Senior Recruiter, Scholars, Global Specialty Recruiting

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Scholar Program within Global Specialty Recruiting seeks an experienced full-life-cycle recruiter to partner with science leaders, shaping talent strategy and accelerating hiring of top academics.

You will build academic networks, influence senior stakeholders, and manage confidential searches across domains, delivering impact for Amazon Science while advancing your career in a best-in-class recruiting organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years advising and influencing executive leadership.
• Experience building talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines.
• Experience managing multiple searches, projects and client relationships.
• Experience recruiting passive senior scientists and academics.
• 5+ years in corporate/startup or executive search with a focus on passive science/academic candidates in high-tech markets.

Responsibilities

• Strategically engaging best-in-class academic passive talent to solve Amazon's toughest technical challenges.
• Developing innovative ways to raise the bar on how Amazon connects with leading academics in their fields and drives impact.
• Contributing to knowledge base of the team and recruiting community by sharing domain intelligence.
• Building academic talent networks and tapping sources to develop relationships within the community.
• Owning business and stakeholder relationships, providing strategic guidance with executive hiring managers.
• Conducting informational calls, phone screens, and interviews; participating in hiring decisions throughout the life cycle.

Skills

Executive advisory

Talent sourcing

Search management

Passive candidate recruiting

Academic / science recruitment

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Job description

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, you'll 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. You'll 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 you're 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 - you're 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

• Strategically engaging best in class academic passive talent to solve some of Amazon's 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 (you're 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. You'll 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 Amazon's ability to hire, develop, and retain world-class talent.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
• Bachelor's 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.

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