Executive Recruiter

About This Role

This executive recruiter role involves identifying, attracting, assessing, and engaging executive talent across the enterprise. The individual will partner with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, and Talent Acquisition leadership to drive executive hiring outcomes and build a world-class internal Executive Search function.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic talent advisor
• Develop deep expertise in supported business lines
• Cultivate executive talent pipelines
• Provide market intelligence
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Manage multiple executive searches simultaneously
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments
• Deliver an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring leaders
• Help establish Talent Acquisition as a strategic business partner
• Contribute to workforce planning, succession discussions, leadership pipeline development, and talent market insights

Requirements

• Ability to combine relationship-building skills of a trusted consultant, the discipline of a project manager, the curiosity of a researcher, and the urgency of a recruiter
• Belief that executive search is about helping organizations make better leadership decisions and building talent pipelines that create long-term business success
• 8+ years of recruiting experience within a retained search firm, corporate search function, or a combination of both
• Demonstrated experience managing executive and senior leadership searches from intake through offer acceptance
• Proven success in sourcing, engaging, and recruiting passive executive-level talent
• Experience managing multiple concurrent searches while maintaining quality, responsiveness, and stakeholder confidence
• Experience partnering directly with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, and hiring executives throughout the search process
• Strong executive search methodology, including talent mapping, market research, candidate assessment, and executive outreach
• Ability to develop and execute search strategies for complex leadership roles across multiple business functions
• Experience building and maintaining executive talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs
• Ability to assess leadership talent against technical requirements, leadership competencies, organizational culture, and business objectives
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of an organization
• Strong consultative skills with the ability to advise leaders on talent availability, market conditions, and hiring strategies
• Experience facilitating intake meetings and translating business needs into actionable search plans