Sr Recruiter, Executive Search & Talent Intelligence
$124,000–$124,000 year
HybridBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Lead a select portfolio of high-impact, confidential, and difficult-to-fill searches across hardware, software, product, design, AI, and corporate leadership from initial market exploration through close. Develop tailored search plans that translate business needs into target profiles, sourcing channels, and candidate-engagement strategies while building proactive talent maps and relationships before roles open. Identify and engage high-caliber passive talent through original research, trusted networks, and long-term relationship building to create compelling, high-touch candidate experiences. Turn market signals and candidate intelligence into clear insights for TA leadership and hiring leaders to evaluate talent availability, role design, and search risk. Partner with executives and hiring teams to establish structured assessment plans and calibration practices, while managing agency partners and building reusable executive-search resources. Strengthen the broader Talent Acquisition team through search-specific coaching and knowledge sharing on complex searches.
Required Qualifications
- 8 or more years of progressive recruiting or executive-search experience
- substantial ownership of senior, Director, Vice President, or executive-level searches
- 4 or more years of experience directly leading complex or confidential searches from initial research and candidate identification through assessment, offer, and close
- 2 or more years of experience developing market maps, target-company strategies, talent-pool research, with clear written insights from complex or incomplete information
- Demonstrated experience identifying and engaging passive leadership or highly specialized talent through original market research, direct sourcing, referrals, and professional networks
- Experience recruiting across multiple business or talent areas, such as consumer technology, hardware, software, product, design, AI, operations, commercial functions, or corporate leadership
- Experience advising senior hiring leaders on talent availability, search strategy, candidate quality, market conditions, and recruiting risk
- Experience designing and applying structured candidate-assessment and calibration practices for senior or highly specialized roles
- Experience managing sensitive candidate information and confidential searches with sound judgment, discretion, and attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create clear candidate briefs, market insights, search updates, and recommendations for senior audiences
- Qualified applicants must be able to work from the Boston office a minimum of three days per week
Desired Qualifications
- Experience recruiting within a consumer technology, hardware, software, product, design, or similarly complex global organization
- A combination of in-house executive recruiting and retained executive-search experience
- Experience building an executive-search, talent-intelligence, or proactive pipeline capability within an evolving Talent Acquisition function
- Experience hiring leaders and scarce talent across multiple geographies, including the US, EMEA, or APAC
- Strong knowledge of the talent markets supporting connected products, consumer electronics, audio, embedded systems, AI, software platforms, product development, or global operations
- Experience using recruiting technology, AI-enabled research tools, CRM platforms, and data to improve search quality and recruiter effectiveness
- Experience coaching recruiters or sharing advanced sourcing, assessment, candidate-engagement, or executive-search practices without direct people-management responsibility
- A builder mindset: you enjoy creating a capability, testing new approaches, and leaving behind tools and practices that make the entire team stronger
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