Executive Talent Acquisition Partner

SeaHill Consulting Group; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SeaHill Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition professional to lead full-cycle recruitment for professional and leadership-level roles across the organization. You will partner with executives and hiring managers to understand priorities, build pipelines, and deliver top candidates who fit the culture and business needs.

You will source, screen, interview, negotiate offers, and guide onboarding while maintaining a high-touch candidate experience and strong market insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Experience recruiting across HR, business operations, government affairs, public policy, communications, administrative leadership, or related functions.
• Experience managing the complete recruiting process from intake through onboarding.
• Proven ability to communicate confidently and professionally with executives, senior leaders, hiring managers, and high-level candidates.
• Strong executive presence with exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into effective sourcing and candidate evaluation strategies.
• Experience recruiting for positions requiring discretion, political awareness, sound judgment, and strong stakeholder management.
• Strong direct sourcing capabilities with experience identifying and engaging passive professional talent.
• Experience presenting candidate profiles, market data, and recruiting recommendations to senior leadership.
• Experience using ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other recruiting and sourcing technologies.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and searches.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Political Science, or related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead intake meetings with hiring managers and executives to define position scope, required qualifications, preferred experience, and candidate evaluation criteria.
• Source and engage qualified candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, professional networks, referrals, targeted outreach, and internal talent pipelines.
• Conduct comprehensive recruiter interviews and present well-qualified candidate profiles to hiring teams.
• Prepare candidates for interviews by providing clear information regarding the organization, position, leadership team, and selection process.
• Coordinate interviews across multiple stakeholders while maintaining timely and professional communication with candidates and hiring teams.
• Facilitate candidate debrief meetings and help hiring managers evaluate qualifications, executive presence, communication style, and overall fit.
• Manage multiple professional and leadership-level searches simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and urgency.
• Draft and deliver candidate communications, interview updates, offer details, and other recruiting-related correspondence.
• Build strong relationships with candidates, executives, hiring managers, HR partners, and other internal stakeholders.
• Track recruiting activity and prepare status reports, pipeline summaries, hiring metrics, and executive-level updates.
• Maintain confidentiality and professional discretion when supporting sensitive, high-profile, or leadership-level searches.
• Stay informed on relevant labor market conditions, recruiting trends, candidate expectations, and competitive hiring practices.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategies

Candidate evaluation

Negotiation

Confidentiality

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree (HR/Business/Comms/Political Science)

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Job description

SeaHill Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition professional to lead full-cycle recruitment for professional and leadership-level roles across the organization. You will partner with executives and hiring managers to understand priorities, build pipelines, and deliver top candidates who fit the culture and business needs.

You will source, screen, interview, negotiate offers, and guide onboarding while maintaining a high-touch candidate experience and strong market insights.