Sr Talent Acquisition Specialist

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive. F5 is a multi-cloud application security and delivery company committed to bringing a better digital world to life. Our solutions enable organizations from the largest enterprises to the most innovative startups to securely deliver digital experiences to any user, any device, anywhere. With deep expertise in Application Delivery, Software Defined Networks, Cloud Applications, and Security, F5 partners with the world's largest businesses, service providers, governments, and consumer brands. Position Summary: Own and drive the full cycle recruitment strategy and results for F5. Develop, drive, and execute comprehensive search strategies - including driving a recruitment plan which is geared at building key competitive research, industry profile development, networking and direct sourcing. Work with the extended P&C Team and clients to advise on specifics for the position, including levelling/compensation strategy, immigration and market trends. Utilize strategic advising and influencing skills; demonstrate staffing expertise and provide recommendations to hiring managers. Serve as the talent specialist on critical recruiting initiatives – craft and implement sourcing and pipeline strategy and timeline – drive the dedicated talent sourcing to hire sales professionals to meet business needs. Educate/train hiring managers and Sr Management on recruiting processes, use of recruiting software systems, compliance requirements and hiring manager best practices. Design and provide ongoing training to managers on hiring/interviewing practices and procedures, with focus on interviewing techniques. Mentor, provide training, and encourage knowledge share and teamwork with fellow recruitment teammates and HR Partners. Deliver results with little supervision and effectively prioritise multiple projects and candidates. Meet standard measurements of success for staffing, including (but not limited to recruitment metrics, annual hiring plan, diversity goals, and cost/time to hire standards. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience required. 7+ years of experience working in Recruiting Direct experience at organizations in the following areas of technology is a plus: Application Delivery/Software Defined Networks, Cloud Applications, and/or Security. Proven experience and passion toward targeting high-producing talent skill sets; ability to creatively find top talent using advanced search techniques, passive sourcing, social media, personal network, referrals, and the internet. Full-cycle recruiting experience is required with a proven ability to attract, recruit and close. Proficiency in MS Office applications, Applicant Tracking System usage, and internet candidate search techniques and tools. Excellent communications both written and verbal required; ability to effectively communicate at various levels of the management chain. Proven influence & leadership skills; ability to effectively collaborate, lead and drive the recruitment process with hiring managers and candidates. The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change. Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com ) . Equal Employment Opportunity It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates . Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com .