Come join the exciting team helping build out the talent that makes Amazon Web Services tick!

The Recruiting organization supporting Utility Computing (UC) EMEA is growing and we are looking for a skilled full life-cycle Technical Recruiter or Sourcing Recruiter to join our Science and Technical Leadership Team (STLT) in London. UC Talent Acquisition EMEA is the group who supports the main AWS software development teams in 22 locations throughout the region, with STLT focusing on some of our main sites in Cambridge, London, Berlin, Gdansk, among others.

The successful candidate will be joining a team with a broad scope in both technologies and stakeholders, and will focus on hiring the people that will lead and develop their own teams, such as: Software Development Managers, Technical Product Managers, and Technical Program Managers. You will play a critical role in the provision of a full life-cycle recruiting service to our Amazon Web Services businesses, ensuring that candidates are recruited in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner that meets the ongoing needs of a rapidly growing business.

Responsibilities of a Technical Recruiter in STLT include:
· Full ownership of stakeholder relationships, including pipeline reporting, partnership building, and recruiting process education
· Building and executing attraction strategies for qualified active applicants, referrals, and passive candidates
· Assisting in the quality and maintenance of the Amazon interview process, including actioning candidate feedback, mentoring team interviewers, etc.
· Partnering with Hiring Managers to build dynamic employment offers
· Maintaining relationships within the wider hiring community, and networking to improve and grow upon existing skills

You will love this job if you are someone:
· Who enjoys partnering with hiring managers to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches and strategies
· Who knows recruiting is difficult, but approaches each day as a new opportunity to find niche profiles for the job at hand
· Who can take big projects, break them down into manageable pieces, and deliver results
· Who loves to provide an excellent service to candidates and the hiring community
· Who challenges the status quo and approaches every day as if it was “day one”
· Who is passionate about technology and has a natural curiosity to learn more about the roles you recruit for and the products/technology the teams you support build

Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth. We try to assign projects and tasks based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded recruiter and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

We’re looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and able to work effectively with a diverse team of peers; someone who will help us amplify the positive and inclusive team culture we’ve been building.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree or comparable years of applicable recruiting experience
· Several years of experience recruiting software development professionals and other related technical roles
· Proven track record in managing a full life-cycle recruiting process, including candidate generation, stakeholder management, and closing
· Experience partnering with hiring managers to build effective sourcing strategies, including driving candidate sourcing initiatives using search engines, deep-web Boolean searching, engineering social networks, etc.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Experience driving social media campaigns and organizing event hiring, such as international hiring events, industry conferences, MeetUp group hiring, or other unique methods
· Experience hiring Technical Leadership, Science and/or high volume technical roles (i.e. developers, product managers, program managers, etc.)
· Ability to provide evidence/examples of using data to drive decisions and build business cases when appropriate


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