Who you are
- Relevant experience in recruiting and/or sourcing, including direct experience sourcing passive candidates in a fully outbound environment
- Experience sourcing for Account Executive and other sales roles, ideally within the software industry
- Strong research skills and the ability to identify, map, and engage talent across competitive regional and global markets
- Experience working directly with recruiters and hiring managers to align on hiring needs and adjust sourcing strategies as priorities change
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build trust across teams, candidates, and time zones
- Strong organization skills and comfort managing multiple searches, deadlines, and competing priorities
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and recruiting tools. Experience with Greenhouse or LinkedIn Recruiter is ideal
- Comfort working remotely in an asynchronous environment, along with willingness to learn and use tools such as GitLab
- If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application
What the job involves
- As a Contract Sourcer at GitLab, you'll help build strong candidate pipelines for our sales team in the AMER region in a fully remote, distributed company
- You'll focus on finding and engaging passive talent for sales roles, while partnering closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and business leaders to understand hiring needs and local market dynamics
- This is a highly outbound role where your research, outreach, and judgment will directly influence hiring outcomes
- You'll also help strengthen sourcing practices by mapping talent markets, building pipelines, and improving how we identify and connect with great candidates in a values-driven environment
- Source and engage passive candidates for sales roles across the AMER region, primarily for Account Executive positions, using LinkedIn, online research, events, and other outbound channels
- Build representative candidate pipelines with meaningful focus on identifying talent from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, building proactive benches across several key territories for GitLab
- Partner with recruiters and hiring managers to understand role requirements, business priorities, and ideal candidate profiles
- Map talent markets and gather intelligence on competitors, locations, and candidate pools to inform sourcing strategies
- Assess candidate alignment for specific roles, teams, and GitLab's values, and share clear recommendations with recruiting partners
- Screen and qualify candidates, building and maintaining talent benches across multiple countries in the AMER region to ensure strong pipeline depth and readiness for evolving business needs
- Deliver a strong candidate experience through thoughtful outreach, timely communication, and professional relationship building
- Continuously improve sourcing workflows, outreach approaches, and research methods to increase efficiency and quality
- Maintain accurate activity and candidate data in applicant tracking and recruiting systems, and stay open to learning new tools and processes
- The Talent Acquisition team at GitLab helps the company grow by finding people who can contribute to our mission and thrive in our all-remote environment
- Within that group, sourcing plays a key role in reaching talent that may not be actively applying, especially in competitive markets and business-critical functions
- You'll work with teammates who care deeply about candidate experience, thoughtful partnership, and inclusive hiring practices. The team values clear communication, strong market insight, and steady iteration in how we work
- This role is especially important as GitLab continues to grow go-to-market teams in AMER, where strong regional knowledge and effective collaboration across time zones can help teams hire with more focus and confidence
Benefits
- We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
- Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
- Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
- Generous Paid Time Off