Global Executive Search Lead

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Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

The Global Executive Search Senior Manager is responsible for defining and delivering the organisation’s global executive hiring strategy, ensuring the attraction, engagement, and appointment of high-impact senior leaders.

As part of establishing a more centralised Talent Acquisition model, this role will play a key part in building and embedding the organisation’s internal executive search capability.

Operating within the Global Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence, the role partners closely with Executive Leadership, HR, and Regional TA teams to proactively identify and engage top executive talent. Acting as a trusted advisor, the role combines high-touch search execution with strategic insight to strengthen leadership capability and ensure the organisation is competitively positioned to attract diverse, high-calibre executive talent.

JOB DIMENSIONS & SCOPE

Owns and delivers global executive hiring (Senior Director, VP/ critical roles)

Plays a key role in building internal executive search capability and approach

Works directly with Executive Committee, senior business leaders, and HR leadership

Reports to the Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Acts as a core member of the Global TA Centre of Excellence

Leads proactive executive talent mapping and pipelining globally

Partners closely with Regional TA Heads and HRBPs

Defines approach to external search firm utilisation and governance

Manages a team of 2 Executive Search Partners

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Executive Search Delivery

Manage confidential, high-impact searches across geographical regions with professionalism, discretion, and strong stakeholder alignment

Partner with business leaders to define role requirements, success profiles, and tailored search strategies

Deliver a high-quality, high-touch candidate experience across all executive hiring processes

Support offer development, negotiation, and closing of senior candidates

Ensure delivery through your own search mandates and through team members

2. Proactive Sourcing & Talent Engagement

Proactively source and engage senior talent through direct sourcing, networking, and market mapping

Build and maintain strong relationships with executive talent, industry networks, and professional communities

Develop and embed proactive executive sourcing methodologies as part of the internal search capability

Deliver innovative engagement strategies to attract and influence passive executive candidates

3. Strategic Talent Advisory

Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insight on talent markets, competitor activity, and hiring strategies

Influence hiring decisions through data-driven insights and market intelligence

Partner with stakeholders to shape hiring strategies aligned to long-term business and transformation priorities

Champion inclusive executive hiring practices, ensuring diverse leadership pipelines

Build and maintain global executive talent pipelines aligned to critical roles and future succession needs

Conduct structured market mapping for key leadership positions across regions and functions

Establish scalable approaches to long-term executive talent engagement as part of building internal capability

5. External Search & Process Governance

Define and manage relationships with external executive search partners, ensuring quality, consistency, and value

Establish clear guidelines for when and how external firms are used, supporting a shift toward in-house delivery

Ensure effective use of ATS and talent systems for tracking, reporting, and compliance

Provide regular reporting and insights on search progress, market conditions, and hiring outcomes

Contribute to the Global TA Leadership Team, shaping overall TA strategy and capability

Support the development of a best-in-class, globally aligned executive hiring model

Partner with Global Sourcing and Regional TA leaders to ensure consistent and scalable approaches

Share insights and best practices to continuously elevate executive hiring capability globally

MAJOR CHALLENGES & COMPLEXITIES

Building an effective in-house executive search capability within a newly centralised model

Managing highly confidential and business-critical hiring processes

Influencing and advising senior stakeholders in a global matrix environment

Engaging passive, high-demand executive talent in competitive markets

Balancing speed, quality, diversity, and stakeholder expectations

KEY INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

Executive Committee and Senior Leadership

Regional Heads of Talent Acquisition

HR Business Partners

KEY EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS

Executive talent networks and communities

External executive search firms

Industry associations and leadership forums

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

Formal Qualifications and Experience

Significant experience (15 years+) in executive search (in-house or retained search firm, ideally both)

Experience of building internal executive search capability is highly desirable

Experience operating in a multinational, matrix organisation

Strong understanding of global talent markets and executive hiring dynamics

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Specific Skills and Abilities

Strong proactive sourcing and talent engagement capability at executive level

Ability to build and embed new approaches and ways of working

Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills

Ability to act as a credible advisor to senior leadership

High levels of judgement, discretion, and professionalism

Data-driven mindset with ability to translate insights into hiring strategies

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

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Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

Medical, dental and vision plans

Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees

Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location

Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits

Retirement Savings Plan with company match

Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)

Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)

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