Interprets engineering clients business and requirements to drive a staffing process to promote an optimal internal and external talent mix. Executes a hiring plan within aligned business groups. Identifies differentiated and alternative types of talent. Reviews data and market research and consults with the business to recommend and implement a hiring plan that addresses both business demand and talent availability. Elicits interest in passive, active, and potential candidates by using and telling business stories that represent Microsofts unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards that are distinct from those of competitors. Leverages best practices on sourcing, recruiting, and/or closing techniques and stories with their own team. Leverages resources to deliver information to the client based on their unique motivators and knowledge of the Microsoft deal. Uses an understanding of talent markets and complex candidate profiles, as well as relationships with talent pools and communities, to identify, secure, and/or develop candidates for immediate and near-future needs and pipelines. Develops a pipeline that generates differentiated talent to meet the future needs of the business. Leverages tools and assessment frameworks from Operations teams and Center of Excellence to assess candidates. Demostrates strong knowledge of product hiring in the industry .