Contract Recruiter - Sales - Middle East & Africa

Job Description Contract Recruiter – Sales & Sales Engineering UAE Fortinet is looking for an experienced Contract Recruiter to support the recruitment of Sales and Sales Engineering professionals across the UAE. This is an opportunity for a commercially minded recruiter who understands the competitive nature of the technology and cybersecurity talent market and can build strong candidate pipelines from scratch. Responsibilities • Recruit Sales and Sales Engineering professionals across a range of levels and experience. • Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, events, online postings and other recruitment channels. • Develop and execute effective recruitment strategies to meet hiring plans and management expectations. • Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from initial sourcing and assessment through offer negotiation, offer presentation and close. • Act as a trusted candidate ambassador throughout the recruitment process and deliver a consistently positive candidate experience. • Partner closely with hiring managers to understand requirements, prioritise hiring needs and provide market insight and recruitment recommendations. • Maintain regular communication with candidates and hiring managers to ensure expectations are aligned and recruitment activity remains on track. • Manage multiple vacancies and priorities in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating a strong sense of urgency and attention to detail. • Use recruitment data, market knowledge and candidate feedback to provide strategic insight to hiring managers. Required Skills & Experience • 7+ years of proven recruitment experience, with a strong focus on Sales recruitment within a fast-paced environment. • Experience recruiting Sales and/or Sales Engineering professionals within the technology, cybersecurity or related industries. • Demonstrated ability to build candidate pipelines from scratch using a broad range of sourcing and recruitment techniques. • Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to manage expectations effectively with both candidates and hiring managers. • Excellent organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple roles and competing priorities. • A proactive, problem-solving mindset with the ability to work with a strong sense of urgency. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong tact and diplomacy. • Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS). • Proven experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through to offer and close. • Experience recruiting within the UK technology or cybersecurity market is strongly preferred. About Fortinet Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider and government organisations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to address ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network — today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges across network, application, cloud and mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the number of security appliances shipped worldwide, and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying. Show more Show less

7+ years of proven recruitment experience, with a strong focus on Sales recruitment within a fast-paced environment. Experience recruiting Sales and/or Sales Engineering professionals within technology, cybersecurity or related industries. Demonstrated ability to build candidate pipelines from scratch using a broad range of sourcing and recruitment techniques. Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to manage expectations effectively with both candidates and hiring managers. Excellent organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple roles and competing priorities. A proactive, problem-solving mindset with the ability to work with a strong sense of urgency. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong tact and diplomacy. Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Proven experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through to offer and close. Experience recruiting within the UK technology or cybersecurity market is strongly preferred.

Recruit Sales and Sales Engineering professionals across a range of levels and experience. Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, events, online postings and other recruitment channels. Develop and execute effective recruitment strategies to meet hiring plans and management expectations. Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from initial sourcing and assessment through offer negotiation, offer presentation and close. Act as a trusted candidate ambassador throughout the recruitment process and deliver a consistently positive candidate experience. Partner closely with hiring managers to understand requirements, prioritise hiring needs and provide market insight and recruitment recommendations. Maintain regular communication with candidates and hiring managers to ensure expectations are aligned and recruitment activity remains on track. Manage multiple vacancies and priorities in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating a strong sense of urgency and attention to detail. Use recruitment data, market knowledge and candidate feedback to provide strategic insight to hiring managers.