This role is a contract assignment at Palo Alto Networks. Contractors will not be employed by Palo Alto Networks but through our trusted staffing partners.
This position encompasses all stages of the hiring process – from partnering with business leaders on position strategy and candidate requirements, developing sourcing strategies to target and assess top talent, and negotiating/closing offers.
As a member of our Recruiting team, you will be responsible for the development, assessment, and delivery of uniquely qualified prospects for one of the most innovative companies in the world. Your focus is on delivering amazing customer and candidate experiences, developing lasting relationships, and partnering closely with HR colleagues across the globe.
Length: 6 Months
Location: Santa Clara, CA (Hybrid)
Your Impact
- Collaborate with HR Business Partners, functional business leaders, and customer organizations to understand skill requirements, background, and experience needed to develop a comprehensive recruitment strategy to meet demand plan
- Ensure the implementation and execution of the recruitment function (sourcing, screening, submitting, interviewing and closing) of candidates that meet or exceed hiring targets
- You will be responsible for establishing, cultivating and maintaining solid working relationships with internal partners (hiring managers, external relationships & other internal recruiting partners)
- Maintain in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of top talent, companies, competitive industries and trends
- Possess razor-sharp instincts and know how to measure talent through professional qualitative and quantitative metrics
- You are charged with building a pipeline of top talent, and skillfully covert passive candidates
- Develop relevant candidate analysis/assessments when presenting candidate slates
- Develop scrupulous research, industry calibration, and reference checking
- You are to craft, justify and negotiate offers (compensation, benefits, relocation, etc.)
Your Experience
- At least 5 years of experience as a Recruiter doing full-lifecycle recruiting
- Superb client management, organizational, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Strong influence skills, consultative with the composure to handle high volume
- Ability to quickly become an expert in Palo Alto Networks products and market differentiation
- Be a professional, accountable, high energy and collaborative teammate, yet the ability to work independently
- Be a self-starter and resourceful with the ability to navigate through the complexity
- Possesses high competencies in thinking strategically in as well as communication/interpersonal skills
- Previous full-cycle recruiting experience at an agency or technology company with direct knowledge of networking, SaaS, network security, or endpoint security
- You have both agency & in-house recruiting experience, and a deep understanding of Professional Services and Customer Support roles and different go-to-market strategies
- Proven success in recruiting technical candidates at all levels including Entry to Director levels
- Solid knowledge of corporate business operations and the ability to translate business needs into recruitment strategies and actions
- Demonstrable ability to successfully prioritize and manage a large and diverse requisition load in a dynamic, constantly changing work environment
- Excellent candidate assessment skills with knowledge of fundamental behavioral interviewing. Knowledge of CBI (Competency Based Interviewing) is ideal
- Experience with SmartRecruiters or Workday is a plus
Education
Bachelor Degree is a nice to have for this role
Compensation
The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer, this is the pay range that Magnit (the staffing agency) reasonably expects to pay for this position: $75/hour to $80/hour. Please note that the compensation information in this posting reflects the hourly wage only and does not include benefits. Magnit offers Medical, Dental, Vision and 401K.
Information About Palo Alto Networks
At Palo Alto Networks®, everything starts and ends with our mission:
Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish — but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.
