Specialist Recruiter

We are hiring a Specialist Recruiter to join our EMEA TA team and support hiring for our commercial business. This team drives growth by helping customers and partners realise value from Microsoft technologies through solutions that align to business outcomes, accelerate adoption, and deliver measurable impact. We are looking for a highly motivated, agile recruiter based in Germany who brings positive energy, thrives in a fast-paced environment, manages multiple priorities with strong attention to detail, and works effectively through ambiguity. If you are self-motivated, make sound decisions, remove roadblocks, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to achieve shared goals, we would love to hear from you.

This Recruiter will be on point to accelerate the growth of hiring in Germany , Austria and across wider EMEA region through the talent we identify and recruit.  We are looking for someone who isn’t afraid to push the boundaries and experiment,  gets energy from coaching, developing, and contributing towards the success of others.   

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.   

Stakeholder/Client Engagement  

• Uses data and metrics, and an understanding of the long-term business requirements, to advise on the implications of talent gaps. Leads the development of recruiting processes and strategies.  
• Applies deep knowledge of factors relevant to the business and hiring managers' needs (e.g., time to hire, location, budget) and uses this knowledge to guide the development of end-to-end hiring plans aligned to the needs of the business group.  
• Consults on critical talent needs and opportunities. Presents and frames information in a way that speaks to the business needs and influences leaders to embrace differentiated and alternative types of talent (e.g., compete, diverse, nontraditional) that may not be typically considered.  

Data Analysis & Hiring Plans  

• Analyzes relevant data and trends to provide insight and set plans to meet hiring goals. Connects data to cross-organization goals and leads conversations across groups to address broad hiring issues. Leads the implementation of a hiring plan for complex organizations or talent pools that addresses both business demand and availability of talent for short-term and long-term needs.  

Candidate Attraction  

• Uses deep knowledge of competitor opportunities to differentiate Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards and leverages a consistent, compelling message that conveys the most significant motivators to prospective candidates.  
• Shares proven stories that help others across the discipline to source, recruit, and/or close candidates. Tracks candidate activity and shares with internal stakeholders.  
• Coaches the client to represent Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards that are distinct from those of competitors.  

Candidate Experience  

• Gathers requirements and develops hiring plans that meet candidate needs throughout the hiring lifecycle, often for critical, complex, high level candidate searches.   
• Owns the candidate experience and prepares candidates for next phases of the process. Enhances the candidate experience at all phases of the relationship by proactively identifying factors that may adversely impact the candidate and partnering with business leaders to develop mitigation strategies  

Operational Compliance & Excellence  

• Leads the optimization of policies, systems, and processes throughout the organization, and guides stakeholders on the impact of these changes.  
• Maintains current documentation on candidates’ qualifications and status in the appropriate staffing or tracking system, within compliance guidelines (e.g., Office of Federal Compliance Programs, General Data Protection Regulation). Captures relevant data in recruiting platform and leverages data to inform meaningful insights  

Other 

• Embody our culture and values 

Skills required

• This is a senior hands on delivery role so we require prior talent acquisition experience (e.g., Recruiting, Sourcing) in German market. This includes working collaboratively with Workers Council and other partners in region. Understanding of local laws & regulations.
• Demonstrated experience within Tech industry Recruitment & Talent sourcing, ideally within the Sales sector.
• Advanced Communication, influencing, consulting, Learning agility, adaptability.
• Professional proficiency in German and English is required, including the ability to confidently conduct business, manage stakeholder interactions, and communicate effectively with customers in both languages.
• Experienced in utilising AI in Recruiting and/or Sourcing.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Ability to operate with autonomy in ambiguous environments on a global scale.   
• Ability to deliver results while also creating an environment for others to grow and be successful.  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Talent Acquisition IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Germany is € 72,000.00 - € 122,300.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/germany-corporate-pay.html

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.