Manager- US Leadership Hiring

What Youll Own

• Lead searches across Sales/Growth, Client Partner, Delivery, Practice, AI, Data, Quality Engineering, and other business leadership roles.
• Manage searches from mandate definition and market mapping through sourcing, executive engagement, assessment, negotiation, offer closure, and onboarding.
• Build targeted search strategies and identify leadership talent primarily across the US, with additional global mandates as required.
• Conduct executive market intelligence, competitor benchmarking, talent mapping, and organizational research to identify relevant leadership talent and provide actionable hiring insights.
• Develop and maintain a strong network of senior executives, industry leaders, passive candidates, and high-potential leadership talent.
• Partner with CXOs, Business Heads, HR leaders, and senior hiring stakeholders to understand business context, leadership requirements, and success profiles.
• Translate business requirements into target-company lists, talent pools, search strategies, and calibrated candidate profiles.
• Own candidate engagement strategies for highly sought-after and passive executives, ensuring a differentiated executive candidate experience.
• Lead senior-level compensation discussions, negotiations, stakeholder alignment, and offer closure.
• Build proactive leadership pipelines through market intelligence, referrals, internal calibration, and external talent research.
• Provide stakeholders with regular search intelligence, talent availability, competitive insights, and pipeline updates.

What Were Looking For

• 1015 years of Talent Acquisition / Executive Search experience, including at least 5 years of hands-on experience in Leadership Hiring.
• Proven experience in Leadership Hiring, Executive Search, or Senior-Level Recruitment.
• Strong exposure to US and global leadership hiring.
• Strong experience hiring leadership talent for IT Services, Digital Engineering, Technology, or Consulting organizations. Executive Search firm experience with significant technology services exposure is also relevant.
• Strong understanding of senior talent markets across technology, sales, consulting, delivery, and business leadership.
• Exceptional capability in executive sourcing, talent mapping, market intelligence, and passive candidate engagement.
• Strong consultative and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work directly with senior business leaders.
• Excellent communication, influencing, negotiation, and relationship-building capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple confidential, complex, and high-priority executive searches independently.
• Demonstrated track record of independently closing complex senior and leadership mandates, including passive candidates, within agreed timelines.

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