Executive Recruiter

Executive Recruiter

Location: Seattle, Washington

Role Overview

This position supports executive hiring for a global specialty talent acquisition team focused on Vice President and other senior leadership-level searches. This role partners with executive leaders to develop and execute search strategies for positions primarily in North America, with a concentration on technology leadership talent. The ideal candidate is an experienced executive recruiter with a strong headhunting background and a passion for sourcing, research, and proactive candidate identification.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute executive search strategies for senior leadership positions, including Vice President and Director levels.
• Build target company lists and talent maps to identify high-caliber leadership talent.
• Conduct research-driven sourcing and candidate outreach campaigns, including personalized, intentional outreach to executive prospects.
• Partner closely with hiring leaders throughout the executive search process.
• Design and implement former employee, referral, and networking strategies.
• Advise hiring teams on talent market trends and competitive hiring practices.
• Deliver a high-touch candidate experience, ensuring consistent communication and stakeholder alignment.
• Utilize recruiting metrics and data to provide insights and improve hiring outcomes.

Required Qualifications

Experience:

• Several years of full lifecycle recruiting experience with a focus on executive, leadership, or retained search recruitment.
• Experience hiring senior leadership talent, including Director-level and above positions.
• Experience partnering directly with executive stakeholders and senior business leaders.
• Experience working within executive search firms or in-house executive recruiting functions is required.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple executive searches simultaneously, with an average requisition load of 8-10 searches.
• Strong strategic search capabilities, including identifying target companies, building talent maps, and developing outreach plans.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technology industry recruiting experience is preferred.
• Experience recruiting for large, complex, or high-growth organizations.
• Strong market mapping, talent intelligence, and competitive research capabilities.
• Proven success building diverse leadership pipelines.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and consultative skills.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments while maintaining a high standard for talent quality.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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