Global Talent Sourcing Director
SuperAnnotate
People & HR
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 160k-190k / year + Equity
Posted on Jul 8, 2025
The Company
SuperAnnotate is a fast-growing, Series B startup revolutionizing the field of AI-data Infrastructure. We specialize in providing cutting-edge data pipeline solutions for Machine Learning, LLM, and GenAI solutions to large enterprise clients, helping them leverage the power of AI to transform their businesses. SuperAnnotate has a fully customizable platform for building annotation tools and workflows that AI projects demand—while unifying the management of all teams, vendors, and data in one place. We’re very proud to have products that are loved by our customers, resulting in us being listed as the highest-ranked platform on G2.
About the Role
We are looking for a Global Talent Sourcing Director (or Senior Director) to build and scale a world-class sourcing function for our AI workforce and contractor teams. In this role, you will be responsible for creating global sourcing strategies that can scale talent acquisition pipelines across 50+ domain categories (with focus on coding and STEM) quickly and effectively. You will bring deep experience in technical talent markets, particularly in contractor or gig-based sourcing, and be passionate about solving complex workforce challenges in the AI domain.
This is a strategic and executional leadership role that will directly impact how we source, qualify, and activate thousands of contributors globally. Must also be willing to work EST hours.
Core Responsibilities
- Own global end-to-end sourcing strategy at SuperAnnotate from channel design and candidate engagement to qualification and handoff to operations.
- Build and scale global sourcing pipelines to support 500–1,000+ technical contributors within 2–3 week periods, based on project demand.
- Lead sourcing efforts across multiple geographies for high-volume AI/ML data projects, with a focus on quality, efficiency, and diversity.
- Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to access global pools of technical contractors, crowd contributors, annotators, and AI workers.
- Work closely with Project Operations, Product, and Customer Success to anticipate workforce needs and plan accordingly.
- Develop KPIs, dashboards, and sourcing metrics to track performance and continuously improve.
- Build and mentor a sourcing team and scale agency partnerships as needed.
- Act as a thought leader and internal consultant to the executive team on best practices for building distributed technical workforces.
Who You Are
- 8–12+ years of experience in global talent sourcing, talent acquisition, or technical recruiting, with 3+ years in a leadership role.
- Proven success building contractor-based or crowd-based technical talent pipelines at scale (AI/ML data projects highly preferred).
- Exceptional ability to source technical talent globally under tight timeframes, using both traditional and non-traditional methods.
- Experience partnering with or managing vendors, sourcing platforms, or remote contractor ecosystems.
- Deep understanding of sourcing automation, outreach tools, marketplaces, and sourcing ops.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with experience aligning cross-functional stakeholders around hiring needs and priorities.
- Entrepreneurial mindset: scrappy, hands-on, and comfortable building from scratch.
- Familiarity with AI data operations, annotation pipelines, or large-scale data enrichment projects a strong plus Experience operating in high-growth, fast-paced environments with dynamic needs.
- Preferred location: EST
Base Salary Range: $160k-$190k
Why Join Us?
- Help shape the future of how the world builds AI.
- Join a fast-growing, well-funded company with ambitious goals and a strong market position.
- Work alongside passionate and talented teams solving complex and meaningful problems.
- Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview!
What you'll have with us
- Attractive base salary with significant stock options offering an ownership stake in the company’s success.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Flexible paid time off, holidays, and parental leave policies
- Opportunity to shape the future of a cutting-edge technology company.
- Access to ongoing training and professional development opportunities
- Referral Program
EqualOpportunity
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. At SuperAnnotate diversity means to us making an effort to reflect the many experiences and identities of the outside world, and treating each other with fairness and without bias. Every day we foster an environment where people of all backgrounds not only belong, but excel to succeed as a company and grow together. We offer equal opportunity regardless of sex, sexual orientation, national origin, color, race, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, veterans and more.