Senior Executive Market Aligned Recruiter (Principal Researcher) - Sales & Marketing

The Global Executive Talent Acquisition (GETA) team’s mission is to engage and hire game-changing leaders that shape the future of Microsoft and deliver on the promise of our culture. We are currently growing our team of business consultants, talent experts, and cultural ambassadors to shape the leadership of our company today and tomorrow.   

A Senior Executive Market Aligned Recruiter (Principal Researcher) - Sales & Marketing in GETA enables and drives our approach to hire critical leadership roles and deepens our knowledge of the competitive landscape for the best talent in the market via both market research and engagement. This role will primarily focus on proactively identifying, targeting, and engaging executive talent for our strategic programs such as Talent Scouting and Succession Management.   This will allow us to deepen our talent and market insights for the prioritized succession risks and knowledge of the competitive landscape for the best talent in the market. This individual is well-connected into the external ecosystem and comfortable driving and owning the external proactive sourcing strategy for executive 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 proactive sourcing and engagement strategies to target and assess top executive talent for today and tomorrow.  

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.  

Responsibilities

• You will lead the implementation of a short- and long-term proactive sourcing, deep executive level talent research, and engagement plan for complex organizations, areas, or talent pools.   
• You will closely partner with executives, Human Resources, and your colleagues to determine the current and future executive Talent Acquisition including talent priorities for Succession Management and Talent Scouting Programs. 

• You will leverage deep understanding of talent market and candidate profiles to identify candidates for talent pools and role-based succession. 

• You are responsible for providing quality external talent maps, building and maintaining compete strategies, and providing education on market realities for your aligned space 

• You will create a thorough view of talent that enables swift action during executive leadership transitions and helps reduce risk of disruption to the business after departures or talent movement.  

• You will maintain documentation on candidates’ qualifications and status in the appropriate applicant tracking system, within compliance guidelines  
• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years experience in directly sourcing, mapping, or recruiting research of executive level talent in Sales & Marketing organizations for a global organization. 
  • OR equivalent experience. 

Preferred Qualifications  

• Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role
  • OR Master'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 experience in Microsoft productivity tools, LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking