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Are you passionate about finding and hiring the best executive level talent? Do you have the skills and experience to partner with our most senior leaders across the company? If so, you might be the ideal candidate to join our global executive talent acquisition team to work with the most senior population within Microsoft. You will lead a team of international Market Aligned Executive Recruiters, who drive our approach to external identification, engagement and deepen our knowledge of the competitive landscape. These individuals are well-connected into the external ecosystem and comfortable driving and owning the external sourcing strategy for senior level talent within Microsoft. This opportunity will allow you to be innovative in your approach to map and connect with the external marketplace and develop sourcing strategies to target and assess top executive talent for today and tomorrow. As a Senior Executive Talent Acquisition Manager – Market Aligned in you will lead executive recruiting activities for a range of business groups including our commercial, engineering, and corporate function organizations business demand requires it. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop deep business acumen, secure executive talent that will change the world, and become adept at helping lead our world class executive recruiting function. This role will be based from our London hub with a minimum requirement of three days in the office per week. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Job Responsibility:
Lead company wide conversations to address broad hiring issues and talent gaps for business groups’ long-term talent needs
Develop a compelling message that conveys Microsoft’s career opportunities
Own the candidate experience
Structure and set multi-year talent scouting strategies
Improve the quality and breadth of the talent pool across the industry, business group, or area
Identify systemic talent issues and ensure the right assessment frameworks and screening tools are in place
Hold the organization accountable for maintaining candidates’ qualifications and status in the appropriate systems
Ensure standard procedures are being followed throughout the company
Oversee the early part of the hiring process for complex or high-level candidate searches
Ensure candidate needs are met
Develop socialization strategies to balance the client’s needs
Present businesses and executives with talent gaps, hiring needs, and market and channel insights to recommend and drive hiring plans
Help employees develop skills through mentorship
Establish performance expectations and ensure fair and equal treatment
Identify needs and set priorities to drive project execution
Partner with other teams on related deliverables
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree AND highly experienced in talent acquisition (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role OR equivalent experience
Specialised track record of success gained in Executive Sourcing or Executive Recruiting
Experienced as a People Manager / Team Supervisor
Nice to have:
Technology sector experience
Experienced gained in large scale matrixed organizations also beneficial