This onsite leadership role in Seattle oversees end-to-end MBA recruiting operations, partnering with senior leaders to attract top MBA talent while elevating candidate experience and Amazon’s employer brand on premier MBA campuses. The position offers a yearly salary range of USD 151,600 to 205,100.
Responsibilities
- Guide and develop a team of MBA recruiters, directing full-lifecycle recruitment from strategy to offer close in collaboration with business leaders to secure exceptional MBA talent.
- Design and scale programs that enhance the candidate experience and strengthen Amazon’s brand on top MBA programs.
- Own recruiting operations, establishing metrics, governance processes, and continuous improvement for a highly visible talent pipeline.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring teams, program managers, and senior leadership with market intelligence and MBA hiring strategy insights.
- Lead end-to-end MBA recruiting strategy and execution across target programs, from workforce planning and pipeline development to offer close and onboarding handoff.
- Manage campus and candidate relationships as Amazon’s primary recruiting presence at designated MBA programs; cultivate ongoing partnerships with career services, student clubs, and faculty.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders including hiring managers, business unit leaders, and HR business partners to understand talent needs and calibrate role requirements.
- Drive operational mechanisms by owning recruiting metrics such as pipeline health, conversion rates, time-to-fill, and candidate experience scores; conduct weekly business reviews and deliver data-driven insights to leadership.
- Develop and execute events strategy, leading on-campus engagements, information sessions, informal chats, and closed-list events to strengthen Amazon’s employer brand with MBA talent.
- Improve recruiting processes by identifying bottlenecks, designing scalable workflows, and implementing tools that enhance efficiency and candidate quality.
- Uphold high hiring standards by applying the interview philosophy, coaching teams on behavioral interviewing, calibrating evaluation loops, and closing high-priority candidates.
- Provide executive-level reporting by synthesizing recruiting performance, market trends, and competitive intelligence into narratives for senior leadership.
Requirements
- Six or more years of experience in recruiting or human resources.
- Experience operating within recruiting or HR functions.
- Proven ability to build, coach, and manage a recruiting team.
- Experience directing large, dispersed recruiting or sourcing teams.
- Proficiency with recruiting tools and systems, including resume databases, internet sourcing tools, and spreadsheets.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Experience creating, measuring, and scaling workflows among candidates, hiring managers, and the recruiting team.
- Experience managing senior staff or staffing managers.
- Experience with workforce planning.
- Experience partnering with hiring teams to develop effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches while managing customer and partner expectations.
Technologies
- Resume databases
- Internet sourcing tools
- Spreadsheets
Benefits
- Health coverage across medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life and AD&D with optional supplemental life plans
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mental health support
- Medical Advice Line
