Senior Sales Recruiter
Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 92 million registered learners as of Sept. 30, 2021. Coursera partners with over 250 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including Guided Projects, courses, Specializations, certificates, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in many high-demand fields, including data science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.
The People team at Coursera is responsible for building our teams, retaining our amazing talent and developing programs that create community and promote employee betterment. Currently, we are tackling projects aimed at helping Coursera to continue to scale as a global company made up of high-performance teams. We are passionate about fulfilling our company’s mission to transform lives through learning.
As a Senior Sales Recruiter, you play a critical role in partnering across sales organization to define our hiring needs and build innovative recruiting strategies to effectively attract and hire top talent. In this role you will source, attract and build relationships with individuals that reflect our global community of diverse learners. To be successful, you should be proactive and self-motivated, have a track record of juggling multiple reqs with a high volume of candidates, have an understanding and appreciation for cultural diversity, be comfortable closing talent and influencing leaders at any level, have a strong sense of urgency, and a passion for bringing education to the world!
Responsibilities:
- Effectively partner with your hiring managers & leadership team to understand their talent needs and build hiring strategies
- Build phenomenal pipelines of diverse talent with an emphasis on creating extraordinary candidate experience
- Manage high volume searches simultaneously with attention to meeting customer deadlines
- Facilitate interview process, hiring decisions and offer negotiations
- Help ensure recruiting data integrity by utilizing our ATS (Lever) in an optimal way
- Track and analyze metrics and reports on hiring progress to leadership on a regular cadence
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience as a full life-cycle recruiter, including experience with proactive sourcing and candidate offers and closing
- Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems and other sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, etc.
- Experience creating and fostering partnerships with internal leadership and executive teams
- Experience analyzing data, understanding trends, developing and articulating recommendations for action based on the data analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
- Background in using innovative research & sourcing methods to hire for niche areas, hard to fill roles, and candidate with diverse skillsets
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
- Intermediate knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets (vlookup, pivot tables, functions)
- Previous project management experience
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
- Creative Problem Solving
- Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
- Communication in the 21st Century Workplace
Coursera is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at [email protected].
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