Palo Alto Networks is a leading cybersecurity organisation focused on protecting the digital way of life through innovation, advanced technology and impactful solutions. The company works at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and technology to solve real-world challenges. Palo Alto Networks follows values of Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity and Inclusion while creating an environment where employees can contribute ideas and make meaningful impact.
The Lead, Recruiting Specialist role is a senior position within the Recruiting Specialist organisation and acts as a strategic partner for recruiters, recruiting managers and Talent Acquisition leadership. The role focuses on improving recruiting operations, strengthening recruiter partnerships, driving consistency in service delivery and enhancing candidate experience globally.
The selected candidate will work closely with Adecco and Recruiting Specialist teams to ensure effective collaboration, operational excellence and continuous improvement across recruitment processes. The role will serve as the primary escalation point for partnership-related and operational challenges while supporting the growth of a high-performing Recruiting Specialist model.
Key Responsibilities include acting as the primary liaison between recruiters, recruiting managers and Adecco leads or Recruiting Specialist points of contact. The candidate will drive alignment on partnership expectations, ownership responsibilities and service standards while resolving challenges and improving collaboration.
The role involves gathering stakeholder feedback and converting insights into coaching initiatives, process improvements and best practices. The candidate will support adoption of the Recruiting Specialist model across recruiting teams by developing and delivering process trainings, tools and enablement programmes.
The Lead, Recruiting Specialist will monitor service delivery, quality, productivity and partnership effectiveness across functions. The candidate will identify trends impacting recruiter bandwidth and programme performance while ensuring consistency across scheduling, candidate management, screening, documentation and reporting processes.
The role will partner with Talent Acquisition leadership to enhance the Recruiting Specialist operating model, support implementation of new tools and technologies, identify opportunities to improve recruiter efficiency and track programme success metrics.
This position also includes hands-on recruiting support responsibilities where the candidate will manage selected recruiter partnerships, support critical requisitions, provide subject matter expertise for complex hiring activities and assist during high-demand periods, new team onboarding or coverage requirements.
The role focuses on capability building, quality improvement, enablement, stakeholder satisfaction and operational excellence. It does not include HR administration, attendance management or vendor compliance responsibilities.
Industry and employee size: Palo Alto Networks operates in the cybersecurity and technology industry with a global workforce focused on delivering advanced security solutions and protecting digital infrastructure worldwide.
Required qualifications include 7+ years of experience in Recruiting, Recruiting Operations, Recruiting Coordination or Talent Acquisition. The candidate should be comfortable working non-traditional hours to support global teams and candidates across different regions. The role requires excellent communication skills, strong stakeholder management abilities and the capability to build trust with internal and external partners.
Preferred qualifications include experience conducting candidate phone screenings, managing recruiting workflows, coaching teams, supporting global recruiting organisations and using data-driven insights to improve recruitment processes. Strong analytical skills and the ability to influence stakeholders are highly valued.
Palo Alto Networks promotes diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity while encouraging employees to take risks, challenge existing processes and build innovative cybersecurity solutions.
