Associate Executive Recruiter

Providence; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 54,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Benefits package

401(k) matching

Job summary

You will work with the Head of Executive Recruiting and senior teams to execute searches, map markets, and contribute to succession planning, while maintaining confidentiality and delivering an exceptional candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated executive research and talent mapping capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills to translate market insights into recruiting strategies.
• Excellent interviewing and relationship management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct proactive talent mapping, market intelligence, and organizational research to identify executive leadership talent.
• Build and maintain robust pipelines of executive talent and engage passive candidates.
• Lead end-to-end recruitment for designated leadership positions, including intake, sourcing strategy, assessment, interviewing, and offer facilitation.
• Partner with senior executive recruiters and HR leaders to support succession planning and leadership pipeline initiatives.

Skills

Executive research

Talent mapping

Sourcing strategies

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

GENERAL SUMMARY

As an Associate Executive Recruiter & Research Partner, you play a critical role in supporting Providence's executive recruiting function through a blend of recruitment execution, executive sourcing, and talent intelligence. This role serves as a developmental pathway into senior executive recruiting, providing exposure to all phases of the executive search process while building expertise in candidate identification, market research, talent mapping, and executive assessment.

You will lead select leadership searches while partnering closely with the Head of Executive Recruiting, Senior Executive Recruiters, and the Sourcing & Research team. Success in this role requires strong research capabilities, intellectual curiosity, relationship-building skills, and the ability to transform market insights into recruiting strategies that help Providence attract exceptional leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Search Research & Talent Mapping

• Conduct proactive talent mapping, market intelligence, and organizational research to identify executive and leadership talent across healthcare and adjacent industries.
• Develop target company lists, organizational maps, succession pipelines, and competitive talent analyses to inform search strategies.
• Research industry trends, executive movement, and talent market dynamics to support recruiting leadership and hiring executives.

Executive Candidate Sourcing

• Build and maintain robust pipelines of executive and leadership talent through networking, referrals, market research, and direct sourcing techniques.
• Identify and engage passive candidates for executive and hard-to-fill leadership positions.
• Utilize sourcing technologies, professional networks, and research methodologies to uncover diverse and highly qualified leadership talent.

Full-Cycle Recruitment for Assigned Searches

• Lead end-to-end recruitment efforts for designated leadership positions, including intake consultations, sourcing strategy development, candidate assessment, interviewing, and offer facilitation.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders throughout the recruitment process.

Executive Search Project Support

• Partner with senior executive recruiters on C-suite and executive-level searches by supporting candidate development, talent research, market assessments, and search execution.
• Contribute to position specifications, candidate evaluation summaries, search updates, and executive search presentations.

Candidate Assessment & Relationship Management

• Conduct candidate screening and assessment conversations focused on leadership capabilities, cultural alignment, career motivations, compensation expectations, and relocation considerations.
• Develop meaningful relationships with executive talent and maintain engagement throughout the search process.

Internal Talent & Succession Planning

• Support talent review and succession planning efforts through internal talent identification, leadership pipeline analysis, and readiness assessments.
• Partner with Talent Management and HR leaders to increase visibility of internal executive talent.

Operational Excellence

• Maintain accurate search documentation, candidate records, market intelligence, and recruiting activity within recruitment systems.
• Track pipeline activity, search progress, sourcing effectiveness, and candidate outcomes to support continuous improvement.

What Success Looks Like

• Develops deep knowledge of executive talent markets and healthcare leadership trends.
• Builds strong executive candidate pipelines for current and future leadership opportunities.
• Demonstrates exceptional research, talent mapping, and sourcing capabilities.
• Delivers high-quality market intelligence that influences search strategy and hiring decisions.
• Establishes trusted relationships with candidates, hiring leaders, and senior recruiting partners.
• Balances multiple searches, research projects, and sourcing initiatives with strong attention to detail and execution.
• Contributes to Providence's long-term succession planning and leadership pipeline strategies.
• Consistently delivers an exceptional and highly personalized candidate experience.

Experience Requirement

Required: Bachelor's degree in business or healthcare administration or equivalent and 2 years of experience in leadership recruiting, talent research, talent sourcing, recruitment coordination, or a combination thereof.

Updated Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated executive research, talent mapping, and candidate sourcing capabilities.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate market intelligence into actionable recruiting strategies.
• Excellent interviewing, assessment, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to identify and engage passive executive talent across diverse markets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop executive-level candidate profiles and search documentation.
• Exceptional organizational and project management abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent searches, research projects, and sourcing initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with executive recruiters, hiring leaders, and HR partners.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality when handling sensitive executive search matters.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in‑class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100‑year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on‑call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well‑being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Requsition ID: 454350

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Talent Acquisition

Job Function: Human Resources

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Business Professional

Department: 4002 SS HR EXE RECR SRVC

Address: WA Renton 1801 Lind Ave SW

Work Location: Providence Valley Office Park-Renton

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Pay Range: $39.45 - $61.24

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on‑call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.