Overview
Amazon needs an Executive Recruiter to help the business scale by recruiting senior leaders across EMEA. Few rewards in search match seeing your hired candidates drive a positive, measurable impact on the business. The Executive Recruiter owns and executes the research strategy senior-level (L8+) searches. Qualified candidates are strong across the full search lifecycle, with a particular focus on research strategy development, market & candidate mapping/ identification, candidate sourcing, generation, development and engagement. You will partner with senior recruiters on the most complex Director searches and lead your own searches end to end. The role also includes: Conducting research to map target companies and top talent for Amazon Building search strategies to identify and attract strong candidates Improving how Amazon recruits talent Calibrating candidates with other recruiters an
Full job description
Full Job Description
Amazon needs an Executive Recruiter to help the business scale by recruiting senior leaders across EMEA. Few rewards in search match seeing your hired candidates drive a positive, measurable impact on the business.
The Executive Recruiter owns and executes the research strategy senior-level (L8+) searches. Qualified candidates are strong across the full search lifecycle, with a particular focus on research strategy development, market & candidate mapping/ identification, candidate sourcing, generation, development and engagement. You will partner with senior recruiters on the most complex Director searches and lead your own searches end to end.
The role also includes:
Conducting research to map target companies and top talent for Amazon Building search strategies to identify and attract strong candidates Improving how Amazon recruits talent Calibrating candidates with other recruiters and hiring managers Developing prospects into candidates through engagement and assessment Contributing to GSR's knowledge base by sharing insight on relevant industries and talent pools Building talent networks and tapping industry sources to maintain a candidate pipeline Leading update meetings on active searches with hiring managers Partnering with hiring managers and senior recruiters to guide search decisions
Basic Qualifications
- Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in progressive corporate or search firm recruiting with a focus on passive L8+ candidate generation
- Experience building and driving passive L8+ talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines
- Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team
- Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships
- Experience delivering L8+ talent across multiple industries and geographies, with demonstrable expert
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with executive recruiting in either a blue-chip, global in-house executive search team, or a top executive search firm
- Experience working with recruiting and people-related tools, CRM systems, and complex spreadsheets
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Requirements & qualifications
Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership Bachelor's degree Experience in progressive corporate or search firm recruiting with a focus on passive L8+ candidate generation Experience building and driving passive L8+ talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships Experience delivering L8+ talent across multiple industries and geographies, with demonstrable expert
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