Zoox’s Talent team is seeking an Executive Sourcer to join our Executive Recruiting function. In this pivotal role, you will act as a force multiplier for our Executive Recruiting team, partnering directly with the business to identify the visionary leaders who will drive our mission forward.
This position requires a highly strategic mindset. You will develop recruitment strategies, create data-driven market maps, and uncover passive leadership talent for our most critical Director, VP, and C-Suite roles. You will serve as the first point of contact for industry leaders, acting as a brand ambassador to articulate the Zoox mission and value proposition.
In this role, you will...
- Market Mapping: Conduct extensive research to map the talent landscape in relevant industries (e.g. robotics, AI, automotive, software, hardware, operations).
- Talent Strategy: Collaborate with the Executive Recruiting team and hiring partners to define search criteria and build top-of-funnel strategies for niche and hard-to-fill leadership roles.
- High-Touch Outreach: Craft bespoke, compelling outreach campaigns to engage passive executive candidates. You will move beyond standard InMails to find creative ways to connect with top-tier talent.
- Candidate Assessment: Own the top-of-funnel screening process—conducting initial high-level screens to assess qualifications, leadership capability, cultural fit, and genuine interest in the Zoox mission, and driving the evaluation that shapes which candidates advance.
- Long-Term Nurturing: Build and maintain a network of potential future leaders, keeping warm relationships with top talent for future opportunities as we scale.
Qualifications:
- Experience: 6+ years of total sourcing experience, with at least 1 year of experience focused on executive search (Director+).
- Executive Sourcing & Talent Mapping: Demonstrated expertise in proactive candidate sourcing, including developing and maintaining complex talent maps and pipelines.
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. You must feel comfortable communicating with and influencing senior stakeholders and candidates.
- Business Acumen: Ability to quickly understand a broad range of domains (Autonomy, Hardware, Software, G&A, Operations) and articulate how a leader fits into the broader business strategy.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Interest in the autonomous and electric vehicle industry.
- Expertise in leveraging ATS (we use Lever) to build metrics, sourcing strategies, and talent pipelines.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of total sourcing experience, with at least 1 year focused on executive search (Director+).
- Demonstrated expertise in proactive candidate sourcing, including developing and maintaining complex talent maps and pipelines.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; comfortable communicating with and influencing senior stakeholders and candidates.
- Ability to quickly understand broad domains (Autonomy, Hardware, Software, G&A, Operations) and articulate leader fit.
- Experience conducting extensive market research and talent landscape mapping in industries like robotics, AI, automotive, software, and hardware.
- Experience executing high-touch outreach and creatively engaging passive executive candidates.
- Interest in the autonomous and electric vehicle industry.
- Experience leveraging an ATS (Lever) to build metrics, sourcing strategies, and talent pipelines.
Zoox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Zoox and has not been reviewed or approved by Zoox.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is extensive, with broad medical and vision options, company‑paid disability coverage, and multiple mental‑health resources. Feedback suggests coverage breadth and auxiliary programs support a wide range of needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include paid parental leave, additional pregnancy disability time, fertility coverage, and adoption/surrogacy assistance. Backup care and family‑oriented programs further reinforce support across life stages.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Day‑to‑day perks are robust, including free daily meals, fitness subsidies, commuter support, and on‑site amenities. Feedback suggests these lifestyle benefits enhance convenience and workplace experience, especially for office‑based roles.
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What We Do
Zoox is an autonomous mobility company that was founded to provide a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road. To achieve that goal, the company has spent the past 10 years creating a purpose-built robotaxi that gives the world a better way to ride.
Why Work With Us
At Zoox, we are working to solve one of the greatest technological challenges of our generation. From the beginning, we have been focused on our goal of reimagining transportation from the ground up. We are a mission-driven community of innovators working together to create a safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable future on the road.
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