Contract Technical Recruiter

Job Description
We are looking for experienced Contract Recruiter to support our hiring efforts for our Product Engineering Teams. The role will support Software and Research Engineering, Data and Applied Sciences, and Technical Product Manager roles in NAMER (US & Canada). The talent we recruit is often passive, engaged in their work, and top contributors in their current organizations. In addition to managing external/internal applicants and referrals, it is your job to skillfully identify, source, engage and sell these passive candidates on the opportunities within Thomson Reuters.
 
Key Responsibilities

In this role as a Contract Technical Recruiter, you will: 

• Manage the end-to-end talent acquisition process, from receipt of approved requisition to the accepted offer
• Create and execute recruiting strategies that are creditable and show clarity with stakeholders to drive results
• Create effective sourcing strategies designed to attract top and passive talent with an emphasis of diverse pipelines
• Build tailored assessment and interview processes for hiring needs to learn about the candidate’s skills and capabilities
• Be accountable for meeting established performance targets and providing a high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruiting cycle
• Utilize Workday (applicant tracking system) to post positions, manage candidates, develop reports, and maintain all recruitment data
• Implement best practices to attract and recruit diverse talent including use of technology, social media, community outreach, military, educational, professional organizations, referral networks and outplacement agencies 

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of demonstrated recruitment experience, combination of corporate and agency experience preferred. Experience sourcing and recruiting AI talent is preferred (ML Engineers, Data and Applied Scientists with NLP and LLM)
• Proven experience in creative sourcing strategies to identify passive candidates using out-of-the-box methodologies and the ability to build pipelines through those efforts
• A prior record of accomplishment of recruiting and scaling high-performing organizations; prior experience working in global information, professional services, or technology company is desirable
• A demonstrated ability to assess and evaluate candidates; Training in behavioral or competency-based interviewing is a plus
• Experience negotiating total rewards beyond salary that includes bonus, LTI/RSUs, and sign on
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Successful and efficient use of Workday ATS to manage a workload of up to 20 open jobs at a time while being mindful of time to fill and candidate experience goals
• Experience with Claude AI, ChatGPT, or other AI tools
• Sourcing tools such as JuiceBox and/or SeekOut
  
  

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

Thomson Reuters makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. If you reside in the United States and require an accommodation in the recruiting process, you may contact our Human Resources Department at HR.Leave-Expert@thomsonreuters.com. Disability accommodations in the recruiting process may include things like a sign language interpreter, making interview rooms accessible, providing assistive technology, or other relevant accommodations. Please note this email is not intended for general recruitment questions and we will promptly respond to inquiries regarding accommodations. More information on requesting an accommodation here.

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