Strategic Talent Sourcing Specialist

About Us

Edison Scientific builds and deploys AI scientist agents to accelerate science and the development of new medicines. We are an ambitious team run by scientists and engineers from leading institutions across biology, physics, chemistry, and AI.

Role

We're hiring a Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist to own top-of-funnel at one of the most interesting companies in AI right now. There is a reason we have “strategist” in the role, and it’s because the conventional sourcing playbook doesn't cover the breadth of our roles.

The talent we're going after is not easy to find. We're hiring software engineers who can go on-site with pharma companies and ship production code, applied AI engineers building autonomous research agents, computational biologists who can speak both science and software, and scientists who want to work at the frontier of what AI can do for drug discovery.

This is a sourcing and screening-first role. You'll own the top-of-funnel, build pipelines before roles open, and run screens that give hiring managers real signal fast. You’ll need to know and master the latest AI-first sourcing tools and approaches to find top talent. You'll need to think differently about where these people are, why they'd move, and how to get them to respond. Over time - since you will have built a sustainable top-of-funnel engine - you'll grow into full-cycle ownership, including closing, offer management, and recruiting strategy.

You'll work directly with hiring managers, scientists, engineers, and leadership. You'll have real autonomy and real impact on who this company becomes.

This role is ideally on-site at our San Francisco, New York, or Boston office - remote options are available for the right candidate. You will report to our Talent Acquisition Leader. This is a contract role with the potential of full-time conversion.

Responsibilities

• Own top-of-funnel across our most critical roles: AI engineering, applied science, computational biology, forward-deployed engineering, GTM, etc.

• Build and maintain warm pipelines before roles formally open and coordinating your own candidates through the process

• Develop AI-first sourcing strategies that go beyond the obvious: the candidates we need are not all on the first page of LinkedIn Recruiter results

• Run high-volume, high-quality screens that give hiring managers signal they can act on quickly

• Keep candidates genuinely excited about Edison throughout the process

• Partner with hiring managers to stay calibrated on what great looks like, push back when we're drifting, and move fast when we find the right person

• Use pipeline metrics and market data to tell us where we have gaps and what to adjust

• Advise our existing recruiting team and help keep the candidate experience strong across every role

• Other project management, interview scheduling, and operational excellence (system, tools, process, etc.) duties as needed

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruiting or sourcing experience with a strong emphasis on outbound pipeline generation

• Track record of finding and engaging candidates who weren't actively looking, and actually converting them

• Ability to capture relevant data and utilize in decision making/influencing stakeholders

• Strong instincts for talent: you know quickly who's worth pursuing and can explain why

• Experience in fast-moving, early-stage environments where priorities shift and roles evolve

• Exceptional with candidates - responsive, warm, clear, and someone people want to hear back from

• Organized and metric-driven: you track your own funnel and use it to get better

• Entrepreneurial mindset: you build what doesn't exist and don't wait to be told

Bonus points for

• Technical recruiting experience in AI, life sciences, biotech, computational biology, or scientific research environments

• Familiarity with modern ATS platforms like Ashby, and AI-first sourcing tools like Juicebox, Gem, and more

• Startup experience and/or sourcing in a hyper-growth environment

• Background experience supporting a full-cycle recruiting motion

Why join us?

We're a fast-moving, mission-driven culture where smart people do their best work and actually enjoy doing it. We also offer full-time employees the following:

• Competitive salary and equity

• Full healthcare coverage; we pay 100% of premiums for you and your dependents

• Support for growing families, including a yearly new parent stipend and fertility coverage through Carrot

• Mental health support through Rula, our in-network therapist and psychiatrist network with fast availability

• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption

• Pet care support with a yearly employer-funded stipend for your animal companions

• Commuter benefits so you can pay for transit and parking with pre-tax dollars

• 401(k) company matching

• $300 health and wellness benefit quarterly

• Lunch is on us every day you're in the office, and dinner is on us when you're working late

• Regular team off-sites and company events

Edison Scientific is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.