Specialist Recruiter

We are hiring a Specialist Recruiter to join our EMEA TA team and support hiring for our commercial business. This team drives growth by helping customers and partners realise value from Microsoft technologies through solutions that align to business outcomes, accelerate adoption, and deliver measurable impact. We are looking for a highly motivated, agile recruiter based in Germany who brings positive energy, thrives in a fast-paced environment, manages multiple priorities with strong attention to detail, and works effectively through ambiguity. If you are self-motivated, make sound decisions, remove roadblocks, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to achieve shared goals, we would love to hear from you. This Recruiter will be on point to accelerate the growth of hiring in Germany , Austria and across wider EMEA region through the talent we identify and recruit.   We are looking for someone who isn’t afraid to push the boundaries and experiment,  gets energy from coaching, developing, and contributing towards the success of others.     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.

Stakeholder/Client Engagement   Uses data and metrics, and an understanding of the long-term business requirements, to advise on the implications of talent gaps. Leads the development of recruiting processes and strategies.   Applies deep knowledge of factors relevant to the business and hiring managers' needs (e.g., time to hire, location, budget) and uses this knowledge to guide the development of end-to-end hiring plans aligned to the needs of the business group.   Consults on critical talent needs and opportunities. Presents and frames information in a way that speaks to the business needs and influences leaders to embrace differentiated and alternative types of talent (e.g., compete, diverse, nontraditional) that may not be typically considered.   Data Analysis & Hiring Plans   Analyzes relevant data and trends to provide insight and set plans to meet hiring goals. Connects data to cross-organization goals and leads conversations across groups to address broad hiring issues. Leads the implementation of a hiring plan for complex organizations or talent pools that addresses both business demand and availability of talent for short-term and long-term needs.   Candidate Attraction   Uses deep knowledge of competitor opportunities to differentiate Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards and leverages a consistent, compelling message that conveys the most significant motivators to prospective candidates.   Shares proven stories that help others across the discipline to source, recruit, and/or close candidates. Tracks candidate activity and shares with internal stakeholders.   Coaches the client to represent Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards that are distinct from those of competitors.   Candidate Experience   Gathers requirements and develops hiring plans that meet candidate needs throughout the hiring lifecycle, often for critical, complex, high level candidate searches.    Owns the candidate experience and prepares candidates for next phases of the process. Enhances the candidate experience at all phases of the relationship by proactively identifying factors that may adversely impact the candidate and partnering with business leaders to develop mitigation strategies   Operational Compliance & Excellence   Leads the optimization of policies, systems, and processes throughout the organization, and guides stakeholders on the impact of these changes.   Maintains