Senior Executive Recruiter – Aircraft

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

📋 Description

• Manage complex executive and senior leadership searches independently, from intake and position scoping to market mapping, assessment, offer negotiation, and acceptance.

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

• Identify, engage, and nurture passive executive talent across aerospace and defense, AI, autonomy, software, robotics, and related technical fields.

• Build specialized executive talent pipelines for immediate and future leadership hiring needs.

• Conduct searches across disciplines 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 dynamics, compensation expectations, and competitive positioning.

• Establish communication and reporting processes, influencing hiring decisions through market intelligence and candidate insights.

• Carry out executive assessments focusing on technical expertise, leadership capabilities, business impact, and alignment with mission and values.

• Utilize structured interviews, competency frameworks, and various assessment tools.

• Collaborate with interview teams on candidate calibration and selection decisions.

• Develop knowledge of the executive talent market and perform market mapping and competitive research.

• Provide insights on talent availability, organizational structures, compensation trends, and competitive hiring practices.

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

• Maintain candidate and pipeline information in applicant tracking and recruiting systems.

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

• Enhance recruiting efficiency, assessment quality, and the overall experience for stakeholders and candidates.

• Collaborate with Talent Sourcing, Recruiting Operations, Total Rewards, People Experience, and various business stakeholders.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.

• A minimum of 8 years of progressive executive recruiting or search experience.

• Proven experience in independently managing complex senior leadership searches.

• Background in high-growth technology, aerospace, defense, AI, autonomy, robotics, software engineering, automotive, or related technical fields.

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

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

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

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

• Strong business acumen, executive presence, and skills in communication, negotiation, and relationship management.

• Familiarity with structured executive assessments and competency-based interviewing techniques.

• Capacity to manage multiple complex searches simultaneously.

• Proficient with applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management platforms, and recruiting analytics tools.

• Preferred: experience in recruiting across multiple technical disciplines.

• Preferred: experience in recruiting cleared or clearance-eligible talent.

• Preferred: experience in recruiting executives for high-growth, mission-driven technology organizations.

• Preferred: knowledge of executive compensation, equity programs, and complex offer negotiations.

• Preferred: experience in global or matrixed organizations.

• Preferred: experience in building diverse executive talent pipelines and promoting equitable hiring practices.

• Preferred: experience collaborating with executive search firms and external research providers.

• Preferred: understanding of organizational dynamics and technical leadership structures.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Equity opportunities.

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

• Full-time employees may receive additional benefits.

• Salary offers take into account skills, experience, licenses, certifications, and work location.

• Background check and possible reference check are contingent on the offer.