# Head of Executive Search, Business Recruiting

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** Boston, MA, Denver, CO, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $180k – $275k/yr
**Skills:** Executive Search, Leadership Hiring, Talent Pipeline Development, Stakeholder Management, Executive Assessment, Team Building, Market Mapping, Confidential Search Management, Agency Management, Data-Driven Recruiting
**Posted:** 2026-05-28

> Lead and scale a centralized executive search function for Senior Director+ global leadership hiring across sales, marketing, technical solutions, and G&A, partnering directly with C-suite stakeholders.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Own end-to-end strategy and execution for Senior Director, VP, and SVP searches, with dotted line to APAC
- Recruit highly confidential searches end to end, taking on execution responsibilities when needed
- Build and lead a specialized executive search team, including defining operating rhythms and performance expectations
- Establish and operationalize a standardized leadership hiring playbook, including executive assessment frameworks, confidentiality protocols, and stakeholder governance
- Partner directly with C-suite, VP, and SVP stakeholders to drive alignment, calibration, and high-quality hiring decisions
- Develop proactive, long-term pipelines for critical leadership roles while producing market intelligence to inform talent and organizational strategy
- Define and execute an agency engagement and executive candidate closing strategy to reduce external spend and deliver a high-touch candidate experience

## Who You Are

- Experienced executive search leader with a track record of delivering Senior Director+ hires in complex, global organizations
- Skilled at building and scaling teams, with the ability to set clear standards and drive consistent execution
- Trusted partner to senior executives, with strong communication skills and the ability to influence and navigate complex decision-making
- Adept at executive assessment, market mapping, and proactive pipeline development
- Data-driven in approach, using metrics and insights to improve hiring outcomes and inform strategy
- High integrity operator with experience managing confidential and sensitive searches

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