Executive Search Partner — Senior Leadership Hires

Distinct | B Corp; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Distinct Recruitment is partnering with a leading organisation to appoint an Executive Search Partner into its senior Talent Acquisition function. You will own complex, high-value searches from brief to appointment, working closely with C-suite and senior leaders to define roles and search strategies.

This role is not volume recruitment; you will manage a portfolio of c10-15 senior searches, delivering tailored market mapping, direct sourcing and robust candidate engagement whilst upholding

Qualifications

• Strong executive search and headhunting experience.
• Excellent market mapping and talent intelligence capability.
• Credibility and confidence when working with C-suite and senior stakeholders.
• The ability to influence and challenge rather than simply execute.
• Experience managing complex, confidential and hard-to-fill searches.
• Strong assessment and candidate management skills.
• A genuinely consultative approach to executive recruitment.
• Curiosity about markets, businesses, leadership and talent.
• The resilience and tenacity to keep momentum through challenging searches.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Executive and senior leaders to define and deliver leadership hiring strategies.
• Own searches end-to-end, from briefing and role design through to market mapping, sourcing, assessment and appointment.
• Build detailed talent maps and competitor intelligence to identify hard-to-reach candidates.
• Develop creative, direct sourcing strategies to engage exceptional and diverse talent.
• Build trusted relationships with passive candidates and senior stakeholders.
• Provide market insight and challenge hiring decisions where appropriate.
• Manage multiple complex searches simultaneously, maintaining pace, quality and confidentiality.
• Ensure a high-touch, exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience.
• Use recruitment data and market intelligence to continually improve search strategies.
• Champion inclusive hiring and build diverse leadership pipelines.
• Contribute to the evolution of the organisation's executive recruitment proposition, processes and approach.

Skills

Executive search

Headhunting

Market mapping

Stakeholder management

Assessment

Talent acquisition

Confidentiality

Leadership pipelines

Consultative approach

Job description

Distinct Recruitment is partnering with a leading organisation to appoint an Executive Search Partner into its senior Talent Acquisition function. You will own complex, high-value searches from brief to appointment, working closely with C-suite and senior leaders to define roles and search strategies.

This role is not volume recruitment; you will manage a portfolio of c10-15 senior searches, delivering tailored market mapping, direct sourcing and robust candidate engagement whilst upholding