Senior Executive Recruiter

Under the general direction of the Senior Director, Global Executive Talent Acquisition, the Senior Executive Recruiter leads global full‑cycle recruitment for VP‑level and above roles across the enterprise. This role identifies, attracts, and engages top executive talent in alignment with succession planning, market insights, and forecasted business needs. The Senior Executive Recruiter develops and executes strategic recruitment plans that drive high‑quality outcomes, support diversity objectives, and strengthen leadership talent pipelines.

In addition to search execution, this role provides strategic support to the Executive Talent Acquisition (ETA) team by serving as a sourcing partner on higher‑level searches, producing candidate and hiring manager materials, and generating market intelligence to enable informed hiring decisions.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Establishes innovative, multi‑channel sourcing strategies for hard‑to‑fill and confidential executive roles.
• Executes full‑cycle recruiting for Global VP searches, partnering closely with HR Business Partners, senior leaders, and hiring managers.
• Builds and maintains strong internal relationships and external networks, including vendors and community partners.
• Supports higher‑level executive searches (SVP+) by developing sourcing strategies, talent maps, pipeline intelligence, and market research.
• Creates candidate briefs, hiring manager materials, and structured panel interview guides to ensure a consistent, high‑quality executive hiring experience.
• Produces market and profile overview decks summarizing competitive talent insights, organizational structures, and candidate archetypes for hiring leader alignment.
• Oversees Internal ETA requisitions and manages the intake workflow, serving as the gatekeeper for new executive requisition requests to ensure clarity, prioritization, and alignment to organizational needs.
• Tracks and analyzes talent acquisition metrics and creates practical reporting methods to monitor performance and influence continuous improvement.
• Stays current on executive recruiting trends, best practices, assessment tools, legal considerations, and emerging technologies, serving as a subject matter expert across the organization.
• Recommends enhancements to processes, tools, and talent assessment methodologies to improve effectiveness and decision quality.
• Works horizontally across the ETA function to provide support

Experience and Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; minimum of six (6+) years of progressive executive recruiting experience.
• Experience leveraging diverse sourcing vehicles, digital tools, and innovative techniques to identify and engage executive talent.
• Combination of agency and corporate recruiting experience preferred; strong project management capability and proficiency in recruiting systems required.
• Proven success leading large‑scale projects or new initiatives in a matrixed environment, including managing third‑party search firm partnerships.

Minimum Skills, Knowledge, and Ability Requirements

• Demonstrated experience to managing executive‑level (VP+) full‑life‑cycle recruitment is required
• Broad knowledge of business and industry trends, executive talent markets, and candidate insights.
• Ability to establish credibility and build strong relationships with senior leaders.
• Strong consultative skills, solutions mindset, and ownership of results.
• Effective collaborator able to influence across functions and implement recruiting strategies and processes.
• Highly adaptable, resilient, and comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast‑changing environments.
• Strong conceptual thinking, analytical capabilities, and planning skills.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and storytelling skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Applications including Powerpoint

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