Senior Recruiter

Cognex Corporation; Cork; On-site; EUR 68,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognex Corporation in Cork, Ireland, seeks a Senior Recruiter to lead European talent acquisition across engineering, sales, operations, and corporate roles. This hands-on role partners with hiring managers and HR colleagues to build effective sourcing strategies and deliver high-quality hires.

You will drive full-cycle recruiting, leverage market insights, manage vendor relationships, and champion employer branding while maintaining a strong candidate experience and data-driven processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting across Europe.
• Experience recruiting across engineering, commercial, manufacturing, and corporate functions.
• Ability to source passive candidates and build trusted relationships.
• Proficiency with ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter; Workday preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment across Europe, managing the hiring process from requisition intake through offer acceptance.
• Partner with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to understand talent needs and deliver outcomes.
• Build and maintain robust pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, and market research.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to managers with market insights and candidate assessments.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience with timely feedback and smooth process flow.
• Leverage data to monitor pipeline health and report hiring progress to stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with external agencies to ensure performance and cost effectiveness.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Talent sourcing

Stakeholder management

Hiring across Europe

ATS proficiency

LinkedIn Recruiter

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

LinkedIn Recruiter

Workday

Job description

The Role:

Cognex is seeking an experienced, results-oriented Senior Recruiter to lead recruiting efforts across Europe. Based in Cork, Ireland, this role will serve as the primary Talent Acquisition partner for the region, responsible for attracting, engaging, and hiring top talent across a broad range of functions including Engineering, Sales, Operations, and Corporate roles. This role will report to the Senior Manager of Recruitment based in our Unites States headquarters. This is a hands-on recruiting role first and foremost. The successful candidate will drive hiring outcomes across Europe while partnering closely with hiring managers, HR Business Partners, and business leaders to develop and execute effective recruiting strategies. In addition to recruiting responsibilities, this individual will support key Talent Acquisition initiatives such as vendor management, employer branding, analytics, process improvements, and recruiting technology adoption. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys building strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers, leverages data to drive decisions, and is passionate about identifying and securing top talent in competitive markets.

Essential Functions:

• Lead full-cycle recruitment across Europe, managing the hiring process from requisition intake through offer acceptance.
• Partner with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to understand talent needs, develop recruiting strategies, and deliver high-quality hiring outcomes.
• Build and maintain robust pipelines of active and passive candidates through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, and market research.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers by providing talent market insights, candidate assessments, and recommendations throughout the hiring process.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through consistent communication, timely feedback, and effective management of the recruiting process.
• Leverage recruiting data and metrics to monitor pipeline health, improve hiring outcomes, and provide regular updates to stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies and recruiting vendors, ensuring strong performance, cost effectiveness, and appropriate utilization.
• Drive adoption of best practices and process improvements that increase efficiency and reduce reliance on external agencies.
• Support regional Talent Acquisition initiatives, including referral programs, employer branding, university recruiting, and other special projects, while maintaining a primary focus on recruiting delivery.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proven success managing full-cycle recruitment across technical, commercial, manufacturing, and corporate functions.
• Experience recruiting across multiple European countries and talent markets.
• Strong sourcing skills with a demonstrated ability to identify, engage, and attract passive candidates.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with hiring managers and influence hiring decisions through sound judgment and market insights.
• Strong interviewing, candidate assessment, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Experience managing external recruitment agencies and recruiting vendors.
• Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, and recruiting technologies; Workday experience preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Professional proficiency in German is a plus.

Minimum Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Experience supporting hiring across multiple European countries.
• Demonstrated success recruiting technical, commercial, manufacturing, and/or business professionals through direct sourcing.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders and hiring managers.
• Experience leading recruiting projects, process improvements, or Talent Acquisition initiatives preferred.

What Cognex Offers:

• Opportunity to lead recruiting efforts across Europe for a global technology leader.
• Meaningful partnership with business leaders and HR teams across multiple countries.
• A collaborative, high-performing global Talent Acquisition and HR organization.
• The ability to influence hiring strategy, recruiting processes, and talent acquisition initiatives.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.

Additional Job Description WE MAKE COMPUTERS THAT CAN SEE

Cognex is the largest, most successful and most recognized global player in industrial machine vision. Using advanced optics, image sensors, and artificial intelligence software Cognex vision and ID systems capture an image, then analyze it to make sense of what’s being seen. Companies use Cognex vision and ID in their manufacturing processes to improve product quality, guide assembly robots, and track items through each stage of production and distribution. Cognex is focused entirely on solving the toughest problems in industrial machine vision and ID, and we have sold more solutions in these areas than any other company in the world. More than a billion products are made each day using Cognex vision. The only thing smarter than our vision and ID systems are the people that stand behind them. One of them could be you!