Recruiting Manager

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Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions is looking for "Recruiting Manager" who could join in our team of professionals. If you meet our background requirements and skills and looking for an opportunity to be rewarded for your skills and expertise, here is the ideal opportunity for you!

"Cognizant will not sponsor H-1B or other U.S. work authorization, or lawful permanent residence (otherwise known as a "Green Card") for this role.

Role: Recruiting Manager

Location: Teaneck, NJ (Primary) / Any nearest Cognizant office

Experience: 12 - 20yrs

Core Responsibilities

* Drive sourcing capability and capacity across a geographically dispersed team within North America to proactively build diverse candidate pools while leveraging all available talent channels to expedite the recruitment of market-leading technical talent for the business.
* Work closely with business leaders to influence and deliver quality assessment and high touch candidate experience through all aspects of the recruitment funnel.
* Partner with key stakeholders (Business Leaders, Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners) to determine future talent needs and set and drive enabling sourcing strategies; this requires a deep understanding through extensive market research of the channels where we can find the best, diverse talent who fit our technical and cultural demands.
* Build engage, manage and develop a team of high-performing recruiting staff in an extremely fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
* Set team performance goals and metrics, timelines and a formal tracking process to measure and manage progress.
* Develop and execute to plans to identify and drive productivity improvements that enable the team to deliver to hiring goals without having to scale deployed resources at a rate faster than the business is growing.
* Periodically lead and/or participate in cross-business/cross-company special projects and initiatives related to talent acquisition.

Basic Qualifications

* Master's degree or equivalent experience required.
* 12+ years technical recruiting experience working in a medium to high volume, high hiring bar environment.
* 3+ years of experience leading, building, and coaching a recruiting team of recruiters, in a high-tech corporate environment.
* Experience partnering with senior leaders to deliver results.
* Experience working with recruiting tools and systems, including resume databases, internet sourcing tools, and spreadsheets.

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience partnering with senior leaders to deliver results.
* A proven track record of influencing senior leaders on recruiting strategies.
* Strong consulting skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, as a team leader and member.
* Organized and pragmatic; thrives in a results oriented environment.
* Skilled at partnering with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with an ability to manage customer/partner expectations through a deep understanding of ROI.
* Experience defining and delivering complex recruiting strategies.
* Workforce planning experience.
* Experience as a single point of contact partnering with global stakeholders to collaborate on recruiting strategy and delivery.
* Experience utilizing metrics and data to drive decision-making.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Experience utilizing data and analytical skills to create, measure, and scale workflows to achieve accelerated hiring goals.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Nov

About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at or follow

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