Overview

We are hiring a Talent Acquisition Manager, Engineering Events. In this role you will play a critical role in accelerating Microsoft’s engineering hiring through large-scale, high-impact recruiting events. This role sits at the intersection of engineering talent strategy, recruiter enablement, and event-led hiring execution—owning the design and delivery of world‑class engineering hiring experiences that attract, assess, and convert top technical talent.

You will lead and support a team of recruiters focused on engineering hiring events, including hiring days, community events, and targeted sourcing programs. Partnering closely with GTA, engineering and workforce planning leaders, you will help translate hiring demand into scalable event strategies that deliver both quality and speed.

This role demands creativity, operational rigor, and judgment. You will help define differentiated event-based sourcing strategies, ensure consistent hiring bar calibration in high‑volume settings, and enable compelling storytelling that resonates with software engineers across systems, platform, and product engineering disciplines.

We are looking for a leader who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and demonstrates unwavering attention to detail. The candidate is self‑motivated, comfortable operating in agile ways of working, and able to make informed decisions, remove roadblocks, and collaborate effectively across senior stakeholders to meet hiring objectives at scale.

This leader empowers recruiters to deliver engineering hiring outcomes through well-executed events and programs. They build deep partnerships, fail fast when needed, lead with care, and get energy from coaching, developing, and contributing to the success of others.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We work with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize shared goals—grounded in respect, integrity, and accountability, and committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

Responsibilities People Management

• Deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring
• Model: Live Microsoft’s culture, embody our values, and practice our leadership principles
• Coach: Define clear team objectives and outcomes; enable success across boundaries; help the team adapt and learn
• Care: Attract and retain talent; understand individual capabilities and aspirations; invest in the growth and development of others

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Use data, metrics, and an understanding of long-term business needs to advise leaders on engineering talent gaps and event-based hiring opportunities
• Lead the development and evolution of engineering event hiring strategies and staffing processes
• Consult with business leaders on critical talent needs and influence them to embrace differentiated and alternative talent pools (e.g., early-in-career, nontraditional backgrounds, community-based sourcing)

Candidate Attraction & Event Strategy

• Leverage deep knowledge of the technical talent market and competitor approaches to differentiate Microsoft’s engineering career opportunities through events and programs
• Design and scale compelling engineering hiring experiences that showcase Microsoft’s culture, technology, and impact
• Coach hiring partners and interviewers to effectively represent Microsoft’s unique value proposition in event-based environments

Operational Compliance & Excellence

• Lead optimization of staffing policies, systems, and processes related to event-based hiring and scaled recruiting efforts
• Hold teams accountable for accurate, compliant documentation of candidate qualifications and hiring outcomes in recruiting systems
• Ensure adherence to all compliance requirements (e.g., OFCCP, GDPR) and drive high-quality data capture and reporting

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 6+ years of talent acquisition experience (e.g., recruiting, sourcing), HR experience, or industry experience related to the role
• OR equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 12+ years of talent acquisition experience
• OR Master’s Degree AND 8+ years of talent acquisition experience
• OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years of formal people management experience (e.g., coaching and mentoring, maximizing collective team impact, contributing to the success of others)
• Experience hiring engineering or technical talent, including high‑volume and/or event‑based hiring models

Talent Acquisition M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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.