Location: Brooklyn,NY, USA
Description
The Science Executive Recruiting Team is small specialist recruiting team, within Amazons Executive Staffing Organization. The Team hires Amazons senior-most talent in the Science space on both the IC (Principal, Senior Principal and Distinguished Scientists) and leadership (Senior Manager, Director, Vice President) tracks. The domains covered include: Computer Vision, Databases, Data Science, Economics, Databases, Hardware, Machine Learning, NLP, Optimization, Operations Research, Robotics, Security, Speech Recognition and Sustainability.
The Science Executive Recruiting Team has the unique ability work across all of Amazons businesses and impact each senior leadership team. The Senior Executive Search Researcher will be responsible for owning and executing search strategies to identify and engage talent. They will work with senior executives and create robust hiring and candidate development strategies. They will be expected to identify, recruit and hire world renowned Science candidates. This person will need to be well-versed in all aspects of senior executive technical search particularly candidate identification, engagement, development, and creative sourcing. They will work with a strong, established team of Recruiters and Researchers.
Key job responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include but, arent limited to:
Developing robust, multi-channel, search strategies that will attract world class scientists.
Acting as a talent adviser to leaders across Amazon educating hiring managers about the external science leadership demographic.
Clearly communicating status and progress against open searches.
Providing strategic guidance to executive leadership in matters related to top scientific talent.
Serving as an expert for science executive search.
Continuous company and talent mapping in key science areas for the company.
Developing prospects into candidates, engaging them and performing assessment/screening and presenting candidates to executive leadership.
Continually contributing to the knowledge base of the group and Amazon, as a whole, by providing education on relevant industries and talent pools/profiles.
Building out talent networks in scientific domains and tapping knowledgeable industry sources to develop an on-going pool of candidates.
Supporting client update meetings on active searches with market-relevant content.
Conducting phone interviews and preparing candidates for technical phone interviews.
Coaching leaders to continuously improve their talent acquisition capabilities especially at senior level.
Attending top Science conferences to build long term relationships with external talent.
To be successful in this role, you will bring the following:
Experience in executive search research
Research acumen and creativity; An individual who can learn new domains quickly and understand how to craft effective search strategies within those domains independently.
Superb communication skills; a compelling communicator able to engage the attention of busy, senior executives.
Self-assured, not easily thrown, able to think on your feet; this individual may be called upon to work on highly confidential searches with very senior leaders.
Inquisitive; a strong desire to learn.
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, as a team leader and member.
Basic Qualifications
4+ years of progressive corporate executive search and/or search firm recruiting experience with a focus on passive candidate generation.
4+ years of experience advising and influencing executive leadership
Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience
Preferred Qualifications
Executive Search experience within any of the following scientific domains: Computer Vision, Databases, Data Science, Economics, Databases, Hardware, Machine Learning, NLP, Optimization, Operations Research, Robotics, Security, Speech Recognition and Sustainability.
Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders:
Exhibits excellent judgment
Hires great people. Develops great people.
Has relentlessly high standards
Thinks strategically, but stays on top of tactical execution
Expects and requires innovation of her/his team
Thinks big and has convictions
Results oriented
Has the innate ability to inspire passion in others
Provides superior client service
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $110,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.