Blizzard Entertainment has been rated by Fortune as one of the "Best Places to Work" for several years running (and our ranking continues to rise!). We are a diverse community of 4000 global employees who are passionate about not only gaming, but creating epic entertainment and the technology that drives our customers’ experience. Our goal is to delight our customers by never settling for anything but the highest quality and providing worlds filled with creativity and adventure around every corner.
Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a passionate and experienced technical recruiting lead with strong sourcing and account management skills to help lead. As a member of the tech recruiting team, your role will focus not only on hiring our top technical talent (Software and Server Engineers, Data Engineers, Program and Product Managers, etc), but also collaborating closely with tech leaders, mentoring and developing other recruiters and leading and driving performance management and reporting. You will own recruiting strategy, identify and recommend process improvements, and partner with team members in the execution of these critical components of talent acquisition. You’ll be able to successfully manage, prioritize and close searches against a tight timeline while working closely with tech leaders to help influence Blizzard’s efforts towards attracting and hiring hard to find technical talent.
Responsibilities
- Experience leading and mentoring other recruiters, with a focus on performance excellence and individual development
- Partner closely with hiring teams and leaders to build and execute effective sourcing, assessment, and closing of highly qualified candidates
- Must be able to uniquely source passive candidates
- Comfortable leveraging data to influence hiring at all levels
- Partner effectively with recruiting team peers and cross-functional partners (sourcing, compensation, HR, systems and operations teams, etc.)
- Build and maintain network of potential candidates through proactive market research and on-going relationship management
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on full cycle technical recruiting experience, preferably in-house at a high-tech or gaming company
- Comfortable connecting with, and presenting to people of all levels
- Solid multi-tasking and prioritization skills
- Able to work autonomously and with discretion
- Easily manage through ambiguity, shifting between priorities and projects seamlessly
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to negotiate and navigate internal and external audiences
Pluses
- Experience leading and mentoring others
- Passion for gaming
- World-class passive sourcing skills
- Experience using Workday Recruit and Eightfold
Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to our employees. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work / life balance. We’ve worked hard to champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences...ever. Join us!
