talent mapping and market intelligence research to identify target talent pools, competitor landscapes, organizational structures, talent hotspots, and emerging skill trends. \nDevelop and maintain market maps for critical and niche technical and GTM functions, identifying key talent across target organizations and adjacent industries. \nUse Draup, Naukri Talent Pulse, Eightfold, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Insights, and similar tools to generate market insights and sourcing recommendations. \nProduce talent intelligence reports covering talent availability, competitor hiring trends, talent movement, skill adjacencies, diversity representation, location strategy, and compensation insights. \nTranslate market data and talent insights into actionable sourcing strategies and hiring recommendations for Talent Advisors and business leaders.\nWhat We Look For in a Candidate\nBachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.\nMinimum 4+ years of experience in talent sourcing, recruitment research, talent intelligence, executive search, or talent acquisition.\nStrong expertise in passive candidate sourcing, Boolean search, research, and candidate engagement.\nExperience conducting talent mapping, competitive intelligence, labor market research, organizational mapping, and talent pool analysis.\nHands-on experience with platforms such as Draup, Naukri Talent Pulse, Eightfold, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Talent Insights, or similar talent intelligence solutions.\nAbility to interpret market data and translate talent insights into clear, actionable hiring recommendations.\nStrong analytical, research, communication, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment\nRequisition #: 344296\nEqual Employment Opportunities\nWe are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.\nPrivacy Notice\nLumen is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal information collected during the recruitment and hiring process. Our Applicant Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect applicant information, as well as how individuals may request access to or deletion of their personal data.\nTo review Lumen’s Global Employment Applicant and Talent Community Privacy Notice, please visit:\nhttps://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/privacy-notice\nDisclaimer\nThe job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.\nIn any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.\nPlease be advised that Lumen does not require any form of payment from job applicants during the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings will be posted on our official website or communicated through official company email addresses. 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