Executive Researcher for Leadership Sourcing & AI Tools

wolt; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolt is seeking an Executive Recruiting Researcher to support complex leadership searches across global markets. You will own research and engagement strategy for senior talent, partnering with recruiters and hiring leaders to build diverse leadership pipelines.

You will leverage AI tools to map markets, profile candidates, and drive faster, data-driven decisions while maintaining a high standard of candidate experience across the process.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading executive-level searches and building senior talent pipelines across diverse company environments (e.g., executive search firm and/or in-house within a fast-paced organization).
• Deep expertise in market mapping, talent research, and senior-level candidate identification.
• Skilled at using AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude or AI-enabled sourcing platforms to identify senior talent.
• Ability to combine AI-enabled research with data and market insight to produce sharper, faster talent intelligence for executive searches.
• Experience leveraging talent market insights and data to influence decision-making with senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships with leaders and stakeholders across the organization.
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious, and highly driven to deliver impact.

Responsibilities

• Define, design, and implement leadership recruiting programs and search engagements for a variety of executive roles, including talent landscape mapping, internal calibration and referrals, and aligning those insights with the external talent market.
• Focus on external talent market mapping, market and talent insights, as well as senior talent cultivation and bench-building for future leadership needs.
• Partner closely with Executive Recruiters to launch search engagements, create robust role and candidate specifications, and qualify and present leadership candidates.
• Deliver qualified and diverse pipelines for active searches, while actively networking and building strong relationships with exceptional candidates.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of sourcing efforts through data analysis and reporting, including search progress updates, status reports, and market trends for presentation to senior leadership.
• Proactively recommend and drive process improvements that enhance candidate identification, engagement, and overall search effectiveness.
• Support an exceptional candidate experience at every stage of the executive hiring process.
• Leverage AI tools to work smarter and drive market mapping, company research and candidate profiling, while keeping the quality and accuracy of insights high.

Skills

Executive searches

Talent pipeline building

Market mapping

AI sourcing

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Tools

ChatGPT

AI-enabled sourcing platforms

Job description

Wolt is seeking an Executive Recruiting Researcher to support complex leadership searches across global markets. You will own research and engagement strategy for senior talent, partnering with recruiters and hiring leaders to build diverse leadership pipelines.

You will leverage AI tools to map markets, profile candidates, and drive faster, data-driven decisions while maintaining a high standard of candidate experience across the process.