Microsoft Russia is searching for a Senior  Recruiter who will be responsible for hiring high caliber sales people for the Enterprise and Partner Group.

Job Responsibilities will include:

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies and hiring plans
• Build strong business knowledge and integrate into sourcing talent attraction strategies
• Partner with Hiring Managers and build strong client relationships
• Source candidates proactively, screen relevant candidates, present candidates to hiring managers and provide coaching on talent assessment, make hiring recommendations
• Manages any budget allocation for job board posting and other req based staffing marketing activities
• Interview candidates and apply Microsoft selection criteria and use of behavioral interview techniques
• Create and present offer recommendations to hiring managers, extend offers, and manage offer negotiations to all internal and external candidates
• Maintains accurate internal and external candidate data real time in staffing systems
• Follows mandated embedded diversity steps in hiring process and meets diversity Key Performance Indicator’s (KPI’s)
• Manages to agreed service level agreement (SLA) throughout process
• Consistently achieves KPI’s including productivity, time to hire and quality of hire metrics
• Partner effectively with Human Resources (HR) partners to manage client relationships and to prioritize hiring needs and requisitions
• Understand local legal situation with regards contracts, visa/ work permits, discrimination laws etc
• Collaborate effectively with internal partners such as Compensation and Benefits, College and MBA Recruiting, Central Sourcing, Diversity, Staffing Marketing, and other organizations and peers as appropriate to ensure a high quality experience for hiring managers and candidates
• Participates in staffing related projects
• Effectively shares candidates across staffing teams by using knowledge of businesses, professions and recruiter relationships
• Contribute as a positive member of the staffing team, supporting team members and assisting others in their success

Skills and Experience (Qualifications):

• 3+ years of related recruiting experience in IT sales: passion for placing candidates; significant experience identifying, sourcing, screening, interviewing and closing candidates at all levels
• Deep understanding of talent acquisition and its relationship to talent management
• Effective strategic thinking, problem solving, cross group collaboration and oral/written communication skills
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Ability to understand, articulate and sell Microsoft culture and business initiatives
• Ability to deliver results with little supervision in an often ambiguous environment with capacity to effectively manage multiple projects and candidates simultaneously
• Ability to meet standard measurements of success for Staffing such as: attainment against annual hiring plans, diversity goals and cost/time to hire standards
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications