Global Executive Talent Acquisition Director, Engineering
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Location: Redmond, WA 98052
Description:
As Global Executive Talent Acquisition Director, Engineering, you havea unique opportunity tomodel leadership bydelivering excellence in who and how werecruit , identify succession planning talent and land opportunistic talent for the present and the future for Microsoft.
In addition todelivering individual and manager performance, you will be a team thought leader on the art & craft of Executive Recruiting and all that entails, including but not exclusive to multi-year relationship building, complex compensation negotiations, and being able to pick out the signal through the noise in an ever-evolving technology industry.You will be borderless in seeking out solutions and be an important part of creating an environment for the team to do industry leading work.We are looking for a strategic,collaborative,and influential recruiting professional with a proven history of inclusive and consultative executive recruiting practices at a globalscale .
In Microsoft's Global Talent Acquisition (GTA) organization, our mission is to engage and hire thepeople who empower the planet. We endeavor to play a vital role in delivering on the promise of Microsoft's culture and ultimately, make a difference in the world . We believe that when recruiting experiences reflect the value of talented people, everyone can achieve more.
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their all each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
Responsibilities:
This role will partnercloselyacrossour executive Engineering leaders in addition to peers across GTA, Human Resources (HR), and Talent Management andwill model excellenceacross the following areas:
Deliver the promise of Microsoft's culture and success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring. Exemplify our leadership principles by creating clarity, generatingenergy,and delivering success.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until March 10, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
In addition todelivering individual and manager performance, you will be a team thought leader on the art & craft of Executive Recruiting and all that entails, including but not exclusive to multi-year relationship building, complex compensation negotiations, and being able to pick out the signal through the noise in an ever-evolving technology industry.You will be borderless in seeking out solutions and be an important part of creating an environment for the team to do industry leading work.We are looking for a strategic,collaborative,and influential recruiting professional with a proven history of inclusive and consultative executive recruiting practices at a globalscale .
In Microsoft's Global Talent Acquisition (GTA) organization, our mission is to engage and hire thepeople who empower the planet. We endeavor to play a vital role in delivering on the promise of Microsoft's culture and ultimately, make a difference in the world . We believe that when recruiting experiences reflect the value of talented people, everyone can achieve more.
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their all each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
Responsibilities:
This role will partnercloselyacrossour executive Engineering leaders in addition to peers across GTA, Human Resources (HR), and Talent Management andwill model excellenceacross the following areas:
- Inclusive Recruiting: Model and lead the way in inclusive executive recruiting practices across all stakeholders and drive strategy for and execution of hiring demand, succession planning and strategic executive talent programs.
- Recruiting at Scale: Operate with consistency and focus on continuous improvement (process, tools, programs, etc. ) to deliver greater business impact and insights. Effectively collaborate with other teams both within and outside of Global Talent Acquisition in support of our mission.
- Recruiting Capability: Practice and inspire a growth mindset across our function and with hiring partners supporting agility and responsiveness to the dynamic needs of the talent market and our businesses.
Deliver the promise of Microsoft's culture and success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring. Exemplify our leadership principles by creating clarity, generatingenergy,and delivering success.
- Executive recruiting professional who has demonstrated excellence in leading, developing and attracting top talent. This role may lead a small team .
- Operatestrategically at a global level, lead through ambiguity, translate complex issues into simple impactful plans and effectively work with and through others.
- Proven global partnership abilities, relationship building and influencing business leaders, strategicpartners,and HR community.
- Ability to use data to generate organization and people insights, and in turn define and influence areas of focus,actions,and decisions.
- Demonstrated capabilities in change management, coaching, and the ability to recognize trends and identify systemic approaches to solving problems.
- Demonstrate success by applying fresh, creative thinking and a growth mindset to long-standing, complex challenges/problems resulting in high impact outcomes.
- Demonstrated success in managing HR initiatives in a large, complex, matrixed, and global business environment.
- Experience effectively balancing and prioritizing the needs of the business with the strategies of the company.
- Applies broad knowledge of the strategic direction across Microsoft businesses to develop and advise business groups on long-term, cross-company recruiting strategies focused on critical technical or leadership talent gaps. Partners with HR and business leaders to identify future talent needs and priorities and consult on Talent Acquisition matters.
- Applies deep knowledge of factors impacting current and future business state and talent needs, recognizes how factors interact with other business areas, and uses this knowledge to develop and implement long-term strategies and guide the development of hiring plans aligned to business needs and company-wide Talent Acquisition objectives .
- Partners across business areas, organizations, and global regions to uncover patterns of talent (e.g., compete, diverse, nontraditional) that are not typically considered . Sets targets to meet differentiated talent needs and develops plans to promote and influence the company-wide adoption of differentiated .
- Analyzes relevant, cross-business data and trends to provide insight and set multi-year strategies to meet hiring goals. Leads conversations across the company to address broad hiring issues. Works with technical and executive-level business leaders and draws on multiple sources, such as Market Intelligence or People Review, to provide perspective on critical company talent gaps for a business group or area's long-term needs (beyond 12 months).
- Embody our culture and values
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role
- OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of executive talent acquisition experience.
- 4+ years formal managerial experience.
- Bachelor's Degree AND 15+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role
- OR Master's Degree AND 12+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role
- OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years formal managerial experience.
- Demonstrated 5+ years of proven executive talentacquisition execution at scalein a complex environment with a record ofgame changing hires.
- Ability to operate with autonomy in ambiguous environmentsat global scale.
- Ability to deliver resultswhile also creating an environment for others to grow and be successful.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until March 10, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.