Executive Research Recruiter, Science Research

Amazon.com Services LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Recruiter on the Science Recruiting Team to identify and hire world-class scientists and engineers across domains. You will advise senior executives on hiring strategy, map talent pipelines, and build networks with leading research institutions.

You will design multi-channel search strategies, engage passive experts, and coach executives on senior-level talent acquisition, shaping Amazon's technical future and leadership pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in a relevant field.
• 5+ years advising executive leadership.
• 5+ years passive candidate generation in high-tech markets.
• Experience recruiting in engineering, technical operations, and product management.

Responsibilities

• Develop multi-channel search strategies to attract top talent.
• Advise senior leaders on market insights and talent mapping.
• Screen and advance candidates through high-level interviews.
• Maintain knowledge base on talent pools and market trends.

Skills

Executive presence

Strategic thinking

Executive advisory

Research acumen

Candidate engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Join Amazon's Science Recruiting Team and help us identify and hire the world's most exceptional scientific and technical minds. We hire Amazon's senior-most talent in Science and Academics on both individual contributor (Principal, Senior Principal, Distinguished Scientists) and leadership (Senior Manager, Director, VP) tracks across domains including Computer Vision, Machine Learning, NLP, Robotics, Operations Research, Economics, and more.

This role offers unparalleled visibility, you'll work across all Amazon businesses, advising senior executives and scientists on hiring strategy while building relationships with world-renowned technical leaders. The candidates you engage will influence decisions affecting billions of customers.

Key job responsibilities

• Strategic Search Design: Develop multi-channel strategies attracting world-class contributors. Map target companies and research institutions, engage at conferences, generate referral leads. Build talent networks across technology domains and tap industry sources for ongoing candidate pools.
• Executive Advisory: Serve as talent adviser to Technical and Business Leaders-educating them about the external Principal Scientist and Engineer demographic. Provide strategic guidance on top talent. Conduct continuous company and talent mapping. Support client meetings with market-relevant content.
• Candidate Development: Develop prospects into candidates through sophisticated engagement. Perform assessment and screening, present to executive leadership. Conduct phone interviews, prepare candidates for on-site interviews, coach leaders on talent acquisition at senior levels.
• Market Expertise: Serve as expert for technology and science recruiting. Contribute to knowledge base with education on industries and talent pools across all technical domains. Learn new domains quickly and craft effective search strategies.

What We're 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 scientists, 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
• Experience: 5+ years passive candidate generation in high-tech markets, experience advising executive leadership

A day in the life

You'll map technical leadership at target companies and research labs, identifying Principal Scientists working on problems similar to Amazon's strategic initiatives. You'll craft multi-channel engagement strategies-attending conferences , leveraging networks for warm introductions to passive candidates who would be transformational hires.

You’ll advise VPs on search parameters based on market realities, conduct phone screens with renowned scientists assessing technical depth and influence capability, and coach hiring managers on candidate engagement. You'll contribute to the team's knowledge base by documenting insights about emerging talent pools that inform future searches.

About the team

Our mission: identify, build relationships with, and hire every great Principal Scientist and Engineer in the world. We believe rigorous research yields healthy outcomes-well-planned searches accelerate time-to-fill while prioritizing quality touchpoints over quantity. We balance long-term relationships with urgent business needs. We don't take shortcuts. Individual wins are team wins. We turn over every stone with curiosity, asking difficult questions and adapting when searches get stuck. You'll work with a strong, established team of Recruiters and Researchers.

The Principal Scientists and Engineers you hire will shape Amazon's technical future-setting standards, mentoring thousands, solving problems affecting billions. This isn't filling requisitions-it's identifying leaders who will define what's possible at Amazon for the next decade.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
• Bachelor's degree or above
• 5+ years of recruiting with focus on engineering, technical operations, and product management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting passive candidates who are the most senior experts in their field

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. Crimin