Key skills
Leadership
About this role
Amazon is seeking an Executive Search Researcher to join their Executive Recruiting team, focusing on identifying and hiring exceptional Principal Engineers. The role involves developing strategic search designs, advising executives, and engaging with top technical talent to enhance Amazon's engineering community.
Responsibilities:
- Develop robust, multi-channel strategies attracting world-class engineers
- Map target companies, engage at conferences, generate referral leads
- Build talent networks and tap industry sources for ongoing candidate pools
- Serve as talent adviser to leaders across Amazon—educating hiring managers about the external Principal Engineer demographic
- Provide strategic guidance to executive leadership on top technical talent
- Conduct continuous company and talent mapping
- Develop prospects into candidates through sophisticated engagement
- Perform assessment and screening, present to executive leadership
- Conduct phone interviews, prepare candidates for technical interviews, coach leaders on talent acquisition at senior levels
- Serve as expert for engineering recruiting
- Contribute to knowledge base with education on industries and talent pools
- Learn new domains quickly and craft effective search strategies