Senior Recruiter

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability. We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role

We are looking for a Senior Recruiter to join our People & Culture (Talent Acquisition) team. This role will require a broad skill set Sales/Account Exec type roles across EMEA. You’ll be a hands-on full lifecycle recruiter dedicated to building high‑calibre pipelines for our EMEA organization. Your primary focus is proactive, high‑velocity sourcing of qualified, diverse candidates and driving end-to-end hiring excellence.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Own full-cycle recruiting with business leaders across EMEA, managing the process from intake and calibration to the final close.
• Lead with sourcing by building net-new pipelines via LinkedIn Recruiter, talent maps, and targeted campaigns to maintain 2–3x pipeline coverage per role.
• Partner directly with VPs, Directors and Managers to forecast demand, define profiles, calibrate market compensation, and advise on process trade-offs.
• Drive structured, efficient hiring cycles by managing scorecards, interview plans, and data hygiene to ensure a high-quality candidate experience.
• Deliver weekly updates on pipeline health and status of openings, diagnosing and fixing bottlenecks to maintain hiring momentum.

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action.
• You are a problem‑solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser‑focused on finding the solution.
• You are a high‑trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development.
• You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain.
• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in B2B SaaS, with a good understanding of cybersecurity, networking and cloud technologies and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven success sourcing and converting passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter and modern talent discovery tools.
• Track record of meeting or exceeding goals for quality, time‑to‑fill, and offer acceptance goals while managing 8–12 concurrent searches.
• Proficiency in structured interview techniques, compensation fundamentals, and complex offer negotiations.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience hiring within the cybersecurity or networking industries across a variety of disciplines - engineering, customer success and G&A.
• Hands‑on experience with sourcing enhancers like Gem or SeekOut, talent intelligence, and detailed market mapping.
• Demonstrated impact on diversity sourcing initiatives and the calibration of interview teams to drive inclusive hiring.
• Built hiring playbooks, dashboards, or programs for GTM scale‑ups.

At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

• Various health plans.
• Time off plans for vacation and sick time.
• Parental leave options.
• Retirement options.
• Education reimbursement.
• In‑office perks, and more!

Zscaler is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We strive to create a workplace where employees are treated with respect and have the chance to succeed. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.