Senior Partner Executive Recruiter

Tyson Foods; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Health, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

Tyson Foods is seeking a Senior Partner Executive Recruiter to serve as a strategic talent advisor, owning end‑to‑end executive recruitment and building external talent pipelines for leadership roles.

You will partner with senior leaders, map markets, and develop succession strategies while leveraging AI tools to augment human judgment and drive impactful hiring decisions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of executive search, executive recruiting, or talent consulting experience.
• Experience recruiting VP and executive level talent.
• Experience building talent maps, market scans, and long‑term talent pipelines.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders.
• Professional HR certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Owns full lifecycle executive recruitment from strategy through onboarding.
• Lead intake sessions with executive stakeholders to define success profiles and talent requirements.
• Develop talent market scans and go‑to‑market hiring strategies for executive roles.
• Build external succession pipelines and talent maps aligned to leadership growth strategies.
• Advise leaders on talent trade-offs, capability gaps, and development opportunities.
• Utilize AI tools while maintaining human judgment and oversight in recruitment.

Skills

Executive recruitment

Strategic talent acquisition

Stakeholder management

Consultative influence

Communication

AI tools awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/BA/Organizational Development/Communication or related field

4+ years of relevant experience

Tools

Workday recruiting

Job description

Job Details:

Job Summary:

The Senior Partner Executive Recruiter serves as a strategic talent advisor responsible for sourcing, identifying, engaging, assessing, and securing executive and critical talent for Tyson Foods. In addition to full lifecycle executive recruitment, acts as a trusted consultant to senior leaders while proactively building external talent pipelines aligned to current and future business needs. Additionally, the Senior Partner Executive Recruiter develops market intelligence, talent mapping strategies, and succession-oriented pipelines that strengthen the organization's leadership bench by leveraging strong business acumen, consultative influence and ability to build trusted relationships with both executive stakeholders and key external talent pipelines.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Develops comprehensive talent market scans and go-to-market hiring strategies for executive and business-critical roles
• Conducts industry, competitor and talent market research to identify emerging talent trends, availability and talent movement
• Owns the full lifecycle executive recruitment process from strategy through offer acceptance and onboarding.
• Leads position intakes and consultation sessions with executive stakeholders to define success profiles and talent requirements; facilitates post-interview calibrations when applicable
• Builds talent maps and external succession pipelines for critical leadership positions aligned to enterprise succession and growth strategies, including key organizational partnerships
• Serves as a consultant with leaders on talent trade-offs, organizational capability gaps, succession planning considerations, and development opportunities
• Utilizes AI tools while managing human-in-the-loop discretion through the end-to-end recruiting process
• Provides recommendations on market competitiveness, talent availability and strategic hiring approaches that are role‑specific
• Manages an external talent repository organized by capability, leadership level, function, and future readiness

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Communication, or related field, or, 4+ years of relevant industry or military experience.

Work Experience:

• 6+ years of executive search, executive recruiting, strategic talent acquisition, or talent consulting experience required
• Experience recruiting Vice President and executive level talent required; experience spanning operational manufacturing and corporate functions is preferred
• Experience building talent maps, market scans, and long‑term talent pipelines required
• Demonstrated success influencing executive stakeholders and driving hiring decisions required
• Experience within retained search, executive recruiting, leadership consulting, or enterprise talent acquisition functions preferred

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification:

• Professional certifications in Human Resources, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Organizational Development, or related disciplines preferred

Special Job Competencies:

• Deep understanding of leadership development, succession planning, and high‑potential identification practices
• Proficient in applicant tracking tools and sourcing pipeline tools. Workday recruiting experience preferred
• Strong consulting, influence, presentation, and communication capabilities across a variety of business functions
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively across Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, and business leadership teams
• Executive talent identification, assessment, and selling
• Ability to cold‑call leads and build meaningful rapport with external talent
• Prepare and present external talent analysis and insights for senior leaders including ELT and the Board of Directors
• Managing CRM‑like capabilities within established recruiting and workforce planning tools
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms, including email, instant messaging, phone calls, video conferencing, and in‑person meetings, adapting style and tone to different audiences and situations
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of AI‑enabled tools and technologies, including the ability to effectively craft prompts, evaluate outputs, and apply AI to improve productivity, decision‑making, and business outcomes while maintaining appropriate human judgment and oversight

Supervisory:

No supervisory responsibilities.

Travel:

Up to 15% travel.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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