Microsoft · 4 hours ago
Executive Recruiting Director
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$131K/yr - $277K/yr
8+ years expMicrosoft is seeking an Executive Recruiting Director to join their global executive talent acquisition team. The role involves developing and implementing executive recruiting strategies, collaborating with HR and business leaders, and ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring lifecycle.
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Responsibilities
Uses data and metrics, and an understanding of the long-term business requirements, to advise on the implications of talent gaps
Applies deep knowledge of factors relevant to the business and hiring managers' needs and uses this knowledge to guide the development of end-to-end executive hiring plans
Consults on critical talent needs and opportunities. Presents and frames information to influences leaders to embrace broadest range of talent for consideration
Analyzes relevant data and trends to provide insight to inform executive hiring conversations
Leads executive hiring projects for complex organizations, areas, or talent pools that address both business demand and availability of talent for short-term and long-term needs
Uses deep knowledge of competitor opportunities to differentiate Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards and leverages a consistent, compelling message to prospective executive candidates
Uses storytelling to help others across the discipline to attract and hire candidates
Coaches’ senior leaders to represent Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards that are distinct from those of competitors
Leverages long-term relationships with communities across all relevant industries
Takes an always-on approach to using all networking tactics to talent scout for Microsoft
Manages the candidate assessment framework and identifies, adopts, and evangelizes best practices
Enhances the candidate experience by proactively identifying factors that may adversely impact on the candidate and develops mitigation strategies
Partners with our total rewards colleagues to design and deliver offers
Maintains current documentation on candidates’ qualifications and status in the appropriate staffing or tracking system, within compliance guidelines
Captures relevant data in recruiting platform and leverages data to inform meaningful insights
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role OR equivalent experience
Preferred
10+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role OR Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role OR equivalent experience
10+ years executive recruiting experience in Engineering/AI
Sustained track record of success gained in executive talent acquisition within the technology or a closely related industry
Ability to provide the highest level of executive communication to all stakeholders, partners, prospects, and candidates
Demonstrated executive talent acquisition execution at scale in a complex environment with a record of game changing hires
Ability to operate with autonomy in ambiguous environments on a global scale
Ability to deliver results while also creating an environment for others to grow and be successful
Company
Microsoft
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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