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.

Key Skills:

- Executive search strategy

- Stakeholder management

- Leadership talent engagement

- Market intelligence & talent mapping

- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills

- Candidate scoping and evaluation

- Excellent communication and presentation skills