Associate, Talent Sourcer

Who Are We Looking For?

As a Sourcer on our Talent Acquisition team, you will be a key partner to our recruiters and hiring managers, building and nurturing the candidate pipelines that fuel our growth. You will proactively identify, engage, and evaluate talent across a range of functions, while helping ensure every candidate has a thoughtful, professional experience with Vestwell. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys the craft of sourcing and wants to make a visible impact on how we hire.

What Will You Be Doing?

Day-to-day you will be expected to:

• Build pipelines proactively: Source passive and active candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, professional communities, and other channels to create diverse, qualified talent pools for open and upcoming roles.
• Engage candidates: Craft personalized outreach across email, LinkedIn, and other channels, follow up consistently, and build genuine interest in Vestwell and the opportunity.
• Screen and evaluate: Review inbound applications, conduct initial screening conversations, and assess candidates against defined role requirements to support objective, data-driven hiring decisions.
• Partner with recruiters and hiring managers: Participate in intake conversations, align on role requirements and ideal candidate profiles, share market insights, and refine sourcing strategy based on feedback.
• Manage the process in Greenhouse: Keep candidate records, notes, stages, and dispositions accurate and up to date so the team has clear visibility into pipeline health.
• Track and report: Monitor sourcing metrics such as outreach response rates, screen-to-submit ratios, and pipeline diversity, and use the data to continuously improve results.
• Deliver a great candidate experience: Communicate clearly and promptly, represent Vestwell's brand and culture, and ensure candidates feel respected whatever the outcome.
• Contribute to the team: Share best practices, help improve sourcing playbooks and templates, and support employer branding and recruiting events as needed.
• Own the end-to-end candidate interview process, from conducting initial interview screens to coordinating virtual and on-site interview panels across multiple time zones and stakeholder groups.

Requirements

The Necessities:

• 1–3 years of experience in sourcing or recruiting, in an agency, in-house, or high-growth environment
• Demonstrated success building pipelines for professional roles; experience with technical, fintech, or other specialized hiring is a plus
• Hands-on experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and advanced search techniques
• Experience with an applicant tracking system, ideally Greenhouse
• Experience reviewing applications and conducting candidate screens against defined role criteria
• Ability to partner effectively with recruiters, hiring managers, and other stakeholders

The Extras:

• Experience working in startup and or FinTech environment(s)

This role will be based in our Austin office, and will be part of Vestwell's hybrid in-office operation.

This role will be hired on a W-2, contract-to-hire basis of up to 3 months, with the potential to extend and/or convert to full-time employment.

The expected hourly range for this position is $35 - $40/hour base. This position is eligible to participate in the Company Bonus Pool and is eligible to receive new hire equity in the Company. Please note that salary bands are based on NY and other similar metro areas and may differ based on where the role is ultimately hired.