Senior Executive Recruiter
Leads end-to-end searches for VP-level and above leadership roles, advising C-suite and senior stakeholders while building executive talent pipelines. Requires significant executive recruiting experience, strong assessment skills, technology market knowledge, discretion, and executive communication.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end executive search processes for VP+ roles, from intake through offer and close.
- Advise hiring executives and leadership on search strategy, candidate profiles, and market mapping.
- Build and manage proactive pipelines of senior leadership talent through direct sourcing, market research, and external networks.
- Conduct in-depth candidate assessments, competency-based interviews, and reference checks.
- Manage complex, confidential, multi-stakeholder search processes with discretion and executive presence.
- Partner with People teams on compensation strategy, offer construction, and negotiation for senior hires.
- Represent the employer brand and leadership hiring standards in candidate and stakeholder interactions.
- Improve executive hiring processes, tools, and market intelligence.
Requirements
- Significant executive recruiting experience, ideally combining retained/executive search agency and in-house corporate recruiting experience.
- Track record of closing VP-and-above leadership searches in complex, fast-moving organizations.
- Experience partnering with and influencing senior executives and stakeholders.
- Strong market knowledge and an active technology industry network.
- Excellent judgment, discretion, and ability to navigate highly confidential searches.
- Strong assessment and interviewing skills, including evaluation of leadership capability.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills for external executive audiences.
- Collaborative, low-ego approach with confidence to advise and challenge senior stakeholders.
Compensation and Benefits
- U.S. base salary: $87,000–$171,000 USD.
- Total compensation and benefits may include equity, employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks of fully paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, a 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings.
- Compensation is based on skills, experience, qualifications, and work location.
Skills
Executive Recruiting, Executive Search, Direct Sourcing, Market Research, Talent Pipeline Development, Competency-Based Interviews, Reference Checks, Compensation Strategy, Offer Negotiation, Employer Branding
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