Talent Acquisition Critical Skills Pipeline Sourcer

Lockheed Martin Corporation is seeking a Talent Acquisition professional who specializes in building ready-now and ready-next talent pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill skill areas. Based in Fort Worth with remote flexibility, this role emphasizes market intelligence, proactive sourcing, and strategic candidate engagement to anticipate and support hiring needs across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design and run multi-channel sourcing plans to create robust ready-now and ready-next pipelines for critical and emerging skills.
• Identify, engage, and convert passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, GitHub, Boolean search, professional communities, industry events, and targeted referral programs.
• Build and maintain segmented talent pools for high-priority, niche, and hard-to-fill roles with ongoing refresh and engagement.
• Conduct market mapping and competitive talent research to identify target companies, talent concentrations, compensation benchmarks, and candidate personas.
• Provide ongoing insights to talent acquisition leadership and hiring managers on talent supply and demand, competitor activity, and skill trends.
• Translate market intelligence into sourcing recommendations that inform workforce planning and hiring timelines.
• Collaborate with TA leaders, recruiters, and hiring managers to understand workforce plans, headcount forecasts, and evolving skill needs.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on talent availability and market conditions for assigned critical skill areas.
• Influence sourcing strategy and hiring expectations through data-backed storytelling and pipeline reporting.
• Foster authentic, long-term relationships with prospective candidates via personalized outreach, content sharing, and community engagement.
• Champion a positive candidate experience at every touchpoint, ensuring pipeline members feel valued even when there isn’t an active opportunity.
• Maintain accurate pipeline activity, candidate profiles, and engagement history within the ATS and CRM.
• Track and analyze sourcing KPIs including pipeline coverage, conversion rates, time-to-engage, and source-of-hire effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in talent sourcing, recruiting, or talent acquisition with a track record of building pipelines for technical or critical roles.
• Hands-on experience with sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, or similar platforms.
• Strong Boolean search skills and the ability to surface hard-to-find passive talent.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the capacity to craft personalized, compelling outreach.
• Proven ability to manage multiple pipelines, stakeholders, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Technologies

• LinkedIn Recruiter
• SeekOut
• GitHub
• Beamery
• Phenom
• Avature
• Workday
• Greenhouse
• iCIMS

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

Details

• Location: Fort Worth, TX (remote)
• Salary: USD 84,900 - 147,085 per year
• Experience Level: Experienced Professional
• Business Unit: Aeronautics Company
• Relocation Available: No
• Career Area: Human Resources
• Type: Full-Time
• Shift: First
• Clearance Level: None