Amazon

Senior Executive Recruiter

Amazon$142K — $193K *
Staffing
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
  • 7+ years recruiting with a focus on passive engineering candidates in a high-tech market
  • 7+ years of recruiting experience in engineering, technical operations, and product management
  • Bachelor's degree or above
  • Experience in talent sourcing initiatives and candidate pipelines
  • Experience in managing multiple searches and client relationships
  • Experience creating and scaling workflows among candidates and hiring teams

Responsibilities

  • Conduct research to identify target companies and top talent for Amazon
  • Create innovative search strategies to attract elite candidates
  • Develop ways to enhance Amazon's executive recruiting process
  • Calibrate candidates with hiring managers and senior leaders
  • Develop prospects into candidates through engagement and assessment
  • Contribute to the executive recruiting knowledge base and educate on relevant industries
  • Build talent networks and maintain a pool of candidates
  • Lead client update meetings on active searches
  • Conduct interviews, participate in debriefs, and present employment offers

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Access to Mental Health Support and EAP services
Full Job Description
The Senior Executive Recruiter will be fully responsible for owning and executing executive level (Director and Vice President) searches. Qualified candidates will be well-versed in all aspects of an executive search including creative candidate sourcing, candidate generation and development, client management, and offer/negotiation. The role will also include the following responsibilities:

- Conducting research to map target companies and top talent for Amazon

- Creating unique and robust search strategies to identify and attract the best and brightest

- Developing innovative ways to raise the bar on how Amazon recruits talent

- Calibrating candidates with hiring managers and senior leaders

- Developing prospects into candidates through engagement and assessment

- Continually contributing to the knowledge base of executive recruiting, and Amazon, by providing education on relevant industries and talent pools

- Building out talent networks and tapping knowledgeable industry sources to develop an on-going pool of candidates

- Leading client update meetings on active searches

- Conducting on-site interviews, participating in debriefs, performing 360 reference checks, and presenting employment offers on behalf of Amazon

- Providing strategic guidance and advice in a true partnership with executive leadership

Critical success factors in this role:

- Research; a researcher should be able to learn new technology and product domains, and then quickly understand and apply this knowledge into effective search strategies

- Communication; a compelling communicator should be able to effectively engage the attention of executive stakeholders, and articulate complex arguments in a polished and professional manner

- Tact & High Judgement; know when to apply the right pressure and when to move on

- Self-assured; not easily thrown, able to think on your feet and work on highly confidential searches with senior leadership

Focus and Deliverables for the first 12 months:

- Full Amazon immersion; learn our business models, competencies, and leadership principles

- Develop search strategies, conduct research, perform thorough assessments, and present qualified candidates for executive searches

- Learn about Amazon's overall needs across functional areas and develop strategies for individual and team success in the identification and attraction of senior-level talent

This position is based in Seattle.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience

- 7+ years of progressive corporate or search firm recruiting work with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high tech market experience

- 7+ years of recruiting with focus on engineering, technical operations, and product management experience

- Bachelor's degree or above

- Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership

- Experience in progressive corporate or search firm recruiting with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high-tech market

- Experience building and driving 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

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of performing team building, coaching and managing experience

- Experience in performing team building, coaching, and managing

- Experience recruiting passive candidates who are the most senior experts in their field

- 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

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.

USA, WA, Seattle - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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Net Income
$21.3 billion
Founded
1994
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Revenue
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