Sr. Executive Recruiter , AWS Infrastructure Services
Amazon.com Services LLC•3h ago
United StatesOnsiteFull-timeSenior Level5+ yrs exp
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- The Sr. Executive Recruiter is a senior specialty recruiting professional operating at the L6 level within Amazon's Global Talent Acquisition organization. This role is dedicated exclusively to executive-level search and talent strategy for AWS Infrastructure Services, partnering directly with senior hiring leaders to identify, engage
- hire transformational talent at the Director and Vice President levels. The successful candidate brings deep knowledge of technical executive talent markets, a sophisticated approach to building long-term engaged pipelines
- the ability to serve as a true strategic partner to some of the most senior leaders in AWS Infrastructure. The role requires rare expertise in navigating complex organizational dynamics, succession planning
- building executive presence in every candidate and hiring manager interaction. Key job responsibilities
- Own full-cycle executive search for Director and VP roles across AWS Infrastructure Services, including Data Center Engineering, Network Services, Supply Chain, and Global Data Center Operations.
- Build and maintain a proactive, long-term engaged pipeline of executive-level technical talent across AMER, EMEA, and APAC markets.
- Partner directly with senior hiring leaders, including VPs and Directors, to develop talent strategies, align on ideal candidate profiles, and drive informed hiring decisions.
- Lead succession planning efforts for critical roles, providing market intelligence, competitor landscape analysis, and proactive pipeline development.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies across diverse channels including direct outreach, referral networks, industry events, and specialty executive search methodologies.
- Conduct in-depth candidate assessments evaluating executive leadership competencies, technical scope, organizational scale, and cultural alignment with Amazon Leadership Principles.
- Build and deliver compelling talent briefs, search updates, and market insights to senior stakeholders in a clear, concise, and data-driven format.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on talent market dynamics, competitive compensation landscape, and candidate engagement strategy.
- Partner with Recruiting Coordinators and Research Agents to drive operational excellence across the recruiting lifecycle, ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience.
- Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of specialty recruiting processes, tools, and frameworks
- Represent Amazon with professionalism and discretion in all external candidate and referral interactions, including high-touch communications with executive-level prospects.
- 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience - 7+ years of progressive corporate or search firm recruiting work with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high tech market experience - 7+ years of recruiting with focus on engineering, technical operations
- product management experience - Bachelor's degree or above - Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership - Experience in progressive corporate or search firm recruiting with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high-tech market - Experience building and driving talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines - Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team - Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships - Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 5+ years of performing team building, coaching and managing experience - Experience in performing team building, coaching
- managing - Experience recruiting passive candidates who are the most senior experts in their field - Experience with executive recruiting in either a blue-chip, global in-house executive search team
- a top executive search firm - Experience working with recruiting and people-related tools, CRM systems
- complex spreadsheets Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability
- other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications
- location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off
- parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, WA, Seattle - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
Required skills
AWS