Contract Recruiter

Tanqeeb; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet, a leading cybersecurity company, is seeking a Contract Recruiter to support recruitment of Sales and Sales Engineering professionals across the UAE. You will build pipelines, partner with hiring managers, and manage full lifecycle recruitment in a fast-paced, globally focused environment.

The role emphasizes a commercially minded recruiter who can operate across sourcing channels, deliver market insights, and ensure a positive candidate experience while meeting hiring plans in the UAE.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of recruitment experience with a focus on Sales.
• Experience recruiting Sales/Sales Engineering in tech or cybersecurity.
• Ability to build pipelines from scratch using diverse sourcing methods.
• Strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers.
• Excellent organization and attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive problem-solving mindset with urgency when needed.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong diplomacy.
• Experience with ATS and full lifecycle recruitment; UK tech market exposure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruit Sales and Sales Engineering professionals across levels.
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines through sourcing, referrals, events, and postings.
• Develop and execute recruitment strategies to meet hiring plans.
• Manage full lifecycle from sourcing to offer and close.
• Act as candidate ambassador for a positive experience.
• Partner with hiring managers to prioritize needs and provide market insight.
• Communicate with candidates and managers to keep activity on track.
• Handle multiple vacancies with urgency and attention to detail.
• Use data and feedback to provide strategic recruitment insights.

Skills

Sales recruitment

Pipeline building

ATS experience

Stakeholder management

Tech recruitment

Cybersecurity recruitment

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Job description

Job Description

Contract Recruiter – Sales & Sales Engineering

UAE

Fortinet is looking for an experienced Contract Recruiter to support the recruitment of Sales and Sales Engineering professionals across the UAE. This is an opportunity for a commercially minded recruiter who understands the competitive nature of the technology and cybersecurity talent market and can build strong candidate pipelines from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Recruit Sales and Sales Engineering professionals across a range of levels and experience.
• Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, events, online postings and other recruitment channels.
• Develop and execute effective recruitment strategies to meet hiring plans and management expectations.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from initial sourcing and assessment through offer negotiation, offer presentation and close.
• Act as a trusted candidate ambassador throughout the recruitment process and deliver a consistently positive candidate experience.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand requirements, prioritise hiring needs and provide market insight and recruitment recommendations.
• Maintain regular communication with candidates and hiring managers to ensure expectations are aligned and recruitment activity remains on track.
• Manage multiple vacancies and priorities in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating a strong sense of urgency and attention to detail.
• Use recruitment data, market knowledge and candidate feedback to provide strategic insight to hiring managers.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of proven recruitment experience, with a strong focus on Sales recruitment within a fast-paced environment.
• Experience recruiting Sales and/or Sales Engineering professionals within the technology, cybersecurity or related industries.
• Demonstrated ability to build candidate pipelines from scratch using a broad range of sourcing and recruitment techniques.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to manage expectations effectively with both candidates and hiring managers.
• Excellent organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple roles and competing priorities.
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset with the ability to work with a strong sense of urgency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong tact and diplomacy.
• Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Proven experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through to offer and close.
• Experience recruiting within the UK technology or cybersecurity market is strongly preferred.

About Fortinet

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider and government organisations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to address ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network — today and into the future.

Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.