Head - Leadership Hiring

Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership Talent Strategy: Develop and implement a robust executive search strategy aimed at identifying, engaging, and attracting top-tier leadership talent.
- Talent Pool Development: Build and continuously update a talent pool of a high-caliber executive candidates. Maintain ongoing relationships and engagement with these candidates to ensure they are primed for future opportunities.
- Proactive Talent Pipeline: Proactively identify and cultivate relationships with potential executive candidates through various channels, including networking, industry events, and direct outreach.
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborate closely with senior leadership and hiring managers to understand current and future leadership needs, aligning the executive search strategy with organizational goals.
- Executive Engagement: Continuously engage with the leadership community, providing market intelligence, candidate insights, and supporting the company's employer branding as an executive employer of choice.
- End-to-End Executive Hiring: Lead full-cycle executive hiring processes, from search strategy and candidate identification to selection, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
- Market Mapping & Insights: Leverage research and data to provide insights into market trends, competitor executive movements, and leadership talent availability, positioning the company competitively in the leadership hiring space.
- Employer Branding: Strengthen the company's positioning in the executive talent market by developing and executing employer branding initiatives targeted at leadership talent.
- Candidate Scoping and Evaluation: Define the scope of the leadership roles in alignment with business needs, identifying the critical competencies, leadership style, and cultural fit required for success.
Qualifications:
- 15+ years of experience in executive search or leadership hiring, with a proven track record of successfully placing senior leadership roles.
- Strong understanding of market trends, talent mapping, and competitive intelligence within the leadership space.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage senior leaders.
- Extensive experience in building long-term relationships with executive candidates and talent pools.
- Strong network within the leadership community and the ability to identify and engage passive candidates.
- Ability to drive employer branding and candidate engagement initiatives within the executive market.
- Experience leading or mentoring a talent acquisition team is a plus.