Sourcing Recruiter

Job Summary

At Amazon.com, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Cloud Computing is revolutionizing Information Technology. Since early 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS customers can requisition compute power, storage, and other services–gaining access to a suite of elastic IT infrastructure services as their business demands them. Customers pay only for what they use, with no up-front expenses or long-term commitments, making AWS the most cost-effective, flexible way to deliver their applications to their customers and clients. Since 2006 AWS is the leader in the global IaaS cloud computing space and is continually growing.

Would you like to be a central part of a recruiting team that is responsible for fueling the rapid growth of AWS globally? Are you a builder? Do you thrive in high growth ambiguous environments? Are you a process-oriented data-driven recruiting leader that loves to dive deep to fix complex operational challenges allowing for greater scalability and global impact?

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Recruiting team is seeking a talented, customer-focused recruiting expert to join our global recruiting organization supporting AWS. This role will be responsible for working closely with various business stakeholders to define the sourcing strategy, generate high calibre talents and close top candidates; all within a fast-moving and super dynamic environment. You will have the opportunity to draw on your extensive knowledge of Talent Acquisition and functional areas of the business; and forge dynamic relationships with business leaders, hiring managers and HR business partners.

Core Responsibilities:

• Work closely with businesses in order to deeply understand teams’ organisational structure, responsibilities, strengths/weaknesses and key business drivers. Utilize this information to develop the most effective recruiting strategies.
• Build and maintain a network of potential candidates through proactive market research and ongoing relationship management, gauging chemistry of candidates for fit and motivation rather than simply sell a role. Meanwhile, manage to ensure all sourcing channels are sufficiently utilized, including but not limited to employee referrals, career portals, search firms, job fairs, etc.
• Consult on ideas and strategies related to recruitment that will contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing any new processes and fine-tuning standard processes for recruiting that fits within Amazon's mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer. Also, articulated in writing recruiting plans with deliverables, timelines and a formal tracking process.
• Active participation in the full cycle recruiting efforts, including an emphasis on the capability of assessment skills to help evaluate candidates and ensure the highest bar. Lead final assessment and selection process.
• In charge of the offer proposal and negotiation process.
• Manage well all the data associated with the recruitment process. Data-driven thinking and systematic approaches in achieving operational excellence.
• Emphasis on continuous improvement, as such it is expected that you will spend time to ensure ongoing education of hiring managers and interviews on recruitment “best practice” and interview skills training.
• Implement the recruitment tools/systems in the region through active collaboration with global contacts.

Basic Qualifications

• Solid track record/experience in a search firm progressive recruiting experience, with a heavy focus on sourcing and candidate generation
• Experience building and utilizing a variety of sourcing plans and tools, including proactive phone and internet research.
• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships.
• Strong client focus and commitment to continuous improvement; ability to proactively network and establish effective working relationships, continually seek new sourcing options, and develop creative approaches to delivering candidates to the customer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to execute recruiting strategy, including employer promotion in the marketplace, candidate management, and diversity sourcing.
• Independent and able to work with little direct supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Analytic skills with the ability to create, measure, and scale the right workflow between candidates, hiring managers, and the recruiting team.
• Strong consulting skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment
• Experience in recruiting in the region