Director, Global Executive & Strategic Recruiting

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Washington.

📋 Description

• Oversee Fortive’s global executive and strategic recruiting initiatives across the enterprise and its operating companies.

• Build, mentor, and cultivate a high-performing team of executive recruiters, researchers, and recruiting support professionals.

• Create a scalable internal executive search framework and develop search playbooks, sourcing methodologies, talent mapping strategies, assessment frameworks, and best practices.

• Personally manage high-impact executive and strategic searches.

• Collaborate with executive leaders, operating company presidents, HR leaders, and hiring managers to define leadership needs and search strategies.

• Counsel senior leaders utilizing market intelligence, competitive insights, talent perspectives, and strategic recommendations.

• Define success profiles and necessary capabilities for essential leadership roles.

• Facilitate candidate calibration, stakeholder alignment, and executive debrief discussions.

• Develop proactive external leadership pipelines that align with succession priorities and future business requirements.

• Collaborate with Talent Management, workforce planning, and HR leadership on long-term leadership needs.

• Build talent communities and market maps across key functions and regions.

• Establish metrics and reporting for search effectiveness, talent markets, stakeholder experience, and recruiting outcomes.

• Utilize AI, talent intelligence platforms, CRM technology, sourcing tools, and recruiting analytics.

• Enhance executive recruiting processes, technology, governance, and operational practices.

• Manage external executive search partners and strengthen internal search capabilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in executive recruiting, executive search, talent acquisition, or leadership hiring.

• More than 2 years of experience leading an executive recruiting, executive search, or talent acquisition team.

• Proven success in recruiting Director, Vice President, General Manager, and executive-level talent across various functions.

• Experience providing counsel to senior executives and HR leaders on complex, high-impact talent decisions.

• In-depth expertise in executive search strategy, talent mapping, market intelligence, research, sourcing, candidate assessment, and executive engagement.

• Experience managing sensitive and confidential executive searches from initial strategy through to offer acceptance.

• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence, advise, and appropriately challenge senior stakeholders.

• Experience recruiting across Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Human Resources.

• Familiarity with talent intelligence platforms, CRM technology, sourcing tools, AI-enabled recruiting solutions, and recruiting analytics.

• Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level presentation skills.

• Experience within a retained executive search firm and/or in an in-house executive recruiting function.

• Experience supporting global organizations and leadership hiring across North America, EMEA, and APAC is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive culture.

• Limitless opportunities for learning and growth.

• Equal opportunity employment.

• Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.