Google
Recruiter, Data Centre Operations
Found: Today
This role is based in London, UK.
Responsibilities:
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for data center talent across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), delivering a quality experience while meeting business hiring goals.
- Build and own sourcing strategies to build various talent pipelines, tracking employment trends and contributing to regional industry analysis.
- Collaborate with interview teams to ensure preparedness, quality assessments, and communication throughout the hiring process.
- Negotiate and engaging offers to close talent, partnering with executive management to secure critical hires.
- Identify bottlenecks in the recruitment process and recommend enhancements to improve the quality of hire, candidate experience, and overall efficiency.
Minimum qualifications:
- 2 years of experience hiring for technical engineering or data centre operations roles within EMEA, or experience in similar mission-critical environments.
- Experience with talent acquisition methodologies, including Boolean search techniques and applicant tracking systems (ATS).
Preferred qualifications:
- 3 years of experience in full-cycle recruiting or sourcing in a changing corporate environment, and experience closing candidates and negotiating compensation packages.
- Experience managing or supporting apprenticeship programmes or early-career talent initiatives, particularly within technical or infrastructure sectors.
- Ability to grow a talent base, nurture relationships, and work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Ability to solve problems and deliver impact through process refinements with problem solving mindset.
- Excellent accountability, work ethic, integrity, and organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to take initiative and build relationships.