Note: This role is with one of our prominent portfolio companies.
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Executive Recruiter, Non-Tech & Business Functions. In this pivotal role, you'll be responsible for identifying, attracting, and securing top-tier leadership talent for a wide range of non-technical and business-critical functions across our organization and you will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, leveraging your deep market insights and robust network to drive successful executive placements.
This role requires a proactive, results-oriented professional with a proven track record in full lifecycle executive search, either within a corporate talent acquisition function or an executive search firm.
You'll act as a strategic partner to our senior leadership, understanding their talent needs and developing tailored recruitment strategies to meet aggressive hiring goals.
Key responsibilities:
- Full Lifecycle Recruitment: Manage the entire recruitment process from initial needs assessment to offer negotiation and closing for executive-level positions within non-technical and business functions.
- Strategic Sourcing: Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to identify passive candidates, leveraging various channels including executive search databases, professional networks, industry events, and direct outreach.
- Candidate Assessment: Conduct in-depth interviews and assessments to evaluate candidates' experience, skills, cultural fit, and leadership potential.
- Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with hiring managers and senior leaders, providing expert guidance on market trends, compensation, and talent acquisition best practices.
- Market Intelligence: Stay abreast of industry trends, competitor activities, and compensation benchmarks to effectively advise on recruitment strategies and attract top talent.
Candidate qualifications: Experience & Expertise:
- 10 -14 years of progressive experience in executive recruiting, with a strong focus on non-technical and business functions, either in-house or with a search firm.
- Proven Executive Non tech-Business Search Experience (7+ years preferred):
- Demonstrated track record of successfully placing senior-level and CXO, VP, Director level executives, ideally within startups or fast-growing companies.
- Full-cycle recruiting experience, from defining search strategy and sourcing to offer negotiation and onboarding.
- Experience with both in-house executive recruiting and/or executive search firm environments.
- Deep Understanding of the Startup Landscape:
- Knowledge of the unique challenges and dynamics of startup hiring, including hiring for rapid growth, specialized roles, and navigating competitive talent markets.
- Ability to assess not just functional skills but also a candidate's fit within a fast-paced, agile, and often ambiguous startup culture.
- Strategic Sourcing & Networking:
- Expertise in identifying and attracting passive candidates who are not actively seeking new opportunities.
- Proficiency in various sourcing tools and methods (LinkedIn Recruiter, direct sourcing, cold calling, industry events, professional networks).
- Proven ability to build and maintain an extensive network of senior leaders and industry connections.
- Candidate Assessment & Evaluation:
- Strong interview skills, including behavioural and competency-based interviewing techniques.
- Ability to evaluate candidates beyond their resumes, assessing leadership track records, cultural and strategic alignment, communication style, and visionary thinking.
- Experience with various assessment methods, potentially including psychometric testing or 360-degree feedback (depending on the role).
- Strategic Partnership & Business Acumen:
- Ability to collaborate closely with founders, hiring managers, and senior leadership to understand their strategic goals, leadership needs, and define ideal candidate profiles.
- Strong business acumen to understand the company's vision and how executive hires contribute to overall success.
- Problem-Solving & Adaptability:
- Strong problem-solving skills to navigate challenges inherent in executive recruitment.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing startup environment, adapting quickly to evolving priorities.
What We Do
At Elevation Capital, we evaluate and understand the exponential nature of technology, how it evolves, how it affects us, and we invest in ideas. Ideas that will become the future.
Our investment choices relate to the individuals we represent in our portfolio. We look for individuals that have a solid vision of the future they want to create and a deep understanding of the technology of their endeavour. The future impact of AI is perhaps the most important issue the human race has ever faced. Instead of passively drifting, we need to steer a course. We at Elevation Capital chart the submerged rocks of the future.
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