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Senior Recruiter, Scholars, Global Specialty Recruiting

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SANTA CLARA, CA, New York, NY, Nashville, TN, Arlington, VA, Seattle, WA$157.1k - $212.6kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Full life cycle recruiter on the Amazon Scholar team within Global Specialty Recruiting (GSR), focusing on hiring exceptional talent for complex scientific, design, academic, and executive tech and non-tech roles. Acts as a strategic partner to science leaders, building academic talent networks and driving candidate experience for renowned academicians.

Responsibilities

  • Strategically engaging best in class academic passive talent to solve some of Amazon’s toughest technical challenges.
  • Developing innovative ways to raise the bar on how Amazon connects with leading academics in their fields and drives impact while here at Amazon.
  • Continually contributing to the knowledge base of both our team and the broader recruiting community by sharing intelligence related to relevant domains and profiles
  • Building out academic talent networks and tapping knowledgeable academic sources (both internal and external) to develop strong relationships within the community.
  • Owning business and stakeholder relationships (you're the go-to and trusted advisor), providing strategic guidance and coaching in close partnership with executive hiring managers & their teams.
  • Conducting informational/exploratory calls, phone screens, & interviews. You'll actively participate in hiring decisions throughout the candidate life cycle.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
  • Bachelor's degree or above
  • Experience building and driving talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines
  • Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships
  • Experience recruiting passive candidates who are the most senior experts in their field
  • 5+ years of progressive corporate, startup or executive search firm recruiting work with a focus on passive science/academic candidate generation in a high tech markets

Skills

Required:Executive/academic recruitingSourcing and candidate pipeline developmentStakeholder management

Benefits

  • 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
  • sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) included in package
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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