The Global Specialty Recruiting (GSR) team 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. We own hiring for these highly niche leadership roles for all of Amazon globally. The organization is comprised of recruiters, researchers, and recruiting coordinators, and also includes central program management, business analysts, and admin staff to support operations, process, policy, systems, training, communication, change management, data and analytics for the organization and partner organizations. GSR partners with and influences executive leaders in the business, as well as PXT (HR), Legal, Finance, and Security.
The Design Practice within Global Specialty Recruiting is hiring a Sr Executive Design Recruiter, based in Seattle. Our team supports continued growth of senior leadership in Amazon's Design community. Design leadership at Amazon includes UX Design, User Research, Creative & Brand, Industrial/Hardware Design, and other specializations. In this role you will focus heavily on strategic prospect identification and network development, cultivating relationships with design leadership prospects, candidate assessment, and matching candidates with appropriate teams and opportunities. You will own a portfolio of searches, partnering closely with hiring leaders as talent advisors to identify current and future hiring needs, develop and execute on targeted search strategies.
Key job responsibilities
* Participate in the executive recruiting process for a portfolio of executive searches with responsibility for delivering against hiring goals
* Conduct targeted research and establish specialized pipelines of executive design talent
* Become an internal subject matter expertise on design hiring at Amazon and serve as a resource to design leaders and recruiting peers
* Partner with senior design leaders on strategic programs and events with a goal of long-term engagement with passive candidates
* Interview executive leaders and assess for functional skills, level and Amazon leadership principals
* Represent Amazon Design at design related conferences, events, and networking mixers
* Learn and become a power user of our executive recruiting CRM.
* 7+ years of recruiting experience
* Experience working cross-functionally with a number of internal constituents, academics and world-class subject matter experts
* Track record of advising and guiding senior-level executive leaders * Combination of in-house and agency experience
* Experience recruiting for roles in the Design and Creative domains
* Demonstrated success meeting hiring goals for senior or niche talent
* Leadership recruiting experience strongly desired
* Strong behavioral interviewing skills
* Inquisitive; a strong desire to learn
* A compelling communicator able to engage the attention of passive, executive leaders; able to convey complex arguments through business writing
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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $110,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
