Sr. Manager, Executive Technical Research , Principal Engineer (PE) Recruiting Research

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Lead the research engine for Amazon's Principal Engineering Community, the technical spine of the company. You'll build and develop a team of exemplary search practitioners responsible for identifying, engaging, and hiring Principal, Senior Principal, and Distinguished Engineers across Software, Hardware, Network, Data, Systems, and Security disciplines. These are the pragmatic visionaries who set the standard for engineering excellence across Amazon, and you'll be the strategic architect ensuring we find the best engineering talent in the world.

This role offers significant impact and visibility. You'll act as a talent adviser to senior leadership, creating high-impact top-of-funnel initiatives that drive quality engagement with external prospects. You'll develop scalable mechanisms to audit the talent pipeline, produce detailed reports surfacing talent trends, and inspire your team to act quickly on market intelligence. You'll partner directly with recruiting stakeholders and business leaders on organizational design, site strategy, and talent management initiatives that extend beyond immediate recruiting scope.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of progressive corporate or search firm recruiting at executive level experience
• Experience building, coaching and managing a recruiting team
• 10+ years of experience utilizing analytics and data to drive collaborative decision-making.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• MBA in business, data science, public administration, finance, engineering, human resources or related field
• Must love technical executive search.
• Have experience designing and building recruitment channels (e.g. passive research, Employee Referral or Former Employee initiatives, conference/event strategy, and branding initiatives).
• Be a teacher and coach – inspire creative search strategy.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop a team of exemplary researchers. Hire great talent and develop great people. Coach your team to become deep subject matter experts in technical domains and inspire creative search strategy.
• Operate existing and build new research channel programs, recruiting processes, and mechanisms to engage external executive-level technical talent. Accelerate and diversify hiring from the research channel.
• Develop and operationalize reporting mechanisms that yield thematic and actionable insights. Use analytics and data to drive collaborative decision-making and inspire your team to act on market intelligence.
• Partner with recruiting stakeholders and clients on organizational design, site strategy, and talent management initiatives beyond immediate recruiting scope (attrition impact, onboarding, training, branding). Act as a talent adviser with strong business acumen and understanding of core business dynamics, markets, and economic considerations.

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
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior