TA Researcher Full Time

This role drives talent intelligence and strategic sourcing for hard-to-fill and niche talent by combining market research, proactive sourcing, and data-driven insights to build strong candidate pipelines. It also helps scale recruiting impact across Avalara by developing AI-driven tools, refining sourcing strategy, and sharing market intelligence that strengthens our talent approach and employer value proposition.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• Conduct market mapping and talent research to identify target companies, talent pools, and market trends.
• Source and engage passive candidates for hard-to-fill and niche roles, assess initial fit, and deliver qualified candidate slates.
• Build and maintain pipelines for key and hard-to-fill roles, using data to refine sourcing strategies and partnering closely with Recruitment Marketing to strengthen talent attraction efforts.
• Conduct global and regional talent research to identify talent availability, market trends, and strategic location opportunities that support the company’s business model and evolving talent needs.
• Develop and deploy AI-driven tools that enable recruiters and talent teams to scale talent research, market intelligence, and sourcing.
• Create analytical models that continuously inform talent personas, outreach strategies, and intelligence on the most effective sources of talent, helping refine and evolve sourcing strategy over time.
• Proactively share talent market insights that help our team stay informed on evolving skill trends, shifting market dynamics, and emerging signals to watch, so we can better position Avalara as an employer of choice.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• 8+ years of combined experience in recruiting, sourcing, and research, ideally in hard-to-fill or niche talent areas across multiple regions
• Naturally curious and highly analytical, with the ability to synthesize large amounts of information into clear insights to drive practical recommendations
• Strong experience in market mapping, talent intelligence, and research-driven sourcing strategy
• Familiarity with recruiting technologies, sourcing channels, and data analytics tools; experience with AI-enabled solutions is required
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with proven ability to engage passive candidates and build interest in opportunities

Avalara is an AI-first Company

AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products. Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

• You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.
• You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges – improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.
• You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

How We’ll Take Care Of You

Total Rewards

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness

Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversity

Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.

What You Need To Know About Avalara

We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real – we’re a billion dollar business – and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission – to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer

Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.