Manager, Leadership Recruiting & Strategic Search

General Mills, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus eligibility

Job summary

General Mills is seeking a Manager of Leadership Recruiting & Strategic Search to lead predominantly Director-level recruiting across the organization. You will act as a strategic advisor, shaping search strategy with senior leaders, and managing confidential, high-impact searches from intake through offer.

You willpartner with HRBPs to align business needs with market opportunities, maintain a strong candidate experience, and build robust pipelines for leadership roles across functions and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of progressive recruiting, executive search, talent acquisition, and/or related HR experience.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting Director-level or other senior leadership talent.
• Experience leading complex, consultative searches from intake through offer and transition.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for predominantly Director-level roles and new capabilities across business segments and functions.
• Develop tailored search strategies for complex, confidential, high-impact leadership positions.
• Partner with senior leaders and HR Business Partners to clarify business needs and success measures.
• Build diverse candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing, referrals, and external search partners when appropriate.
• Coach leaders on interviewing, candidate engagement, decision-making, and bias disruption.
• Deliver an engaging, transparent candidate experience and ensure a compelling value proposition.

Skills

Executive search

Stakeholder management

Sourcing

Interviewing

Data-driven recruiting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Workday Recruiting

Job description

**OVERVIEW**Talent is our competitive advantage at General Mills. The Manager, Leadership Recruiting & Strategic Search is responsible for identifying, engaging, and hiring predominantly Director-level talent across the organization. This role combines executive search expertise, strategic talent advisory, and hands-on recruiting leadership to help General Mills build exceptional leadership teams and strengthen its long-term talent pipeline.The Manager will serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and HR leaders, bringing market insight, disciplined search strategy, and a high-touch candidate experience to complex and confidential searches. The role will manage the full recruiting lifecycle, from intake and search strategy through assessment, selection, offer, and transition.**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES****Lead Director-level recruiting and strategic searches*** Lead full-cycle recruiting for predominantly Director-level roles and new capabilities across business segments and functions.* Develop and execute tailored search strategies for complex, confidential, and high-impact leadership positions.* Partner with senior leaders and HR Business Partners to clarify business needs, role scope, leadership capabilities, and success measures.* Build diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, market research, referrals, and external search partners when appropriate.* Assess candidates against defined requirements, leadership capabilities, cultural contribution, and potential for sustained impact.* Manage multiple searches simultaneously while maintaining strong candidate and stakeholder experiences.* Provide timely, informed recommendations throughout the search process and proactively manage risks, tradeoffs, and market realities.**Serve as a strategic talent advisor*** Advise leaders on talent markets, competitive intelligence, candidate availability, compensation considerations, and recruiting implications.* Challenge and influence search assumptions to ensure roles are designed to attract the talent needed now and in the future.* Partner with HR Business Partners and Global Talent Org teams to connect external hiring with broader talent, succession, and organizational priorities.* Bring an enterprise perspective to leadership hiring and help leaders make thoughtful, equitable, and evidence-based talent decisions.* Use data, insights, and market knowledge to shape recruiting recommendations and inform workforce and talent strategies.**Drive high-quality assessment and selection*** Establish clear search criteria and structured evaluation approaches with hiring leaders and interview teams.* Facilitate effective, consistent, and equitable assessment and selection practices.* Coach leaders on interviewing, candidate engagement, decision-making, and bias disruption.* Lead candidate review and decision discussions, consolidating feedback and ensuring alignment to agreed-upon criteria.* Maintain appropriate confidentiality and discretion throughout sensitive searches.* Partner with leaders and HR colleagues to support compelling, competitive, and well-informed offers.**Deliver an exceptional candidate experience*** Build trusted relationships with candidates and serve as a knowledgeable ambassador for General Mills.* Clearly communicate role expectations, leadership culture, organizational priorities, and the candidate journey.* Partner with leaders to ensure a compelling and consistent candidate value proposition.* Maintain strong relationships with finalist and silver-medalist candidates to strengthen future leadership pipelines.**Strengthen recruiting capability and ways of working*** Contribute to the evolution of leadership recruiting practices, tools, processes, and technology.* Share market intelligence, sourcing approaches, and lessons learned across the Talent Acquisition community.* Cultivate and nurture effective partnerships with external search firms and other talent providers when specialized expertise is needed.* Use recruiting data and analytics to monitor search progress, identify opportunities, and improve outcomes.* Support initiatives that advance talent acquisition effectiveness, simplification, inclusion, and candidate experience.* Represent Leadership Recruiting in cross-functional projects and enterprise talent initiatives.* Act as a key member of the Talent Acquisition Leadership Team, working across pillars to bring additional projects, mentorship, and process improvements to life.**KEY CAPABILITIES*** **Strategic influence:** Shapes decisions by connecting talent recommendations to business priorities.* **Executive presence:** Builds trust and communicates effectively with senior leaders and candidates.* **Search expertise:** Applies sophisticated sourcing, market mapping, assessment, and selection practices.* **Business mindset and insights:** Understands the business context and uses data to guide action.* **Credible partnership:** Creates strong relationships across leaders, HR, candidates, and external partners.* **Situational agility:** Adapts approach to changing priorities, markets, and stakeholder needs.* **Candidate advocacy:** Delivers an engaging, transparent, and respectful candidate experience.* **Inclusive leadership:** Promotes fair, equitable, and consistent talent practices.* **Executional excellence:** Delivers high-quality outcomes with rigor, urgency, and sound judgment.**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS*** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.* 8+ years of progressive recruiting, executive search, talent acquisition, and/or related HR experience.* Demonstrated experience recruiting Director-level or other senior leadership talent.* Experience leading complex, consultative searches from intake through offer and transition.* Proven ability to influence senior leaders and build credibility with executives and HR partners.* Strong sourcing, interviewing, assessment, stakeholder management, and offer negotiation skills.* Experience managing confidential searches and sensitive candidate information.* Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.* Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly matrixed organization.**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS*** Experience in an in-house corporate recruiting or executive search environment.* Experience recruiting across multiple functions, business segments, or geographies.* Experience partnering with external executive search firms.* Knowledge of leadership talent markets, succession practices, and contemporary sourcing strategies.* Experience using recruiting data and market insights to influence decisions.* Familiarity with Workday Recruiting or similar applicant tracking systems.**ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS*** International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered* Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas**薪資範圍**薪資範圍 該職位的薪資範圍為:$110,800 - $166,300 Annual在 General Mills,我們致力讓每位員工在職涯各階段的薪資,皆能反映其現職的經歷、績效與技能。 本職缺的薪資範圍涵蓋了錄用決策時考量的各項因素,包括但不限於學歷、技能、工作經歷、專業認證等。因此,錄取者的實際薪資可能位於上述薪資範圍內的任一水準。 除基本薪資外,General Mills 提供具競爭力的整體獎酬福利,重視員工整體福祉。 我們以提供完善的保障為榮,這包括健康福利、退休與財務規劃、休假制度、身心健康支援及多項專屬福利。 福利內容可能依職務、國家、地區、工會狀態及其他僱用狀態因素而有所不同。 您亦可能符合參加年度獎金計畫的資格。 獎金發放與否,將依個人與組織績效等各項因素而定。