Recruiter, Global Executive Recruitment

**Senior Associate, Global Executive Recruitment**

**Bangalore, India**

**ABOUT US**

**The Role**

Cognizant Technology Solutions is seeking a talented Executive Recruiter at the Senior Associate level. As part of the Global Executive Recruitment team, this individual will support our hiring managers and business unit leadership in identifying, selecting and hiring best-in-class talent. The Global Executive Recruitment team supports executive-level hires into a specific, assigned business unit -achieved through a combination of direct and indirect hires. We are looking for someone who has strong recruitment capabilities and previous experience hiring executive, corporate, consulting, or senior level technical roles.

This is an individual contributor role, which means we are looking for someone with a high level of personal accountability who can execute against multiple competing priorities and exhibit personal leadership and professionalism at all times. In addition to capabilities as a recruiter, this position requires proactivity, detail orientation, and communication skills, as well as a curiosity and interest in engaging with experts in their fields. At Cognizant, we are a high-performing team with heart. If you want to work with leading-edge technologies and interface with leaders in their fields at a company that is engineering modern businesses to improve everyday life, we want to hear from you

**Responsibilities**
- Reporting to a Recruiting Lead, you will work within the Global Executive Recruitment (“GER”) team and be aligned to one or more Business Units on a national level and will be responsible for ensuring all executive-level external and internal recruitment continues to deliver against corporate objectives.
- You will work with senior stakeholders (both BU Leaders and Hiring Managers) to plan and implement recruitment projects to ensure Cognizant hires the best external hires in line with corporate strategy and within pre-agreed project parameters including quality-of-hire, cost-per-hire, time-to-fill, etc.
- In limited cases, engage external research and external search firms to deliver appropriate talent to deliver the corporate strategy; manage the agency process when approved and required
- Follow the processes for Recruitment, HR, and Operations; take accountability for learning new processes and remain in compliance with TAG (Talent Acquisition Group) and company policies
- Maintain accuracy of data in Applicant Tracking System (ATS); assist in reporting and data integrity
- Work India Time Zone hours with some ET / CT Leadership Calls

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree
- 4-6+ years of recruitment experience, ideally within the executive search, agency, management consulting or in-house executive recruiting
- Experience creating sourcing strategies, recruiting in international markets, utilizing industry insights to find talent, understanding corporate and executive hierarchy.
- Experience building an executive talent sourcing strategy focused on the technology and service delivery spaces.
- Ability to strategically set targets and prioritize effectively based on key market insights.
- Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes; the embodiment of Cognizant’s Values of: Work as One, Raise the Bar, Dare to innovate, Do the right thing, & Own it

**Work Authorization**
- Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the country where the role is located without company sponsorship