Senior Executive Recruiter – G&A

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of managing intricate executive and senior leadership searches from the initial intake and position definition to 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 foster relationships with passive executive talent in the aerospace and defense sectors, as well as AI, autonomy, software, enterprise technology, and related industries.

• Create targeted executive talent pipelines to meet both immediate and anticipated leadership hiring requirements.

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

• Set up communication and reporting schedules to ensure stakeholder alignment and accountability.

• Influence hiring decisions through market insights, candidate evaluations, and evidence-based recommendations.

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

• Present balanced candidate evaluations and collaborate with interview teams on candidate calibration and selection processes.

• Enhance executive talent-market knowledge and carry out market mapping, competitive research, and candidate identification in collaboration with Global Talent Sourcing.

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

• Ensure accurate candidate and pipeline information is maintained within applicant tracking and recruiting systems.

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

• Boost recruiting efficiency, improve assessment quality, and enhance both stakeholder and candidate experiences.

• Work in partnership with Talent Sourcing, Recruiting Operations, Total Rewards, People Experience, and business stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.

• Over 8 years of progressive executive recruiting or search experience, with a focus on independently managing complex senior leadership searches.

• Proven track record of recruiting VP+ level executives across G&A functions, including Sales, Marketing & Communications, Finance & Accounting, Legal, People Experience, Strategy, Operations, and other corporate areas.

• Experience in recruiting senior leaders within the aerospace, defense, artificial intelligence, autonomy, or similar technology sectors.

• Strong skills in executive sourcing, market mapping, engaging passive candidates, and conducting assessments.

• A demonstrated ability to establish credibility, provide advice, and influence senior-level hiring stakeholders.

• Excellent business acumen, executive presence, communication, negotiation, and relationship-management capabilities.

• Experience in applying structured executive assessments and competency-based interviewing techniques.

• Capability to manage multiple complex searches simultaneously while upholding high standards of quality, execution, and candidate experience.

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

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

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

• Preferred: familiarity with executive compensation, equity programs, and complex offer negotiations.

• Preferred: experience operating in global or matrixed organizations.

• Preferred: a proven ability to build diverse executive talent pipelines and support equitable hiring practices.

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

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

• Preferred: ability to create structure in ambiguous situations and excel in fast-paced, evolving environments.

• Preferred: a collaborative, personable, adaptable individual who remains calm under pressure and maintains a positive approach to shifting priorities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus.

• Benefits.

• Equity.

• Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.

• Equal employment opportunity workplace.

• Disability or special-needs accommodation.

• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.