Executive Recruiting Researcher, Principal Engineer Recruiting
Seattle, OR - USA
Job Summary
Key job responsibilities
Strategic Search Design:
- Develop robust multi-channel strategies attracting world-class engineers. Map target companies engage at conferences generate referral leads. Build talent networks and tap industry sources for ongoing candidate pools.
Executive Advisory:
- Serve as talent adviser to leaders across Amazon educating hiring managers about the external Principal Engineer demographic. Provide strategic guidance to executive leadership on top technical talent. Conduct continuous company and talent mapping.
Candidate Development:
- Develop prospects into candidates through sophisticated engagement. Perform assessment and screening present to executive leadership. Conduct phone interviews prepare candidates for technical interviews coach leaders on talent acquisition at senior levels.
Market Expertise:
- Serve as expert for engineering recruiting. Contribute to knowledge base with education on industries and talent pools. Learn new domains quickly and craft effective search strategies.
What Were Looking For
- Research acumen: Learn technical domains quickly craft effective search strategies excel at candidate identification engagement and creative sourcing
- Executive presence: Compelling communicator who engages busy executives and renowned engineers self-assured and quick-thinking
- Strategic judgment: Think strategically while executing tactically relentlessly high standards results-oriented
- Collaboration: Team leader and member who believes individual wins are team wins inquisitive with strong desire to learn
A day in the life
Youll map technical leadership at target companies identifying Principal Engineers working on problems similar to Amazons strategic initiatives. Youll craft multi-channel engagement strategiesattending technical conferences leveraging networks for warm introductions to passive candidates who would be transformational hires.
Youll advise VPs on search parameters based on market realities conduct phone screens with renowned engineers assessing technical depth and influence capability and coach hiring managers on candidate engagement. Youll contribute to the teams knowledge base by documenting insights about emerging talent pools that inform future searches.
About the team
The Principal Engineering Recruiting team is the talent acquisition engine for Amazons PE Community. We take a multi-channel approach (target company mapping conference and event engagement referral and network lead generation) to talent identification engagement assessment and match-making. Our mission: identify build relationships with and hire every great Principal Engineer in the world. Youll work with a strong established team of executive recruiters.
- Bachelors degree
- 3 years of passive candidate generation experience
- Experience in progressive corporate or search firm recruiting with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high-tech market
- Several years of experience advising and influencing executive leadership
- Exhibits excellent judgment Hires great people. Develops great people. Has relentlessly high standards
- Thinks strategically but stays on top of tactical execution
- Expects and requires innovation of their team
- Thinks big and has convictions
- Results oriented
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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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 WA Seattle - 80200.00 - 137000.00 USD annually
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