Amazon.com

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About the position Responsibilities • Lead strategic talent acquisition for Amazon's senior technical roles, driving significant impact on the company's technological advancement. • Act as a trusted talent advisor to senior leadership, providing critical insights and guidance on high-level technical hiring decisions. • Develop and execute innovative, multi-faceted recruiting strategies to engage the total addressable market of engineering talent in a competitive landscape. • Cultivate and maintain extensive networks within the tech industry, leveraging these relationships to build a robust pipeline of top-tier candidates. • Autonomously manage end-to-end recruiting processes for key positions, from initial outreach to offer negotiation and closing. • Collaborate with research teams to identify emerging talent pools and pioneer new approaches to candidate engagement and assessment. • Lead client update meetings with executives, clearly communicating progress and strategizing on complex hiring challenges. • Conduct in-depth evaluations of senior candidates, including exploratory calls, interviews, and 360-degree reference checks. • Drive continuous improvement in Amazon's technical recruiting practices by sharing insights, writing influential documents, and implementing innovative solutions. • Demonstrate thought leadership by contributing to the company's knowledge base on industry trends, talent landscapes, and effective hiring strategies. • Coach hiring managers and leaders to enhance their talent acquisition capabilities, particularly for senior and executive-level roles. • Quickly adapt to and become proficient in new technological domains to effectively assess and attract specialized engineering talent. • Tackle complex recruiting challenges with creativity and persistence, finding solutions when traditional methods fall short. • Embody Amazon's leadership principles, particularly in being vocally self-critical and consistently raising the bar for hiring standards. • Balance multiple high-priority searches simultaneously, demonstrating strong project management and stakeholder communication skills. Requirements • 10+ years of progressive agency and/or tech company recruiting experience with a focus on science and/or engineering candidate generation in a complex and competitive market. • 5+ years advising, influencing & hiring at the executive level. Nice-to-haves • Exhibits excellent judgment. • Passionate and focused on hiring and developing exceptional talent. • Has relentlessly high standards. • Thinks strategically and stays on top of tactical execution & operational rigor. • Creative & relentless problem solver, actively seeing around corners. • Thinks big & dives deep daily. • Results oriented. • An innate ability to inspire others. • Provides superior client/partner/customer focused services. Benefits • Medical, financial, and/or other benefits. • Equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.