- Lead end-to-end executive search strategies for Director-level and above leadership roles
- Partner with senior leaders to translate organizational objectives into executive hiring and succession plans
- Provide market intelligence, competitive talent insights, and executive hiring recommendations
- Build executive talent communities and leadership pipelines for immediate and future needs
- Identify and engage leadership talent using executive search methodologies, research tools, sourcing platforms, and organizational mapping
- Conduct behavioral interviews and executive assessments
- Use data-driven decision-making to measure search effectiveness and optimize hiring outcomes
- Support executive compensation discussions, offer development, onboarding, and leadership transitions
- Develop diverse executive candidate slates and promote inclusive hiring practices
- Manage offer negotiations and close strategies
- Collaborate with HR, Total Rewards, business leaders, and global cross-functional teams
- Deliver a high-touch executive candidate experience and maintain search governance, confidentiality, and consistency
- Report to the Global Director of Executive Search
Requirements
- 7+ years of recruiting experience
- 3–5 years focused on executive search or senior leadership recruiting
- Experience recruiting Director+ level talent
- Experience within a corporate in-house executive search function and/or prior retained search firm experience
- Proven success managing complex, confidential executive searches
- Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills
- Experience utilizing executive search methodologies, research tools, and sourcing platforms
- Excellent interviewing, assessment, and candidate evaluation capabilities
- Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills
- Experience supporting global and cross-functional executive searches
- Knowledge of executive compensation structures and incentive programs
- Experience in behavioral interviewing or executive assessment methodologies
- Strong executive presence, business acumen, consultative influencing skills, discretion, confidentiality, and sound judgment
- Commitment to advancing diverse and inclusive leadership hiring practices
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in executive search strategies, including talent sourcing, behavioral interviewing, and candidate assessment, while fostering inclusive hiring practices and managing complex executive searches. Proven ability to collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to align hiring strategies with organizational objectives.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Executive Search Methodologies
- Behavioral Interviewing
- Stakeholder Management
- Project Management
- Diversity and Inclusion Practices
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Executive Search
- Candidate Assessment
- Talent Sourcing
- Market Intelligence
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Executive Compensation Knowledge
- Organizational Mapping
- Leadership Pipeline Development
- Offer Negotiation
- Confidential Search Management
Soft Skills
- Strong Communication Skills
- Consultative Influencing
- Organizational Skills
- Discretion and Confidentiality
- Executive Presence
Industry Keywords
- Executive Recruiting
- Leadership Hiring
- Succession Planning
- Candidate Experience
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Tools & Technologies
- Research Tools
- Sourcing Platforms
- Executive Search Software