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About the Role

The Executive Recruiter serves as a strategic talent advisor responsible for identifying, attracting, assessing, and engaging executive talent across the enterprise. This individual will partner closely with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, and Talent Acquisition leadership to drive executive hiring outcomes while helping build a world-class internal Executive Search function. This role extends beyond search execution, requiring the development of deep expertise in supported business lines, cultivation of executive talent pipelines, provision of market intelligence, and building trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels. The successful candidate will manage multiple executive searches simultaneously, navigate complex stakeholder environments, and deliver an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring leaders.

Responsibilities

Identify, attract, assess, and engage executive talent.
Partner with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, and Talent Acquisition leadership.
Drive executive hiring outcomes.
Build a world-class internal Executive Search function.
Develop deep expertise in supported business lines.
Cultivate executive talent pipelines.
Provide market intelligence.
Build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
Manage multiple executive searches simultaneously.
Navigate complex stakeholder environments.
Deliver an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring leaders.
Contribute to workforce planning, succession discussions, leadership pipeline development, and talent market insights.
Manage executive and senior leadership searches from intake through offer acceptance.
Source, engage, and recruit passive executive-level talent.
Partner directly with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, and hiring executives.
Develop and execute search strategies for complex leadership roles.
Build and maintain executive talent pipelines.
Assess leadership talent against technical requirements, leadership competencies, organizational culture, and business objectives.
Build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Advise leaders on talent availability, market conditions, and hiring strategies.
Facilitate intake meetings and translate business needs into actionable search plans.
Provide clear updates, recommendations, and guidance throughout the search process.
Manage multiple complex searches simultaneously.
Utilize ATS, CRM, and recruiting technologies to manage candidate pipelines and search activity.
Maintain accurate search documentation, reporting, and candidate engagement records.
Deliver an exceptional candidate experience through transparency, responsiveness, and professionalism.
Support organizational talent strategies beyond recruiting, including succession planning, leadership assessment, workforce planning, or talent management initiatives.
Serve as a strategic talent advisor to executive leadership teams.
Understand business models, organizational structures, and operating environments.
Consult with leaders on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, or capability requirements.
Translate business strategy into talent acquisition and talent development recommendations.
Conduct executive talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and labor market research.
Present market insights and talent landscape analyses to executive audiences.
Mentor recruiters, researchers, coordinators, or junior talent acquisition professionals.
Lead search initiatives with senior executives and C-suite stakeholders.

Requirements

8+ years of recruiting experience within a retained search firm, corporate search function, or a combination of both.
Demonstrated experience managing executive and senior leadership searches from intake through offer acceptance.
Proven success in sourcing, engaging, and recruiting passive executive-level talent.
Experience managing multiple concurrent searches while maintaining quality, responsiveness, and stakeholder confidence.
Experience partnering directly with senior business leaders, HR Business Partners, and hiring executives throughout the search process.
Strong executive search methodology, including talent mapping, market research, candidate assessment, and executive outreach.
Ability to develop and execute search strategies for complex leadership roles across multiple business functions.
Experience building and maintaining executive talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
Ability to assess leadership talent against technical requirements, leadership competencies, organizational culture, and business objectives.
Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels of an organization.
Strong consultative skills with the ability to advise leaders on talent availability, market conditions, and hiring strategies.
Experience facilitating intake meetings and translating business needs into actionable search plans.
Ability to provide clear updates, recommendations, and guidance throughout the search process.
Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage multiple complex searches simultaneously.
Strong project management capabilities with attention to detail and a sense of urgency.
Experience utilizing ATS, CRM, and recruiting technologies to manage candidate pipelines and search activity.
Ability to maintain accurate search documentation, reporting, and candidate engagement records.
Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish credibility quickly with executives and candidates.
Commitment to delivering an exceptional candidate experience through transparency, responsiveness, and professionalism.
Experience supporting organizational talent strategies beyond recruiting, including succession planning, leadership assessment, workforce planning, or talent management initiatives.
Experience serving as a strategic talent advisor to executive leadership teams.
Ability to quickly understand business models, organizational structures, and operating environments.
Experience consulting with leaders on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, or capability requirements.
Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into talent acquisition and talent development recommendations.
Advanced experience conducting executive talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and labor market research.
Experience presenting market insights and talent landscape analyses to executive audiences.
Familiarity with executive compensation trends and leadership benchmarking practices.
Experience utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, executive search databases, talent intelligence platforms, and CRM technologies.
Experience working within Workday or other enterprise ATS environments.
Ability to leverage recruiting metrics, market data, and reporting tools to influence hiring decisions and improve outcomes.
Experience mentoring recruiters, researchers, coordinators, or junior talent acquisition professionals.
Proven ability to influence without direct authority in highly matrixed organizations.
Demonstrated success leading search initiatives with senior executives and C-suite stakeholders.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.

Skills

Relationship building
Project management
Research
Recruiting
Executive search methodology
Talent mapping
Market research
Candidate assessment
Executive outreach
Search strategy development
Talent pipeline cultivation
Stakeholder management
Consultative skills
Organizational skills
Attention to detail
Urgency
ATS utilization
CRM utilization
Recruiting technologies
Verbal communication
Written communication
Presentation skills
Interpersonal skills
Succession planning
Leadership assessment
Workforce planning
Talent management
Business consulting
Organizational design
Leadership effectiveness
Talent intelligence
Competitive intelligence
Labor market research
Executive compensation trends
Leadership benchmarking
LinkedIn Recruiter
Executive search databases
Talent intelligence platforms
Workday
Recruiting metrics
Market data analysis
Reporting tools
Mentoring
Influence without authority

Location

Hudson Yards, NYC
Stamford, CT

Work Type

Hybrid
Remote
Work from home

Experience Level

8+ years of recruiting experience
Executive level
Senior leadership

Salary/Compensations

$103,450.00 - $169,960.00

Benefits

Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals
Skill-building opportunities
Leadership development opportunities
Philanthropic opportunities
Opportunities to build communities
Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
Full-time eligible employees receive benefits

About the Company

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.
As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues.
Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits.

Equal Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.
Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B).