Executive Search Researcher, Principal Engineer Recruiting

Description
Join Amazons Executive Recruiting team and help us identify and hire the worlds most exceptional Principal Engineers. Members of Amazons Principal Engineering Community are exemplary practitioners and pragmatic visionaries who set the standard for engineering excellence across Amazon. This role offers unparalleled visibility - youll work across all Amazon businesses, advising senior executives on hiring strategy while building relationships with world-renowned technical leaders.
Key job responsibilities
Strategic Search Design: 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.
Executive Advisory: 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.
Candidate Development: 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.
Market Expertise: 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.
A day in the life
Youll map technical leadership at target companies, identifying Principal Engineers working on problems similar to Amazons strategic initiatives. Youll craft multi-channel engagement strategies - attending technical conferences, leveraging networks for warm introductions to passive candidates who would be transformational hires.
Youll advise VPs on search parameters based on market realities, conduct phone screens with renowned engineers assessing technical depth and influence capability, and coach hiring managers on candidate engagement. Youll contribute to the teams knowledge base by documenting insights about emerging talent pools that inform future searches.
About The Team
The Principal Engineering Recruiting team is the talent acquisition engine for Amazons PE Community. We take a multi-channel approach (target company mapping, conference and event engagement, referral and network lead generation) to talent identification, engagement, assessment, and match-making. Our mission: identify, build relationships with, and hire every great Principal Engineer in the world. Youll work with a strong, established team of executive recruiters.
Basic Qualifications

• Experience in recruiting or research work at a market insights firm, executive search firm, or global in-house executive search team
• Bachelors degree or equivalent
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 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, or a top executive search firm
  

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Job ID: A10489845