Principal Executive Recruiter

Role Description

Babylist is at an inflection point. We've built a category-defining brand with over $750M in revenue, and we're now expanding into entirely new verticals, which means we need to build the leadership team that will take us there. This is where you come in.

As our Principal Executive Recruiter, you'll own the most consequential searches at Babylist:

• Director through C-suite roles across Product, Marketing, Operations, and new business lines.
• Work directly with our executive team as a true thought partner.
• Shape role narratives before they go to market and close leaders who will define our next chapter.

This is not a role for someone who executes against a clean spec. Many of the searches you'll run will start with ambiguity:

• Undefined scope.
• No comp benchmark.
• Shifting organizational context.

You'll be the one who brings clarity, writing the spec, building the market map, leading the intake, and managing the process end-to-end with executive presence.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of recruiting experience, with Director through C-suite searches as the sustained focus of your work.
• 8+ years leading end-to-end retained searches at a dedicated executive search firm.
• Deep experience placing executive leaders at growth-stage or pre-IPO companies.
• Proven track record on zero-to-one searches.
• Experienced running highly confidential searches.
• Skilled at shaping executive role narratives from scratch.
• Comfortable operating independently.
• Fluent in the tools of the trade.
• Expert in executive total rewards.
• Strong executive presence.
• Experienced managing external search firm partnerships.
• Thrives in growth-stage environments.
• High editorial bar and AI fluency.
• Genuinely excited about what AI can do.

Requirements

• Own the searches that matter most.
• Bring clarity before the process begins.
• Serve as the executive team's thought partner.
• Close with sophistication.
• Elevate every touchpoint.
• Build something lasting.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity and bonus opportunities.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement savings plan with company matching and flexible spending accounts.
• Generous paid parental leave and PTO.
• Remote work stipend to set up your office.
• Perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning.