Talent Acquisition Critical Skills Pipeline Sourcer

Join Lockheed Martin in a talent intelligence role focused on building strong, high-quality candidate pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill skill areas. This position combines research-driven sourcing with multi-channel strategy, partnering closely with TA leaders, recruiters, and hiring managers to turn market insights into actionable hiring plans. Fort Worth, TX with remote flexibility.

Salary range: USD 65,200 - 168,200 per yearly (full-time). GeoZones align compensation with regional labor markets and cost-of-labor differences across the United States.

What you’ll do

• Design and execute multi-channel sourcing strategies that build ready-now and ready-next talent pipelines for critical and emerging skill areas across the organization.
• Identify, engage, and convert passive candidates using tools and channels such as LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, GitHub, Boolean search, professional communities, industry events, and targeted referral campaigns.
• Build and manage segmented talent pools for high-priority, niche, and hard-to-fill roles, keeping pipelines refreshed and engagement active.
• Perform in-depth market mapping and competitive talent research, including target company identification, talent concentration analysis, compensation benchmarks, and candidate persona development.
• Provide ongoing insights to TA leadership and hiring managers on talent supply and demand, competitor hiring activity, and emerging skill trends.
• Translate market intelligence into sourcing recommendations that inform workforce planning and hiring timelines.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on talent availability and market conditions for assigned critical skill areas.
• Use data-backed storytelling and pipeline reporting to influence sourcing strategy and hiring expectations.
• Maintain authentic, long-term relationships with prospective candidates through personalized outreach, content sharing, and community engagement.
• Champion a positive candidate experience at every touchpoint, ensuring candidates feel valued even when there is not an active opportunity.
• Maintain accurate pipeline activity, candidate profiles, and engagement history in the ATS and CRM.
• Track and analyze sourcing KPIs such as pipeline coverage, conversion rates, time-to-engage, and source-of-hire effectiveness.
• Use AI prompting as it applies to the position.
• Support candidate sourcing and recruiting activities, including interviewing prospective employees, referring applicants to openings, and evaluating experience, education, training, skills, knowledge, and abilities.
• Work with management to understand job requirements and needs, surface candidates, and develop networks using agencies, recruiting contractors, web-based tools, and other resources.
• Prepare applicant ratings, provide company information, arrange transportation for selected applicants, extend formal offers, and partner with management and HR to negotiate to successful hiring and onboarding.

What you bring

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

Technologies you’ll use

• LinkedIn Recruiter, SeekOut, GitHub
• ATS and CRM (including Beamery, Phenom, Avature; and ATS platforms such as Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS)
• Boolean search
• Beamery, Phenom, Avature

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off, Holidays
• Parental Leave
• EAP
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position (not guaranteed; varies by year and tied to performance metrics)
• For Washington state applicants only: Non-represented full-time employees accrue at least 10 hours per month of PTO and receive at least 90 hours for holidays; Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month, accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually, and receive at least 96 hours for holidays (hours are prorated based on start date)