Senior Recruiter, Scholars, Global Specialty Recruiting

The Amazon Scholar team sits within the Global Specialty Recruiting (GSR) team. GSR is a highly specialized group focused on hiring exceptional talent for complex hard-to-fill scientific design academic & executive tech and non-tech roles across Amazon.

What makes our Global Specialty Recruiting team unique is our deep domain expertise and breadth of experience. Our recruiters are embedded within the academic scientific and technical communities allowing us to leverage academic and industry connections innovative sourcing tactics and a nuanced understanding of specialized skill sets.

As a full life cycle recruiter on the GSR Scholar team youll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented peers influence at the most senior levels and make a meaningful impact on the growth and success of Amazon Science. Youll be a vital strategic partner to our science leaders helping to shape our approach and elevate the candidate experience for some of the most sought-after academicians in the world.

If youre passionate about the sciences driven to find exceptional talent and eager to work alongside a best-in-class recruiting organization this is an unparalleled opportunity to grow your career and opportunity for impact.

Critical success factors for this role include:
Research acumen and creativity - you learn new science domains quickly and understand how to craft effective search strategies within those domains
Superb communication skills - youre a compelling communicator able to effectively engage the attention of busy senior executives
Able to convey complex arguments (without the luxury of complete data) and engage with senior level scientists & executives with conviction and confidence
Combine tenacity with tact and 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; you will be leading complex & highly confidential searches with some of our most seasoned leaders
Inquisitive; a deep sense of learn & be curious


Key job responsibilities
Some of the core components of this role include:

Strategically engaging best in class academic passive talent to solve some of Amazons toughest technical challenges.
Developing innovative ways to raise the bar on how Amazon connects with the leading Academics in their fields and drives impact while here at Amazon.
Continually contributing to the knowledge base of both our team and the broader recruiting community by sharing intelligence related to relevant domains and profiles
Building out academic talent networks and tapping knowledgeable academic sources (both internal and external) to develop strong relationships within the community.
Owning business and stakeholder relationships (youre the go-to and trusted advisor) providing strategic guidance and coaching in close partnership with executive hiring managers & their teams.
Conducting informational/exploratory calls phone screens & interviews. Youll actively participate in hiring decisions throughout the candidate life cycle.


About the team
The Amazon Scholar Program enables university professors to work on large-scale and high-impact technical challenges at Amazon by joining Amazon as part-time employees or for limited-term engagements without leaving their academic institutions. We believe that Amazon is a unique place to measure the impact of new scientific ideas given our scale and our ownership of both an information infrastructure and a physical infrastructure. The program gives academics an opportunity to test and apply research methods in practice and innovate in ways that benefit customers and improves Amazons ability to hire develop and retain world-class talent.

- 5 years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
- Bachelors degree or above
- Experience building and driving talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines
- Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches projects and client relationships
- Experience recruiting passive candidates who are the most senior experts in their field
- 5 years of progressive corporate start up or executive search firm recruiting work with a focus on passive science/academic candidate generation in a high tech markets

- Experience working with recruiting and people-related tools CRM systems and complex spreadsheets
- Experience creating measuring and scaling workflow among candidates hiring managers and the recruiting team

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 CA SANTA CLARA - 157100.00 - 212600.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 157100.00 - 212600.00 USD annually
USA TN Nashville - 110000.00 - 192400.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 142800.00 - 193200.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 142800.00 - 193200.00 USD annually