Senior Consultant, Executive Talent

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Develop and cultivate the Endeavor executive talent pool by identifying, nurturing, and sustaining relationships with outstanding current and emerging leaders.

• Collaborate with the Endeavor Fund to prioritize executive talent pools, ensuring they remain up-to-date and attractive for hiring.

• Re-engage strong candidates who were not selected previously and keep them interested for future opportunities.

• Maintain all search and talent pool data within Vista’s Thrive system.

• Personally conduct 12–15 successful executive searches annually.

• Work alongside investment professionals, boards, and CEOs to define leadership requirements, create candidate profiles, map talent markets, and manage searches from outreach through evaluation, referencing, and finalization.

• Oversee the list for the Vista Endeavor Team’s preferred external search firm partners.

• Utilize Vista’s wider executive talent ecosystem and integrate seasoned Vista executives into Endeavor companies.

• Manage executive referral intake from Endeavor board working groups and the Vista network.

• Keep informed about market trends regarding enterprise software executives, succession candidates, compensation trends, and transitions within the Vista ecosystem.

• Employ AI tools to enhance market mapping, outreach, and network insights.

• Ensure the executive talent pool remains updated in Thrive.

⛳️ Requirements

• Approximately 7–10 years of experience in executive search, private equity, growth equity talent, or senior in-house executive recruitment.

• Demonstrated success in recruiting C-suite and senior functional leaders, preferably within enterprise software or technology sectors.

• Proven experience in building proprietary executive networks rather than merely conducting searches.

• Strong executive assessment capabilities.

• Established credibility with investors and boards.

• Relationship-focused approach that fosters long-term connectivity with executives.

• High say:do ratio and ability to manage a significant volume of concurrent searches without losing focus on talent pool development.

• Analytical and data-driven mindset, utilizing data to refine pipeline development and executive talent strategies.

• Credibility in interactions with CEOs and boards.

• Intellectually curious, discreet, low-ego, and highly collaborative.

• Comfortable operating within a shared talent practice, adhering to established protocols.

• Consistent discipline in maintaining system-of-record standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual cash bonus.

• Comprehensive benefits package.