Executive Talent Business Partner

Speedrun Talent Network; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 287,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Job summary

Roblox is seeking an Executive Talent Business Partner to join our Executive Recruiting team. This high-visibility role combines stakeholder engagement with thorough sourcing to scale and influence our recruiting landscape.

You will lead end-to-end executive search for VP and Director roles in AI/ML, map passive landscapes, and provide data-informed market insights to guide leadership strategy. This office-based role collaborates closely with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full-cycle recruiting focused on engineering and technical roles.
• Experience supporting executive stakeholders with strategic hiring challenges.
• Proven success hiring senior, niche technical talent in competitive markets.
• Strong data analytics to surface insights and guide strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end executive search for VP, Director, and high-impact roles across AI/ML.
• Map passive landscapes and engage leadership talent through AI-driven sourcing.
• Optimize recruitment operations to accelerate time-to-hire for executives.
• Provide market intelligence and compensation benchmarking to C-suite stakeholders.
• Advise hiring committees with evaluation rubrics and consensus-building.

Skills

Executive search

AI/ML recruiting

Technical leadership

Data-driven recruiting

Gem sourcing

LinkedIn Recruiter

Tools

Gem

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

At Roblox, we are looking for an Executive Talent Business Partner to join our Executive Recruiting team. This highly visible role combines stakeholder engagement, thorough sourcing, and process efficiency to scale and influence our recruiting landscape. You will deliver best-in-class executive hiring, directly impact company growth, and contribute to the continued evolution of Roblox's next generation.

You Will:

• Lead end-to-end executive search strategies for critical VP, Director, and high-impact technical leadership roles across AI/ML and emerging technologies.
• Proactively map passive executive landscapes and engage top-tier leadership talent through AI-driven sourcing platforms, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, and confidential network referrals.
• Optimize executive recruiting operations and search workflows to accelerate time-to-hire while elevating touchpoints for high-profile prospects.
• Deliver high-touch, data-informed talent market intelligence and compensation benchmarking to C-suite and VP stakeholders to guide leadership succession and profile strategies.
• Advise and align executive hiring committees, establishing rigorous leadership evaluation frameworks, assessment rubrics, and consensus-building practices.
• Deliver a bespoke, white-glove candidate experience tailored for executive prospects that underscores Roblox's vision, culture, and long-term trajectory.
• Maintain executive search hygiene, confidential talent pipelines, and detailed status reporting for leadership stakeholders.
• Leverage executive talent analytics, funnel conversion metrics, and predictive sourcing trends to diagnose bottlenecks and inform search strategies.
• Serve as a strategic talent advisor to C-suite and executive leaders, providing competitive intelligence and org-design insights to shape long-term talent acquisition strategy.

You Have:

• 10+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with depth in technical domains (Engineering, ML, etc).
• Expertise in supporting Executive level stakeholders and solving complex recruiting challenges with creativity and innovation
• Demonstrated success in hiring senior and niche technical talent in competitive markets
• A data-driven approach with the ability to analyze metrics, surface insights, and inform strategy.
• A startup mentality and open to thinking outside of the box

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range

$287,170—$323,030 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.