Technical Recruiter

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Technical Recruiter - Central London - 9 months contracted.

Technical recruiter with experience of recruiting Software Engineers and Product Managers required to join a multinational technology company based in Central London on a 9 months contract with occasional travel.

The Role

As a Technical Recruiter , you will be responsible for hiring strategy behind attracting, assessing and hiring top experienced technical talent for the client's Chicago, San Francisco, London and Sydney offices.

This role is for someone who thrives in a face-paced, growth-focused environment. You can effectively partner with the hiring managers to understand hiring needs, craft strategic interview processes and find/close high-quality technical talent with little direction. You will have the freedom to experiment with new ideas and drive towards building diverse and top-tier teams.

Responsibilities Include:

* Develop and drive an engaging candidate experience across software engineering and product management.

* Partner with the engineering and product management managers to fully understand the business and set recruiting priorities.

* Build recruiting practices from scratch including structuring role with hiring manager and team, serve as an advisor in crafting the assessment processes, and leveraging market data and expertise when overseeing new recruitment process.

* Oversee the full life cycle of international (US, UK, Australia) recruiting efforts for experienced hires. This includes posting positions, screening, setting interview strategies, interviewing, scheduling, conducting reference checks, preparing offer letters, managing immigration processing, initiating relocation, and onboarding.

* Track all recruiting activity for data driven recruiting practices.

* Pre-qualifying candidate's technical backgrounds and accomplishments.

* Evaluate recruitment and operations effectiveness by routinely meeting with supported teams and establishing/maintaining metrics and reporting tools. Use data to drive decisions and frequently report recruiting success and improvement opportunities to management.

* Serve as a knowledgeable, personable ambassador of the company at conferences, tech talks, happy hours, career fairs, and other public-facing venues. Build and maintain a strong network through industry contacts, association memberships, trade groups, and employees.

Key skills:

* 5+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 1 year focusing on technical roles in-house.

* Ability to grow and manage a high-quality pipeline of candidates as well as teach, coach and mentor others to be able to do the same.

* Experience building recruiting processes from scratch using industry best practices for software engineering and product management roles in particular.

* Excellent communication and relationship-building skills; ability to interact with all team members and candidates with professionalism and tact; articulates ideas clearly and succinctly and deploys influence when necessary.

* Proven competence with Microsoft Suite, Google Applications, recruiting platforms/tools and applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse experience is a plus).

* Strong prioritisation skills and exposure to building multiple recruiting processes.

* BS/BA degree (CS - related would be a bonus).

If this role is of interest to you, please apply at the first instance.