Senior Leadership Recruiter

Stripe; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Senior Executive Recruiter to partner with senior leaders across the company to identify, assess, and hire top leadership talent. You will own end-to-end leadership searches, design processes, and collaborate with HR and business leaders to ensure strategic alignment.

You will build trusted relationships with candidates and stakeholders, shaping market insights and delivering outcomes that support Stripe's growth and leadership needs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years executive search experience.
• Proven experience identifying, engaging, and closing senior-level passive candidates.
• Outstanding sourcing skills and ability to think outside the box.
• Experience partnering with team and hiring managers, including the executive team.
• Prior use of talent market insights and data to influence decisions within leadership groups and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated track record of building working relationships with leaders and cross-functional partners.
• Evidence of creating and maintaining positive candidate experiences.
• Ability to distill complex information into a consumable and organized format with a focus on content, tone, and structure.

Responsibilities

• Strategically partner with executives to hire top leadership talent at Stripe.
• Define, design, and implement recruiting processes for senior leadership roles.
• Manage end-to-end leadership searches from inception to onboarding.
• Collaborate with People Partners, Compensation, and Business Leads to align goals.
• Develop competency-based interviews to assess leadership capabilities.
• Foster trust-based relationships with candidates and guide negotiations.
• Utilize systems to capture market, client, and candidate information for market intelligence.

Skills

Executive search

Passive candidate engagement

Sourcing

Stakeholder partnering

Data-driven decisions

Job description

About Stripe

Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of all sizes from new startups to public companies like Amazon and Salesforce use our software to accept online payments and run technically sophisticated financial operations in more than 100 countries. By helping businesses accept payments from anywhere in the world and accelerating the economic shift from offline to online, we aim to increase the GDP of the internet.

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of all sizes from new startups to public companies like Amazon and Salesforce use our software to accept online payments and run technically sophisticated financial operations in more than 100 countries. By helping businesses accept payments from anywhere in the world and accelerating the economic shift from offline to online, we aim to increase the GDP of the internet.

About The Team

Stripe's Leadership Recruiting Team (LRT) is a high-performing group of strategic and creative problem solvers. We are passionate about finding and hiring the very best leaders and experts from around the globe to help drive the next arc of Stripe's growth.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will be directly responsible for partnering with senior stakeholders to identify, attract, assess, and hire individuals for leadership roles across the company.

Responsibilities

• Strategically partner with executives to hire top talent for Stripe's highest priority leadership roles
• Define, design, and implement recruiting processes and search engagements for a variety of senior leadership roles. This includes understanding and mapping the talent landscape, internal calibration and referrals, and matching those data points with the external talent supply
• Manage end-to-end leadership-level searches from inception of candidate contact to onboarding, including research, outreach strategies, candidate experience, negotiations, partnering with HR for successful onboarding, and communicating with stakeholders along the way
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, such as People Partners, Compensation, and Business Leads, to align hiring goals with business needs
• Develop competency-based interviews that surface a candidate's full range of capabilities, explore their aspirations, and gain insight into how their experience will apply to a leadership role at Stripe
• Foster trust-based relationships with candidates, gaining a close understanding of their requirements and concerns. Serve as a skilled problem solver, facilitator and coach in final negotiations
• Utilize team-wide systems and tools to capture current market, client, and candidate information to facilitate both the search process and market intelligence initiatives
• Contribute to a team that values creative ideas and constant improvement.
• Be a contributing member of the recruiting team that effectively embodies and promotes the culture and values of Stripe. A quick guide to Stripe's culture is located here

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum Requirements

• 10+ years proven executive search experience.
• Proven experience in identifying, engaging, and closing senior-level passive candidates.
• Outstanding sourcing skills and ability to think 'outside the box.'
• Experience partnering with team and hiring managers, including the executive team.
• Prior use of talent market insights and data to influence decisions within the leadership groups and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated track record of building working relationships with leaders and cross-functional partners - we value a Users First approach to executive search, ensuring a positive experience for candidates and hiring managers alike.
• Evidence of creating and maintaining positive candidate experiences.
• Ability to distill complex information into a consumable and organized format with a focus on content, tone, and structure - we value Craft and Beauty across all of our outputs.
• Ability to take ownership and effectively manage time and process across roles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in both search firms and in-house

In-office expectations

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico, Bengaluru, India, and Dublin, Ireland work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $184,600 - $276,800. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate's experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

We look forward to hearing from you.

At Stripe, we're looking for people with passion, grit, and integrity. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out, and set you apart, especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.