Principal Talent Acquisition Partner, Executive Search

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Summary The Principal Talent Acquisition Partner, Executive Search is a senior individual-contributor strategic talent advisor responsible for shaping and executing executive hiring strategies that directly influence OneStream's leadership capability, organizational evolution, and long-term business performance. This role operates at the intersection of executive search, business strategy, leadership assessment, market intelligence, and stakeholder influence. While disciplined search execution is a baseline expectation, the greater value of the role is in helping senior leaders make high-quality, evidence-based talent decisions for the most critical leadership roles across the company. Primary Duties and Responsibilities Strategic Search Leadership Partner with executive leaders, People Operations, and Talent Acquisition leadership to translate business priorities into executive search strategies, success profiles, assessment criteria, and decision frameworks. Apply executive search judgment to determine when to build, buy, accelerate, pause, or recalibrate a search based on business need, market conditions, stakeholder alignment, and leadership requirements. Actively lead and remain deeply engaged in externally supported executive searches, ensuring OneStream retains clear ownership for search strategy, firm performance, role status, risk management, and decision quality. Serve as a credible advisor to senior leaders by bringing clarity, structure, and informed recommendations to complex and sensitive hiring decisions. Market Intelligence and Leadership Talent Strategy Develop a deep understanding of executive talent markets, competitor landscapes, leadership trends, and candidate motivations to shape differentiated search strategies and opportunity positioning. Build and sustain executive relationships and strategic talent pipelines that extend beyond immediate openings and strengthen OneStream's access to future leadership talent. Leverage OneStream's strategic relationship with its private equity partners to understand investor priorities, access relevant market perspective, and position leadership opportunities in the context of long-term value creation. Assessment, Decision Quality, and Stakeholder Influence Lead executive assessment with a focus on business impact, leadership capability, cultural contribution, growth potential, and alignment to the needs of the role and the broader organization. Synthesize candidate evidence, stakeholder feedback, market context, and business requirements into recommendations that support informed, balanced, and defensible hiring decisions. Facilitate alignment across senior stakeholders, constructively challenge assumptions when needed, and help leaders navigate ambiguity, tradeoffs, and risk in executive selection. Interact regularly with Board members, private equity partners, and senior executive stakeholders to align on leadership requirements and support high-stakes executive hiring decisions. Candidate Experience, Confidentiality, and Executive Presence Represent OneStream with executive candidates in a way that is compelling, accurate, discreet, and aligned to the company's strategy, culture, leadership expectations, and value creation opportunity. Actively sell senior executive candidates on the opportunity, tailoring the narrative to each candidate's motivations, career goals, and decision criteria. Exercise sound judgment in managing sensitive searches, confidential information, stakeholder communications, and candidate relationships where timing, tone, and discretion are critical. Create a high-touch, executive-level candidate experience that reinforces OneStream's employment brand and supports successful closing, transition, and onboarding outcomes. Data, Insights, and Executive Decision Support Translate executive search data, pipeline health, assessment outcomes, and stakeholder feedback into practical insights that inform search strategy and leadership decision-making. Use data to identify patterns, risks, and opportunities across executive searches, including talent availability, candidate conversion, decision velocity, interview effectiveness, compensation dynamics, and competitive positioning. Maintain a detailed, current understanding of each executive search's progress, risks, candidate slate quality, stakeholder alignment, and external search firm performance, particularly for roles led or supported by retained search partners. Provide executive-ready narratives that move beyond status reporting to help leaders understand tradeoffs, recalibrate expectations, and make timely, high-quality hiring decisions. Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement Maintain disciplined search execution, accurate documentation, executive-ready updates, and clear communication as foundational expectations of the role. Use search outcomes and process learning to improve executive recruiting practices and strengthen OneStream's approach to senior leadership hiring over time. Partner effectively with internal teams and, when appropriate, external search partners to ensure every executive search is well governed, strategically aligned, and executed with appropriate urgency and quality. Required Education and Experience Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, organizational leadership, or a related field. 10+ or more years of recruiting experience, including at least five years as a corporate recruiter and at least three years recruiting executive talent in-house. Demonstrated experience leading full-cycle searches and hiring C-suite, Executive Leadership Team, or comparable senior leadership professionals. Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leaders and manage complex, confidential searches with a high level of attention to detail. Experience serving as a strategic talent advisor to private equity sponsors, board members, and executive leadership teams, aligning executive search strategy, leadership requirements, candidate assessment, and market insights to support high-impact senior leadership hiring decisions. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Availability that flexes to match the schedules of the senior executives we engage with Typical workdays will reflect Eastern time zone hours Strong knowledge of executive search methods, passive talent sourcing, market mapping, candidate assessment, and offer negotiation. Ability to establish credibility and communicate effectively with C-suite leaders, Executive Leadership Team members, external search partners, and executive candidates. Strong consulting, influencing, facilitation, and relationship-management skills across complex stakeholder groups. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise candidate profiles and executive-ready updates. High attention to detail, sound judgment, discretion, and the ability to manage sensitive and confidential information. Ability to manage multiple searches, priorities, and deadlines while maintaining consistent quality and responsiveness. Ability to evaluate candidates using job-related evidence and structured, inclusive, and non-discriminatory selection practices. Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, collaboration tools, and recruiting analytics. Travel Travel may be required when necessary to support executive interviews, stakeholder meetings, recruiting events, or other business needs. Benefits at OneStream OneStream employees are passionate, hardworking individuals who go above and beyond to keep our customers happy and follow through on our mission statement. They consistently deliver the best and in turn, we make every effort to keep them cared for and happy. A sample of the benefits we provide are: Excellent Medical Plan Dental & Vision Insurance Life Insurance Short & Long Term Disability Vacation Time Paid Holidays Professional Development Retirement Plan

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#LI-Remote Total compensation is based on experience, skills, and location using objective, job-related criteria. Additional variable compensation and benefits may apply. Gross annual base salary

$151,000 — $170,000 USD

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