Recruiter

You may be a fit for this role if you: 

• Thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments where agility and adaptability are key. 

• Enjoy working in a mission-driven culture where protecting customers is at the heart of everything. 

• Are passionate about cybersecurity and excited to help shape the teams building the future of digital defense. 

• Demonstrate a bias for action, a passion for innovation, and the ability to navigate ambiguity. 

• Have a proven track record of developing and executing creative hiring strategies that attract top-tier technical talent in highly competitive markets. 

• Possess executive presence with the ability to engage and influence leadership stakeholders, including hiring leaders and executive staff. 

• Balance long-term talent planning with immediate hiring needs, thinking strategically while executing tactically. 

Stakeholder/Client Engagement  

• Interprets client’s business and requirements to drive a staffing process to promote an optimal internal and external talent mix. 

• Executes a hiring plan within aligned business groups. Balances multiple timeframes and expectations for budget, scope, and time. 

• Identifies differentiated and alternative types of talent (e.g., compete, diverse, nontraditional) that may not be typically considered, and provides recommendations to business area. 

Data Analysis & Hiring Plans  

• Reviews data and market research and consults with the business to recommend and implement a hiring plan that addresses both business demand and talent availability. Reviews and analyzes data to improve staffing performance. 

Candidate Attraction  

• Elicits interest in active and potential candidates by using business stories that represent Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards that are distinct from those of competitors.  

Candidate Experience  

• Maintains candidate satisfaction at all phases of the relationship by leveraging motivators and incentives to engage candidates and prepare them for next phases of the process. Identifies approaches to enhance candidate experience throughout hiring plans. 

Talent Sourcing  

• Uses an understanding of talent markets and complex candidate profiles, as well as growing relationships with new talent pools and communities with future potential, to identify and engage candidates for immediate and future talent needs.  

• Develops strategies to generate differentiated talent in emerging roles or highly competitive talent pools to meet long-term business needs (e.g., industry, technical recruiting).  

Candidate Assessment & Screening  

• Leverages tools and assessment frameworks from Operations teams and Center of Excellence to assess candidates. 

• Executes initial screening and assessing of candidates. Identifies and gathers information (e.g., ability to hire, relocation, immigration, compensation) to qualify talent pool. 

Operational Compliance & Excellence  

• Uses an understanding of the entire staffing lifecycle to apply the appropriate internal and external staffing policies, standards, and/or regulations to all stages of the staffing process. Educates clients on the appropriate processes and policies to ensure that compliance requirements are met. 

• Maintains current documentation on candidates’ qualifications and status in the appropriate staffing or tracking system, within compliance guidelines (e.g., Office of Federal Compliance Programs, General Data Protection Regulation). Captures relevant data in recruiting platform and leverages data to inform meaningful insights. 

Other  

• Embody our culture and values  

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role
  • OR Master's Degree AND 3+ years talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to role
  • OR equivalent experience.