Sourcing Team Lead

About the role

An experienced leader with a background in talent sourcing, recruitment or leading high-performing sales teams is sought to oversee sourcing operations, drive team performance and build strong candidate pipelines for critical hiring needs. The position is on-site in Kenya, Monday to Friday, with shifts running from 4:00 PM to 1:00 AM EAT or 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM EAT.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the sourcing team, ensuring quality, productivity and service level targets are met.
• Assign and monitor daily and weekly sourcing goals for each team member.
• Ensure sourcing strategies support high-volume and priority hiring initiatives.
• Analyse sourcing metrics such as conversion rates, candidate volume, time-to-submission and pipeline health.
• Coach team members in Boolean search, sourcing techniques, candidate engagement and ATS/CRM best practices.
• Act as the main escalation point between the sourcing team and Talent Acquisition partners.
• Ensure adherence to sourcing SLAs and recruitment best practices, and drive continuous process improvements.

Required profile

• Experience leading a sourcing, recruiting, talent acquisition or sales team.
• Strong coaching and people management skills.
• Experience tracking and improving team performance through metrics and data.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.