Manager, Executive Talent Acquisition

KONE; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE is seeking an experienced Executive Recruitment Partner in Dubai to lead leadership-level search strategies, engaging executives and shaping the candidate experience throughout the interview process.

You will present market insights, maintain robust pipelines, and develop innovative sourcing approaches while collaborating with senior stakeholders to meet the company’s leadership hiring goals and diversity targets.

Qualifications

• Experienced in executive search including market research, candidate sourcing, client management and offer/negotiation.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive impact in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record delivering market mapping and talent pipelining for Executive roles.
• Strong communication, organizational and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with executives to create and facilitate search strategies for leadership roles.
• Host executive candidates through the interview process ensuring an exceptional candidate experience.
• Present market research to the business and maintain data integrity across the pipeline.
• Create innovative candidate engagement strategies and channels for executive recruiting.
• Provide strategic guidance to deliver on executive talent needs and drive results.

Skills

Executive search

Market research

Candidate sourcing

Stakeholder management

Diversity & Inclusion

Data-driven decisions

Job description

Key Responsibilities include:

• Partner with executives to create and facilitate search strategies for leadership roles
• Host executive candidates throughout the interview process ensuring they have an exceptional candidate experience
• Present market research to the business
• Manage all components of the pipeline and maintain data integrity and proactively share updates with internal stakeholders
• Create innovative new candidate identification methods engagement strategies and channels for executive recruiting
• Provide strategic guidance and support to deliver on executive talent needs.
• Conduct consultative intake calls provide weekly status reports assess risks/challenges and drive solution-oriented results
• Directly source your own talent while leveraging research for some positions
• Leverage external market data vendors sourcing channels and the latest technology available to quickly build and maintain external talent pipelines.
• Manage the interview process (ensure qualified candidates are thoroughly vetted before presenting ensure quick turn around on requests to schedule interviews debrief with interview panelists and provide timely feedback to candidates).
• Launch required assessments for candidates and conduct PAPI interviews where required
• Coach Senior Hiring Managers in best practice recruitment skills through one-to-one sessions as well as varying degrees of support required throughout entire process including supporting actively at decision making point and any compensation negotiations.
• Working to Diversity & Inclusion goals and strategies with the ability to translate these into tangible results at executive level

Critical Skills & Experience:

• Experienced in all aspects of executive search including market research creative candidate sourcing candidate generation client management and offer/negotiation
• Effectively influence stakeholders and drive impact in a fast-paced environment
• Problem solving experience
• Ability to make data driven decisions using recruitment metrics to drive performance
• Ability to juggle multiple projects & changing priorities
• Experience creating and executing sourcing strategies across a variety of disciplines
• Effective communication and organizational skills
• Demonstratable experience of working with senior executives and their teams
• Ability to partner with and influence multiple key stakeholders
• Knowledge of recruitment at Executive level across all APM markets
• Experience delivering against diversity and internal hiring goals
• Demonstrable evidence of delivering market mapping and talent pipelining for Executive roles
• Proven track record of using behavioural interviewing and assessments.
• Exceptional relationship building skills

At KONE we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is being a great place to work we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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