Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 7+ years

Education Bachelor's degree or above

Category Human Resources & Recruiting

About this role

Senior Recruiter is responsible for leading executive-level recruiting for Principal Engineers, advising directors and VPs on talent landscape, and delivering strategic talent solutions for Amazon's engineering leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the primary talent advisor to Directors and VPs
Define and deliver recruiting strategies for highly-critical roles
Identify and engage highly passive senior engineering candidates
Build robust talent networks across technology sectors
Lead client update meetings with data-driven insights

Technical Overview

Non-technical but highly strategic, focusing on executive search, candidate assessment, and relationship management with senior stakeholders.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior-level recruiter with 7+ years of experience in passive engineering candidate generation, a strong track record in executive searches, and the ability to advise senior leadership on talent strategy. They should excel in cross-functional collaboration and mentoring other recruiters.

Must-Have Skills

7+ years of progressive corporate or search firm recruiting work with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high tech market experienceBachelor's degree or aboveDemonstrated ability to recruit and hire engineering candidates.Proven track record of managing complex executive search processes including client managementcandidate developmentand offer negotiationExperience working with senior executives and providing strategic talent counsel

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with executive recruiting in either a blue-chipglobal in-house executive search teamor a top executive search firmDeep expertise in technology recruiting with ability to quickly learn new technical and product domainsExperience mentoring and developing other recruiters

Required Skills

executive recruitingpassive candidate sourcingcandidate assessmentsreference checksoffer negotiationclient managementdebriefstalent acquisitionengineering candidates

Hard Skills

Executive recruitingpassive candidate sourcingcandidate assessmentsreference checksoffer negotiationclient managementdebriefstalent acquisitionengineering candidates

Soft Skills

communicationleadershipmentoringcoachingstakeholder management

Industry & Role

Industry Technology

Job Function Lead senior engineering talent acquisition and executive searches for Amazon

Role Subtype Human Resources & Recruiting

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

No bachelor's degree, Less than 7 years of senior recruiting experience, Lack of experience with executive-level searches

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