Executive Recruiter - New York

Career Launch; New York (NY); On-site; USD 144,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch is seeking an Executive Recruiter in New York to manage senior leadership and specialist searches. Responsibilities include sourcing, screening, and coordinating interviews for assigned searches, while maintaining confidential information and candidate pipelines.

The role emphasizes upfront agreement on work scope and terms, with a fixed contractor pay range of $144,000 to $216,000 per year. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential to success.

Qualifications

• Hands-on sourcing and recruiting experience with completed searches.
• Clear communication, independent organization, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to explain prior work without sharing confidential client or employer material.
• Familiarity with startup and professional-services ecosystem in New York.

Responsibilities

• Source professionals through research, networks, and permission-based outreach.
• Screen experience and interest; submit candidate summaries against searches.
• Coordinate interviews and feedback with recruiting team; keep candidates informed.
• Maintain consent, submission ownership, and clean pipeline records.
• Share search feedback and protect confidential information.

Skills

Sourcing & Recruiting

Communication

Organization

Confidentiality handling

Job description

Career Launch is accepting applications for a paid Executive Recruiter opening focused on senior leadership and specialist searches in New York.

The work

As a Executive Recruiter, your specialty is senior leadership and specialist searches. Scope, assigned accounts or searches, workload, and engagement terms must be agreed before work starts.

Responsibilities

• Apply your experience in senior leadership and specialist searches to the agreed work.
• Clarify the approved requisition, must-have qualifications, location, and evaluation criteria.
• Source relevant professionals through appropriate research, professional networks, and permission-based outreach.
• Screen experience and interest, and submit accurate candidate summaries against an actual assigned search.
• Coordinate interviews and feedback with the recruiting team and keep candidates informed.
• Maintain candidate consent, submission ownership, and clean pipeline records.
• Share search feedback and protect confidential employer and candidate information.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on sourcing and recruiting experience in the specialty named in this posting, with examples of completed searches.
• Clear communication, independent organization, and reliable follow‑through.
• Ability to explain relevant prior work without sharing confidential client or employer material.
• Familiarity with the startup and professional‑services ecosystem in the target city.

Engagement and compensation

Fixed pay: $144,000 to $216,000 per year. Engagement: contractor.

Professional standards

Respect existing employment obligations and disclose conflicts. Do not bring proprietary customer or candidate lists. Use approved tools and handle personal data only for the agreed purpose.

Applicants are evaluated on relevant experience and skills without regard to protected characteristics.