Sr Manager, Specialty Recruiting, Global Specialty

Overview

The Design Recruiting Team at Amazon is part of the Global Specialty Recruiting organization and takes a proactive, high‑touch approach to building strong talent networks for specialized talent with critical importance to Amazon’s ability to innovate and deliver for our customers. Our team has developed a scalable global framework and set of processes for acquiring senior level talent in niche disciplines and domains within Design.

The Senior Manager will lead executive search to hire senior Design leaders (both IC experts and managers) across all Amazon businesses. The Design Practice recruits world‑class designers in interaction design, information architecture, user research, UX prototyping, industrial/hardware design, voice design, motion and sound design, visual design, and creative. As a critical member of the Amazon Design Community (amazon.design), this Senior Manager partners with senior business leaders across Amazon’s global businesses to define talent needs, develop talent plans and strategies, establish shared goals, and lead a team to deliver.

The Senior Manager will lead a team of strategic recruiters who partner closely with other talent partners within the practice—including Design Programs and Market Intelligence—to meet community goals. We seek an innovative talent leader with extensive experience managing design recruiting or deep executive recruiting experience. The role requires strong consultation and partnership skills, a passion for hiring and developing recruiters, full‑life cycle recruiting expertise, business acumen, analytical thinking, operational excellence, and decision‑making comfort in ambiguous situations.

Exceptional talent assessment, communication, and team‑development skills are essential.

• Hire, lead, and develop a global team of exceptional leadership recruiters to execute a growing portfolio of searches for the most specialized and impactful roles at Amazon.
• Lead and coach a team through the executive search process including end‑to‑end candidate management, search management, client management, and talent reporting.
• Work with business leaders across Amazon to define continuous success for senior Design talent.
• Evolve the current frameworks of Design leadership hiring to accelerate Amazon’s ability to innovate on behalf of customers.
• Become an internal subject matter expert on design hiring at Amazon and a trusted partner to Amazon’s design leaders, recruiting and HR partners.
• Lead new creative thinking about talent acquisition and be a thought leader in driving the direction and synthesis of new candidate experiences.

• 5+ years of progressive corporate or search‑firm recruiting at executive level.
• 5+ years of progressive technical recruiting at executive level.
• 5+ years of advising and influencing leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• Experience working with recruiting and people‑related tools, CRM systems, and complex spreadsheets.

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The base salary range for this position is USD  –  annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more at .

USA, WA, Seattle—USD  –  annually

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