Executive Recruiter

Meraki Talent Ltd; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An executive recruitment agency in the UK seeks a Vice President-level Technology & Operations Executive Recruiter to lead end-to-end executive hiring. The role involves developing recruitment strategies, managing senior hires, and providing a premium candidate experience. Ideal candidates should possess extensive experience in executive-level hiring, strong negotiation skills, and the capability to influence at an executive level. This hands-on role demands strategic thinking and deep expertise in the Technology & Operations talent market.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in executive-level hiring within Technology & Operations.
• Proven track record in direct sourcing and senior executive search.
• Strong understanding of organizational structures and leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver world-class executive recruitment services for senior Technology & Operations leadership.
• Build and maintain executive talent needs assessment.
• Conduct interviews and manage offer negotiations.

Skills

Executive search expertise

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Strategic thinking

Risk and control awareness

Job description

Purpose of the Role

To deliver world-class executive recruitment services to senior Technology & Operations leadership, ensuring the organisation attracts, engages and hires exceptional executive‑level talent.

Accountabilities

• Develop and implement executive recruitment strategies aligned to organisational priorities, including identifying potential candidates through direct sourcing, professional networks, social platforms, market mapping and referrals.
• Build and maintain an executive talent needs assessment to anticipate future hiring requirements and sustain a robust, diverse talent pipeline.
• Create compelling job briefs and recruitment marketing materials, manage sourcing and screening activity, conduct executive interviews, provide hiring recommendations and lead offer negotiation.
• Oversee onboarding activities for senior hires, including coordination of orientation and transition processes to ensure a seamless integration into the organisation.
• Monitor, analyse and report on key recruitment metrics such as time-to-hire, cost-per-hire and source effectiveness, identifying opportunities for optimisation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior stakeholders, including hiring managers, HR colleagues, external search firms and industry networks, to strengthen the executive talent pipeline and ensure best‑practice recruitment delivery.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to or set functional strategy, drive requirements, recommend change initiatives, plan resources and budgets, and oversee the management and continuous improvement of policies, processes and governance.
• If leading a team: define roles and responsibilities, plan for future capability needs, coach and guide team members, influence performance and reward decisions, and lead specialists to deliver both tactical and strategic priorities.
• If operating as an individual contributor: act as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, lead complex multi‑year assignments, mentor less experienced colleagues, and provide insight that informs long‑term strategy, risk and organisational decision‑making.
• Advise senior stakeholders and leadership teams on functional and cross‑functional impacts, ensuring alignment to business strategy and priorities.
• Assess, manage and mitigate risks in line with organisational control, governance and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrate strong leadership behaviours that create an inclusive, high‑performance environment where colleagues can excel.
• Collaborate across business areas to remain aligned with organisational strategy, operational activity, and emerging talent needs.
• Apply sophisticated analytical thinking to solve complex problems, evaluate alternative approaches and deliver innovative solutions.
• Embed insights from extensive research and market analysis into decision‑making and problem‑solving processes.
• Build and maintain trusting, influential relationships with internal and external stakeholders, using strong negotiation and advisory skills to achieve business objectives.

Additional Role Description

As a Vice President‑level Technology & Operations Executive Recruiter, you will act as a trusted talent advisor to senior leaders, with responsibility for end‑to‑end executive hiring across Technology and Operations functions. You will manage recruitment for senior and executive roles (e.g., Director, Managing Director or equivalent), delivering best‑in‑class executive search services through a combination of direct sourcing, strategic market intelligence and talent pipelining.

This is a hands‑on, high‑impact role that requires deep expertise in Technology & Operations talent markets. You will facilitate a premium, “white‑glove” candidate and stakeholder experience, ensuring precise communication, timely delivery and a high degree of confidence throughout the hiring process.

Working closely with business leaders, HR Business Partners and Reward, you will ensure senior hires are aligned with organisational goals and capability needs. Success requires strong commercial judgment, excellent negotiation skills, strategic thinking and exceptional influencing capability at executive level.

Experience & Capabilities

• Extensive experience in executive‑level hiring within Technology & Operations, ideally in complex, regulated or global environments.
• Proven track record in direct sourcing and senior executive search (contingent or retained).
• In‑house recruitment experience within large‑scale organisations.
• Strong understanding of Technology & Operations organisational structures and leadership roles.
• Excellent stakeholder management, advisory and influencing skills, with a track record of partnering at senior and executive levels.
• Ability to apply critical skills such as risk and control awareness, change and transformation capability, strategic thinking, digital fluency and business acumen.