Leads targeted, end-to-end recruitment for niche Data, AI, and Data Science roles. Develops sourcing strategies, conducts proactive headhunting, maps talent markets, engages passive candidates, and builds technical talent pipelines. Partners with executive and engineering stakeholders, manages candidate relationships and offer negotiations, and provides market intelligence on skills, compensation, competitors, and talent availability. Requires sufficient technical familiarity to distinguish specialized data and AI skill sets during screening.