Executive Recruiter, GSR, Global Speciality Recruiting

Overview

In this role you will lead executive search initiatives to scale Amazon across EMEA by identifying and engaging L8+ leaders. You partner with senior recruiters and hiring managers to craft research-driven strategies, map markets and talent pools, and build robust candidate pipelines. You drive end-to-end search processes, from outreach to assessment, delivering high-impact leadership hires that align with Amazon’s growth and culture. This is a chance to shape senior talent strategy in a fast-paced, global context.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute research strategies for senior-level searches (L8+)
• Map target companies and top talent across EMEA
• Build and attract strong candidates through proactive sourcing and engagement
• Collaborate with senior recruiters on complex Director-level searches
• Lead end-to-end searches and guide search decisions with hiring managers
• Calibrate candidates with recruiters and hiring managers to ensure fit and readiness
• Contribute insights on industries and talent pools to improve recruiting processes and knowledge base
• Maintain candidate pipelines by building broad talent networks and leveraging industry sources
• Lead update meetings on active searches with hiring managers

Key requirements

• Advising and influencing executive leadership
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience in progressive corporate or search firm recruiting focusing on passive L8+ candidate generation
• Experience building and driving passive L8+ 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
• Experience delivering L8+ talent across multiple industries and geographies, with demonstrable expertise
• Preferred: experience with executive recruiting in blue-chip, global in-house teams or top search firms
• Experience with recruiting and people-related tools, CRM systems, and complex spreadsheets

• Influencing senior stakeholders
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Strategic thinking
• CRM systems
• Complex spreadsheets
• Talent sourcing tools (implied)

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