We are seeking a Senior Executive Search, and this role partners closely with Senior leadership and HR to deliver exceptional executive recruitment outcomes and ensure a best‑in‑class candidate experience.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Executive Recruiting
- Oversee and guide all search strategies, candidate sourcing, pipeline development, assessments, interview design, and offer negotiations for all G-level (Senior Director and above) positions.
- Act as a primary partner to senior business leaders, HRBPs, and TA leadership on all executive hiring needs.
- Ensure exceptional candidate experience for senior-level talent reflective of the company’s leadership values and brand.
Governance & Process Excellence
- Design, implement, and continuously improve executive search processes, tools, scorecards, and governance frameworks.
- Maintain strong compliance and ensure all searches adhere to global recruiting standards and best practices.
- Deliver executive hiring metrics, reporting, and insights to Talent Acquisition and executive leadership teams.
Search Firm Management
- Act as the key owner of all relationships with external executive search firms.
- Establish and maintain a preferred vendor program, including selection, negotiation, performance evaluation, and cost management.
- Ensure external partners deliver consistent quality, diverse slates, and strategic market insights.
Market Intelligence & Talent Advisory
- Provide deep market mapping, competitive landscape research, compensation benchmarking, and succession pipeline insights.
- Partner with HR and senior leaders to influence talent strategies and long-term workforce planning for executive roles
Required
- Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in executive search—either in-house, from a top-tier search firm, or a combination of both.
- Strong track record managing senior-level searches (Senior Director / VP / C-Suite).
- Proven experience building and leading recruiting teams.
- Expertise in managing executive hiring processes, assessment tools, and stakeholder engagement.
- Strong ability to influence, advise, and partner with senior executives.
- Exceptional communication, executive presence, and relationship-building skills.
- High discretion and ability to handle confidential or sensitive information.
Preferred
- Experience in a global, matrixed corporate environment.
- Deep knowledge of market dynamics, talent trends, and executive compensation.
- Strong vendor management and negotiation capabilities
Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier. With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future.
At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. It shapes how we work, grow and deliver on our purpose together. This collaborative spirit and mindset drive our semiconductor technology to transform industries and impact millions of lives.
We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.
Are you ready to join our team and shape the future with us?
Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.
Renesas Electronics deals with dual-use technology that is subject to U.S. export controls regulations. Under these regulations it may be necessary for Renesas to obtain U.S. government export license prior to release of technology to certain persons. The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at the sole discretion of Renesas.
Skills Required
- Extensive executive search experience, typically 10 or more years
- Track record managing Senior Director, VP, and C-suite searches
- Experience building and leading recruiting teams
- Expertise in executive hiring processes, assessment tools, and stakeholder engagement
- Ability to influence, advise, and partner with senior executives
- Exceptional communication, executive presence, and relationship-building skills
- High discretion and ability to handle confidential or sensitive information
- Experience in a global, matrixed corporate environment
- Knowledge of market dynamics, talent trends, and executive compensation
- Vendor management and negotiation capabilities
Renesas Electronics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Renesas Electronics and has not been reviewed or approved by Renesas Electronics.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Feedback suggests pay is generally fair-to-good across many roles, with base pay aligned to prevailing market levels in multiple U.S. locations. Engineering and leadership tracks can be competitive on total compensation, reinforcing a sense that pay can meet market expectations in key job families.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests core medical, dental, and vision coverage is solid and well-regarded by employees. Day-one eligibility in U.S. roles is described, supporting confidence in access and continuity of care.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO, paid holidays, sick time, and parental leave provide a comprehensive time-off framework. Company initiatives like Renesas Day and meeting-light Focus Fridays further support time away and balance.
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What We Do
We're the world's leading semiconductor manufacturer. Our mission is to make our lives easier and a world that's safer, healthier, greener, and smarter.
