Recruiting Researcher

Samsara

  • Canada
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 8 hours ago
About the role:At Samsara, we hire with intention and build for the long term. Our R&D teams are at the core of how customers experience Samsara-and finding the right people to grow these teams is mission-critical. As a Recruiting Researcher, you'll go beyond surface-level sourcing to uncover hidden talent and generate insights that change the course of a search.You'll spend time mapping critical companies and functions in depth, digging into signals that don't show up on a LinkedIn profile, and surfacing emerging talent that others often overlook. Your work will directly influence how we target the market, who we engage, and ultimately who joins Samsara. This is an early-career role with outsized impact-ideal for someone curious, persistent, and energized by the challenge of finding needles in haystacks.This is a remote position for candidates residing in Canada.You should apply if:
  • You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact-helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
  • You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won't be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
  • You're energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
  • You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.
In this role, you will:
  • Partner with senior recruiters to design and execute deep market maps of priority companies and teams
  • Surface competitive intelligence and talent insights that shape recruiting strategy and influence leaders' decisions
  • Identify and spotlight up-and-coming profiles who may not be visible through traditional sourcing channels
  • Bring a programmatic lens to the top of funnel, ensuring we use all the tools in our toolbox to engage best-in-class talent
  • Produce structured deliverables (longlists, org charts, research briefs) that enable clear, data-driven decisions
  • Experiment with AI and advanced tools to make research sharper and more thorough, while keeping rigor front and center
  • Operate with urgency and persistence-digging deep, turning over every stone, and driving clarity out of ambiguity
  • Champion, role model, and embed Samsara's cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
Minimum requirements for the role:
  • 2+ years of experience in research, sourcing, or analysis (recruiting, market research, consulting, intelligence, or related fields)
  • Demonstrated ability to dig deep-finding and synthesizing insights from multiple sources beyond LinkedIn
  • Strong communication skills-able to deliver concise, well-structured insights that influence stakeholders
  • Growth mindset with a bias for learning; excited to pick up new tools and techniques quickly
  • Detail orientation and persistence-you thrive on solving puzzles and uncovering hard-to-find information
  • A passion for people, organizations, and how high-performing teams are built
  • Must be based in Canada
An ideal candidate also has:
  • Experience supporting technical roles

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