Sr Manager Recruiting, Data Center Operations (AWS)

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) is seeking an experienced Senior Manager of Recruiting to lead our high-volume Data Center recruiting function. This role will drive the talent acquisition strategy for our rapidly expanding global data center footprint managing a team of recruiters responsible for hiring thousands of technical and operational professionals annually. You will partner with senior leadership across AWS Infrastructure to build world-class teams that power the cloud.

Key job responsibilities
Team Leadership & Development:
Lead mentor and develop a team of recruiting professionals supporting data center hiring across multiple regions
Set clear performance metrics and hold the team accountable for delivering exceptional hiring outcomes
Build recruiting capability through coaching training and career development
Foster a culture of innovation customer obsession and operational excellence within the recruiting team

Strategic Talent Acquisition:
Own recruiting strategy for data center roles including Data Center Technicians Engineers Managers and Operations leadership
Scale hiring operations to support growth targets while maintaining quality bar
Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to build diverse talent pipelines in competitive markets
Partner with business teams to forecast hiring needs and proactively build talent pools

Stakeholder Management:
Serve as trusted advisor to senior leaders across Data Center Operations Infrastructure and Engineering
Influence hiring strategy through data-driven insights and market intelligence
Build strong partnerships with cross-functional teams
Present recruiting metrics trends and recommendations to senior leadership

Operational Excellence:
Drive process improvements and automation to increase efficiency and candidate experience
Establish and monitor KPIs including time-to-fill quality of hire and other metrics
Manage recruiting budget and vendor relationships
Implement scalable recruiting programs and tools to support high-volume hiring

About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) is the backbone of AWS responsible for hiring the professionals who design build and operate the global network of data centers that power the AWS Cloud. Our mission is to deliver hires that allow our data centers to ensure the secure reliable and scalable infrastructure will be in place for AWS customers to innovate and thrive.

- 10 years of Talent Acquisition experience
- 5 years of direct people leadership experience
- 3 years of managing managers experience
- Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent
- Experience in Recruiting or HR
- Experience building coaching and managing a recruiting team
- Experience creating and executing effective talent acquisition strategies
- Experience working with recruiting tools and systems including resume databases internet sourcing tools and spreadsheets
- Bachelors degree or equivalent

- Experience creating measuring and scaling workflow among candidates hiring managers and the recruiting team
- Experience with workforce planning
- Experience partnering with hiring teams to build effective sourcing assessment and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations through a deep understanding of ROI

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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 - 180400.00 - 244100.00 USD annually