Senior Executive Recruiter – Aircraft

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

📋 Description

• Independently oversee intricate executive and senior leadership searches from the initial intake and position definition all the way through market mapping, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, and acceptance.

• Collaborate with senior leaders to establish role requirements, success profiles, assessment criteria, search strategies, and hiring milestones.

• Identify, engage, and nurture passive executive talent within the aerospace and defense, AI, autonomy, software, robotics, and related technical sectors.

• Construct targeted executive talent pipelines to meet both immediate and anticipated leadership hiring demands.

• Conduct searches across various domains such as mechanical, electrical, avionics, propulsion, software, autonomy, manufacturing, production, supply chain, quality, and operations.

• Provide guidance to senior leaders, hiring managers, and People Experience Business Partners regarding talent availability, market trends, compensation expectations, and competitive positioning.

• Maintain consistent communication and reporting rhythms, influencing hiring decisions through market intelligence and candidate insights.

• Execute thorough executive assessments utilizing structured interviews, competency frameworks, and assessment tools.

• Present balanced candidate evaluations and facilitate candidate calibration and selection processes.

• Enhance executive talent market knowledge and collaborate with Global Talent Sourcing on market mapping and competitive research.

• Leverage recruiting technology, research tools, analytics, AI, and automation to enhance sourcing, engagement, and search outcomes.

• Keep candidate and pipeline information updated in applicant tracking and recruiting systems.

• Monitor and communicate pipeline health, candidate conversion rates, search velocity, and hiring results.

• Identify opportunities for process enhancement and work with Talent Sourcing, Recruiting Operations, Total Rewards, PX, and business stakeholders.

• Foster collaborative relationships across Talent Acquisition, People Experience, Total Rewards, and business leadership.

• Share market intelligence, candidate insights, and best practices in executive search.

• Take ownership of executive search outcomes independently while contributing to wider recruiting objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.

• Over 8 years of progressive executive recruiting or search experience, including the independent management of complex senior leadership searches.

• Experience in recruiting senior technical leaders across hardware, software, engineering, manufacturing, production, or operations.

• Capability to translate complex technical requirements into effective recruiting and sourcing strategies across various engineering disciplines.

• Strong skills in executive sourcing, market mapping, passive candidate engagement, and assessment.

• Ability to establish credibility, provide advice, and influence senior-level hiring stakeholders.

• Robust business acumen, executive presence, and communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.

• Experience utilizing structured executive assessments and competency-based interviewing methodologies.

• Capability to manage multiple complex searches simultaneously while ensuring quality, execution, and candidate experience.

• Proficiency in applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management platforms, and recruiting analytics tools.

• All offers contingent upon a cleared background and possible reference checks.

• Preferred: experience in recruiting across various technical disciplines; cleared or clearance-eligible talent; executives in high-growth, mission-driven technology organizations; expertise in executive compensation, equity programs, and complex offer negotiations; experience with global or matrixed organizations; familiarity with diverse executive talent pipelines and equitable hiring practices; experience with executive search firms and external research providers; understanding of organizational dynamics and technical leadership structures; ability to operate in ambiguous and fast-paced environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus.

• Benefits.

• Equity.

• Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment for temporary employees.

• Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace.

• Disability or special-needs accommodation available.