Amazon

Recruiting Manager, AWS, AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) - Data Center Hiring

Amazon • $151K — $205K *
Staffing
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of recruiting or HR experience
  • Proven track record in recruiting or HR roles
  • Experience building, coaching, and managing a recruiting team
  • Skilled in managing large dispersed recruiting/sourcing teams
  • Proficient with recruiting tools and systems
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Own high-volume data center hiring across multiple job families
  • Develop innovative strategies to meet hiring targets
  • Partner with business leaders to create actionable recruiting plans
  • Drive improvements in recruiting processes and metrics
  • Build and lead a team of recruiters
  • Coach recruiters on best practices and decision-making
  • Analyze recruiting data to identify trends and opportunities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Mental Health Support and Employee Assistance Program
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
Full Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Recruiting Manager to lead high-volume hiring efforts for our rapidly expanding data center operations.

As a Recruiting Manager within AIS, you will own end-to-end recruiting strategy and execution for data center roles across multiple locations. You will build and lead a team of recruiters who deliver exceptional candidate experiences while meeting hiring goals. This role requires someone who thrives in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment and can balance quality with velocity.

The ideal candidate combines deep recruiting expertise with strong leadership skills and a passion for building diverse, high-performing teams. You will partner closely with data center operations leaders, HR business partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand workforce needs and deliver talent solutions that enable AWS to scale infrastructure globally.

Key job responsibilities

Own recruiting execution for high-volume data center hiring across multiple job families including Data Center Technicians, Facility Engineers, Operations, and technical specialists

Develop and execute innovative strategies to reach hiring targets

Partner with business to understand demand planning and translate into actionable recruiting plans

Drive continuous improvement in recruiting processes, tools, and metrics increasing efficiency and candidate quality

Team Leadership & Development

Build, lead, and develop a team of recruiters

Set clear performance expectations and hold team accountable to hiring goals, quality metrics, and candidate experience

Coach recruiters on best practices, stakeholder management, and data-driven decision making

Foster a culture of innovation, customer obsession, and operational excellence

Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations

Stakeholder Management & Influence

Serve as trusted advisor to data center leaders on TA strategy and market insights

Build strong partnerships with HR, finance, and workforce planning

Present recruiting metrics, trends, and recommendations to leadership

Influence managers on best practices for interviewing, candidate assessment, and offers

Manage cross-functional initiatives related to employee experience and retention

Metrics & Reporting

Track and report on key metrics

Analyze recruiting data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement

Establish SLA's with managers and consistently meet targets

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 6+ years of recruiting or HR experience

- Experience in recruiting or HR

- Experience building, coaching and managing a recruiting team

- Experience managing large dispersed recruiting/sourcing teams

- Experience working with recruiting tools and systems, including resume databases, internet sourcing tools, and spreadsheets

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team

- Experience managing senior staff or staffing managers

- Experience with workforce planning

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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