Head of Executive Search

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the recruitment team consisting of 4–5 recruiters, holding disciplinary responsibility for team performance and growth.

• Handle designated search mandates from the initial intake phase through to successful placement.

• Track KPIs, placements, and revenue generated through success fees, managing the team based on this data.

• Foster professional development among recruiters and identify individual growth areas.

• Maintain high quality standards and an average time-to-hire of 20–30 days, even as recruitment volume rises.

• Continuously enhance recruiting processes and elevate automation, AI, and the technology stack.

• Collaborate closely with the executive team to help shape the expansion of the executive search service.

⛳️ Requirements

• You have prior experience leading a skilled recruitment or executive search team with disciplinary authority and know how to effectively nurture senior recruiters.

• You possess a comfort with numbers and a focus on KPIs—but evaluate performance based on output, efficiency, quality, placements, and revenue, rather than the volume of messages sent.

• You thrive on direct collaboration with founders, managing directors, and senior executives, capable of serving as a trusted sparring partner at an equal level.

• You embody a true hunter mentality: roles are filled through structured sourcing and proactive outreach, not through a “post and pray” approach.

• You have a proven history of successfully filling commercial roles, particularly in domains such as go-to-market, sales, marketing, e-commerce, or business.

• You think with an entrepreneurial mindset, take ownership, and are driven not just to manage a team but to actively enhance recruitment processes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary complemented by performance-based commissions.

• Fully remote work—perform your best from anywhere.

• Budget allocated for your personal and professional development.

• Regular team events along with an annual team workation.

• A flexible working environment founded on trust rather than control.

• Ample opportunities to make a significant impact: actively develop the team, processes, automation, and technology stack.