Senior Executive Search Researcher Principal Engineer Recruiting
Senior Executive Search Researcher Principal Engineer Recruiting
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The Principal Engineer (PE) Recruiting Team sits within Amazons Executive Staffing Organization. The team hires Principal Senior Principal and Distinguished Engineers the Companys most senior technical contributors. Members of Amazons Principal Engineering Community are exemplary practitioners and pragmatic visionaries. Our Principal Engineers set the standard for engineering excellence across Amazon. In order to scale Amazons Principal Engineering Community the PE Recruiting Team is looking for a Research Recruiter who shares a passion for hiring the best and the brightest engineers in the world.
The PE Recruiting Team has the unique ability work across all of Amazons businesses and impact each senior leadership team. The Recruiter will be responsible for owning and executing Principal Engineer searches. They will own relationships with senior executives and create robust hiring and candidate development strategies. They will be expected to identify recruit and hire world renowned technical candidates. This person will need to be wellversed in all aspects of senior executive technical search particularly candidate identification engagement development and creative sourcing. They will work with a strong established recruiting team of Client Lead and Research Recruiters.
Key job responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include but arent limited to:
Developing a robust multichannel search strategy that will attract world class technical contributors.
Acting as a talent adviser to Technical and Business Leaders across Amazon educating Hiring Managers about the external Principal Engineer demographic.
Clearly communicating status and progress against open searches. Providing strategic guidance to executive leadership in matters related to top technical talent.
Serving as an expert for technology recruiting. Continuous company and talent mapping in key tech areas for the company.
Developing prospects into candidates engaging them and performing assessment/screening and presenting candidates to executive leadership.
Continually contributing to the knowledge base of the group and Amazon as a whole by providing education on relevant industries and talent pools/profiles.
Building out talent networks in technology and product sectors and tapping knowledgeable industry sources to develop an ongoing pool of candidates.
Supporting client update meetings on active searches with market relevant content.
Conducting phone interviews and preparing candidates for onsite interviews participating in prebrief meetings.
Coaching leaders to continuously improve their talent acquisition capabilities especially at senior level.
To be successful in this role you will bring the following:
Research acumen and creativity; An individual who can learn new tech and product domains quickly and understand how to craft effective search strategies within those domains.
Superb communication skills; a compelling communicator able to engage the attention of busy senior executives.
Selfassured not easily thrown able to think on your feet; this individual may be called upon to work on highly confidential searches with very senior leaders.
Inquisitive; a strong desire to learn
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment as a team leader and member.
A day in the life
The PE Recruiting team is the talent acquisition engine for Amazons PE Community. We take a multichannel (e.g. target company mapping conference and event engagement referral and network lead generation) approach to talent identification engagement assessment and matchmaking. As a Senior Executive Research Lead you will set search strategy identify the right talent ecosystems to engage and strategize how best to engage technical luminaries externally.
About the team
The PE Research Teams mission is to identify build a relationship with and hire every great Principal Engineer in the world. We use several tenets to guide us. Specifically we believe that:
Applying research yields a healthy search outcome: With a well thoughtout search plan research accelerates time to fill and prioritizes quality prospect touchpoints over quantity to create a prospect flywheel that earns customer and candidate trust.
We prioritize time to build a prospect and candidate pipeline as diverse as our customers.
We balance longterm candidate relationships with quick action on urgent critical business needs. Successful Research Recruiters dont take short cuts know candidate motivations deeply and compile accurate market analysis with precise record keeping.
Individual wins are team wins. We are proud of making hires as a team. We are happy when our research delights our customers and results in a hire.
Turn over every stone: Fearless curiosity means asking difficult questions to disambiguate search problems highlight the tradeoffs that need to be made in a search and zero in on the search objective. We prioritize proactive communication of good and bad news to key stakeholders.
PE Research is grateful for what came before and builds on existing data to deliver candidate and market insights accelerate and innovate but isnt afraid to adapt and try new directions when a search is stuck. We develop durable research that others want to use.
Several years of progressive executive recruiting experience with a focus on passive candidate generation in a high tech market
Several years of experience advising and influencing executive leadership
Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience.
Professional traits that are not unique to this position but necessary for Amazon leaders:
Exhibits excellent judgment Hires great people. Develops great people. Has relentlessly high standards
Thinks strategically but stays on top of tactical
Expects and requires innovation of their team
Thinks big and has convictions
Results oriented
Has the innate ability to inspire passion in others
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover invent simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The PE Recruiting Team has the unique ability work across all of Amazons businesses and impact each senior leadership team. The Recruiter will be responsible for owning and executing Principal Engineer searches. They will own relationships with senior executives and create robust hiring and candidate development strategies. They will be expected to identify recruit and hire world renowned technical candidates. This person will need to be wellversed in all aspects of senior executive technical search particularly candidate identification engagement development and creative sourcing. They will work with a strong established recruiting team of Client Lead and Research Recruiters.
Key job responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include but arent limited to:
Developing a robust multichannel search strategy that will attract world class technical contributors.
Acting as a talent adviser to Technical and Business Leaders across Amazon educating Hiring Managers about the external Principal Engineer demographic.
Clearly communicating status and progress against open searches. Providing strategic guidance to executive leadership in matters related to top technical talent.
Serving as an expert for technology recruiting. Continuous company and talent mapping in key tech areas for the company.
Developing prospects into candidates engaging them and performing assessment/screening and presenting candidates to executive leadership.
Continually contributing to the knowledge base of the group and Amazon as a whole by providing education on relevant industries and talent pools/profiles.
Building out talent networks in technology and product sectors and tapping knowledgeable industry sources to develop an ongoing pool of candidates.
Supporting client update meetings on active searches with market relevant content.
Conducting phone interviews and preparing candidates for onsite interviews participating in prebrief meetings.
Coaching leaders to continuously improve their talent acquisition capabilities especially at senior level.
To be successful in this role you will bring the following:
Research acumen and creativity; An individual who can learn new tech and product domains quickly and understand how to craft effective search strategies within those domains.
Superb communication skills; a compelling communicator able to engage the attention of busy senior executives.
Selfassured not easily thrown able to think on your feet; this individual may be called upon to work on highly confidential searches with very senior leaders.
Inquisitive; a strong desire to learn
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment as a team leader and member.
A day in the life
The PE Recruiting team is the talent acquisition engine for Amazons PE Community. We take a multichannel (e.g. target company mapping conference and event engagement referral and network lead generation) approach to talent identification engagement assessment and matchmaking. As a Senior Executive Research Lead you will set search strategy identify the right talent ecosystems to engage and strategize how best to engage technical luminaries externally.
About the team
The PE Research Teams mission is to identify build a relationship with and hire every great Principal Engineer in the world. We use several tenets to guide us. Specifically we believe that:
Applying research yields a healthy search outcome: With a well thoughtout search plan research accelerates time to fill and prioritizes quality prospect touchpoints over quantity to create a prospect flywheel that earns customer and candidate trust.
We prioritize time to build a prospect and candidate pipeline as diverse as our customers.
We balance longterm candidate relationships with quick action on urgent critical business needs. Successful Research Recruiters dont take short cuts know candidate motivations deeply and compile accurate market analysis with precise record keeping.
Individual wins are team wins. We are proud of making hires as a team. We are happy when our research delights our customers and results in a hire.
Turn over every stone: Fearless curiosity means asking difficult questions to disambiguate search problems highlight the tradeoffs that need to be made in a search and zero in on the search objective. We prioritize proactive communication of good and bad news to key stakeholders.
PE Research is grateful for what came before and builds on existing data to deliver candidate and market insights accelerate and innovate but isnt afraid to adapt and try new directions when a search is stuck. We develop durable research that others want to use.
Several years of progressive executive recruiting experience with a focus on passive candidate generation in a high tech market
Several years of experience advising and influencing executive leadership
Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience.
Professional traits that are not unique to this position but necessary for Amazon leaders:
Exhibits excellent judgment Hires great people. Develops great people. Has relentlessly high standards
Thinks strategically but stays on top of tactical
Expects and requires innovation of their team
Thinks big and has convictions
Results oriented
Has the innate ability to inspire passion in others
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover invent simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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