Executive Recruiter

Heartland Dental; Effingham (IL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartland Dental is seeking an Executive Recruiter, Talent Acquisition to lead strategic hiring for senior corporate and operational roles nationwide. You will partner with executives and stakeholders to develop recruitment strategies, map markets, and build leadership pipelines while delivering a best-in-class candidate experience.

The role requires 5+ years in recruiting, including leadership searches, with remote work capability and travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of recruiting experience, including 2 years on senior leadership searches.
• Proven end-to-end recruitment experience for professional, leadership, and executive roles.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent executive searches in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong partnerships with senior leaders and hiring stakeholders with strategic insights.
• 2+ years partnering with external executive search firms and agencies.
• Proficiency with ATS and productivity tools (iCIMS, Workday, MS Office, AI recruiting tech).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment strategies for Sr. Manager through Sr. Director-level corporate roles.
• Manage 15–20 concurrent executive searches with ATS visibility.
• Partner with executives and stakeholders to understand business objectives and talent needs.
• Provide data-informed market insights and consultative recruiting guidance.
• Develop leadership talent pipelines through market mapping and engagement with active/passive candidates.
• Evaluate and assess leadership talent with structured selection processes.
• Maintain long-term relationships with high-potential leaders for future pipelines.
• Guide hiring leaders on market conditions, compensation trends, and timelines.
• Evaluate external executive search partners when appropriate.
• Champion a high-quality candidate experience throughout the lifecycle.
• Monitor search progress and provide updates to stakeholders.
• Identify process improvements and sourcing innovations to improve outcomes.

Skills

Executive recruiting

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Remote work

Travel readiness

Tools

iCIMS

Workday

Microsoft Office

Talent intelligence platforms

AI-enabled recruiting

Job description

Executive Recruiter, Talent Acquisition
As a member of the Talent Acquisition team, the Executive Recruiter leads strategic hiring initiatives for senior-level corporate and operations positions company wide. Acting as a trusted talent advisor, this individual partners with executives, Operations leaders, and key stakeholders to provide talent market insights, develop recruitment strategies, and identify leadership talent capable of advancing organizational objectives. The role combines talent intelligence, market mapping, and consultative search execution to build leadership pipelines, support critical hiring needs, and deliver a best-in-class experience for candidates and hiring leaders.

Executive Recruiter, Talent Acquisition
As a member of the Talent Acquisition team, the Executive Recruiter leads strategic hiring initiatives for senior-level corporate and operations positions company wide. Acting as a trusted talent advisor, this individual partners with executives, Operations leaders, and key stakeholders to provide talent market insights, develop recruitment strategies, and identify leadership talent capable of advancing organizational objectives. The role combines talent intelligence, market mapping, and consultative search execution to build leadership pipelines, support critical hiring needs, and deliver a best-in-class experience for candidates and hiring leaders.
Heartland Dental is the nation's largest dental support organization, providing non-clinical administrative support services to more than 3,100 supported doctors across 39 states and the District of Columbia in over 1,900 dental offices. Each Heartland Dental supported office is unique to the community and the patients they serve. Supported doctors are the leaders of their practice and retain clinical autonomy. All Heartland Dental supported Doctors are united by a common goal: delivering the highest quality dental care and experiences to the communities they serve.
To give you an idea of the team structure, you will work on the Talent Acquisition team, reporting to the Corporate & Executive Recruiting Manager. This position partners with a Recruiting Coordinator for administrative support.
This is a remote position with up to 10% travel for meetings, trainings, conferences, and business-related events.
Below is an overview of the duties and responsibilities you would take on in this role:

• Lead end-to-end recruitment strategies for Sr. Manager through Sr. Director-level corporate positions and Regional Manager and Director of Operations roles, aligning talent acquisition efforts with organizational and business objectives.
• Manage a high-volume portfolio of 15–20 concurrent leadership and executive searches while maintaining accurate ATS data, talent pipeline visibility, and proactive hiring manager updates to ensure alignment, compliance, and timely hiring outcomes.
• Partner with Support Office executives, Operations leadership, and hiring stakeholders to understand business objectives, organizational needs, succession considerations, and talent requirements.
• Serve as a strategic talent advisor by challenging hiring assumptions and providing data-informed recommendations related to talent availability, market dynamics, organizational design, compensation, and hiring strategy.
• Build and maintain robust pipelines of executive and operational leadership talent through proactive market mapping, talent intelligence research and relationship-driven engagement of active and passive candidates.
• Evaluate and assess leadership talent through structured selection processes, competency-based interviewing, and alignment to organizational needs, role requirements, and leadership expectations.
• Develop and maintain long-term relationships with high-potential leadership candidates to strengthen future talent pipelines.
• Provide consultative guidance to hiring leaders regarding talent market conditions, candidate availability, compensation trends, competitive intelligence, and expected recruiting timelines.
• Evaluate, engage, and manage external executive search partners when appropriate, providing recommendations regarding in-house search execution versus third-party partnership models.
• Champion a high-quality candidate experience by ensuring professional, timely, and transparent communication throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Monitor search progress, hiring activity, talent pipeline health, and market intelligence to provide regular updates and actionable insights to hiring stakeholders.
• Identify and implement process improvements, sourcing innovations, and operational enhancements that improve recruiting effectiveness, stakeholder alignment, candidate quality, and hiring outcomes.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in recruiting, including at least 2 years of direct responsibility for Sr. Manager through Sr. Director-level searches
• Demonstrated success managing end-to-end recruitment strategies for professional, leadership, and executive-level talent, from talent identification and engagement through selection, offer negotiation, and successful hiring outcomes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent leadership and executive-level searches while balancing competing priorities, stakeholder expectations, and hiring timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted partnerships with senior leaders, executives, and hiring stakeholders by providing strategic talent market insights, search guidance, and consultative recruiting support.
• 2+ years’ experience partnering with external executive search firms, talent intelligence providers, and recruiting agencies to support strategic hiring initiatives.
• Strong proficiency with talent acquisition technologies and business productivity tools, including applicant tracking systems (iCIMS, Workday, or similar), Microsoft Office applications, talent intelligence platforms, and AI-enabled recruiting technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a remote environment while maintaining exceptional communication, organization, responsiveness, and execution.
• Ability to travel up to 10% for meetings, trainings, conferences, or business-related events.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience identifying and recruiting leadership talent within healthcare, dental, multi-site operations, consumer services, or similarly complex operating environments.
• Experience conducting talent mapping, developing leadership talent pipelines, and executing proactive candidate engagement strategies for current and future organizational talent needs.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the position.
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• Ability to travel as needed, up to 10%.

We put our people first at Heartland Dental, and that shows in our generous benefits package.
Company retains the sole discretion to change the duties of the position at any time.
We provide all employees and applicants for employment the protections of federal, state, and local laws affording equal opportunity in employment.