Senior Recruiter, Science , Global Specialty Recruiting

About the role

Our Global Specialty Recruiting (GSR) team is a highly specialized group focused on hiring exceptional talent for complex, hard-to-fill scientific, design, academic, and executive tech and non-tech roles across Amazon. What makes our team unique is our deep domain expertise and breadth of experience. Our recruiters are embedded within the scientific and technical communities, allowing us to leverage industry connections, innovative sourcing tactics, and a nuanced understanding of specialized skill sets. We partner with senior leaders to truly understand their needs and identify candidates who are the best fit for the role, team, and organization overall.

As a full life-cycle recruiter on the GSR Science team, you'll 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, shaping our talent acquisition approach and elevating the candidate experience for some of the most sought-after technical professionals in the world.

There is a strong preference for this role to be located near our customers in the Seattle area.

Critical Success Factors

• 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 and 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 and highly confidential searches with some of our most seasoned leaders
• Inquisitive; a deep sense of learn and be curious

Responsibilities

• Partner with research (and conduct your own) to identify and cultivate candidates that enable our ability to effectively innovate and scale the business
• Create unique and robust search strategies to identify and deliver the right leaders for the right roles at the right time
• Develop innovative ways to raise the bar on how Amazon connects with Principal, Director, and VP-level science talent
• Continually contribute to the knowledge base of both our team and the broader recruiting community by sharing intelligence related to relevant industries and talent pools/profiles
• Build out science talent networks in technology and education sectors, tapping knowledgeable industry sources to develop an ongoing list of evergreen candidates
• Own business and stakeholder relationships as the go-to and trusted advisor, providing strategic guidance and coaching in close partnership with executive hiring managers and their teams
• Conduct informational/exploratory calls, phone screens, interviews, and references; actively participate in hiring decisions throughout the candidate life cycle

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
• 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, startup, or search firm recruiting work with a focus on passive engineering or science candidate generation in high-tech markets

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with executive recruiting in either a blue-chip, global in-house executive search team, or a top executive search firm
• Experience creating, measuring, and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers, and the recruiting team

Pay

The base salary range for this position is:

• USA, CA, Santa Clara: $157,100.00 - $212,600.00 USD annually
• USA, NY, New York: $157,100.00 - $212,600.00 USD annually

Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off and parental leave

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.