Executive Recruiter

Perficient • Town and Country, MO

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About The Position

Perficient is hiring an Executive Recruiter to lead VP-and-above and C-level searches as the company grows its senior leadership bench during an AI-first growth chapter. This is an end-to-end executive search role, not a coordinator or requisition-management position. The recruiter will source, assess, close, and support the success of senior hires, including candidates who are not actively seeking a new role. Searches may span functions and geographies, including the U.S., India, and Latin America.

The recruiter will partner with senior hiring leaders as a search consultant, define role and success profiles, provide market and compensation intelligence, and lead offer strategy and negotiations in partnership with Total Rewards. The role also focuses on building a demonstrable network across IT services, delivering a discreet and respectful candidate experience, and developing leadership talent communities ahead of hiring needs.

The successful candidate will manage multiple concurrent searches with visible pipelines and disciplined records, use AI tools throughout the search lifecycle while measuring time savings and checking outputs, and protect candidate and company confidentiality. Search decisions remain grounded in human judgment, and work must comply with local employment law and data privacy requirements. Success is measured by completed searches, accepted slates, offer acceptance, hire performance and retention, network-sourced hires, and measurable efficiency gains from AI workflows.

Perficient describes itself as a global digital consultancy and AI and technology consulting firm. It offers a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, work/life opportunities, paid time off and holidays, and rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities. The company states its commitment to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion, and reasonable disability accommodations.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of executive search or senior recruiting experience, including a record of VP-and-above and C-level searches.
• A portfolio of completed searches from the last three years with documentable outcomes and references who can confirm them.
• A strong, active, demonstrable network across IT services, including consulting, systems integration, and technology companies.
• Hands-on fluency with AI tools in recruiting workflows, including deployment, measurement of results, and an ability to explain their limitations.
• Strong time and priority management across concurrent searches, supported by a system the candidate can demonstrate.
• Executive presence and sound judgment to advise senior leaders candidly, including on compensation and market realities.
• Experience negotiating senior offers and managing candidates through competing offers.
• Ability to protect confidential information and ensure recruiting processes comply with applicable employment laws and data privacy requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a PE-backed or high-growth consulting or technology environment and familiarity with senior-candidate offer structures in those environments.
• Search experience in India and Latin America as well as the U.S.
• A background in retained search or in-house executive recruiting at a consulting or technology services firm.
• A record of building talent communities and pipelines ahead of hiring needs.
• Experience coaching recruiters on senior-level practices.

Responsibilities

• Own VP-and-above searches from intake through start date, including defining role and success profiles, mapping the market, building slates, running the process, negotiating, and closing.
• Deliver slates accepted by hiring leaders and track time to slate, time to fill, offer acceptance, and whether hires succeed in their roles at 12 months.
• Advise hiring leaders as a search consultant by challenging unrealistic profiles and providing market and compensation intelligence.
• Lead senior offer strategy and negotiation with Total Rewards, including positioning Perficient against competing offers.
• Keep searches moving and communicate status, reasons for delays, and next steps to hiring leaders and candidates.
• Maintain an active IT services network across consulting firms, systems integrators, technology and platform companies, and the hyperscaler and partner ecosystem.
• Provide senior candidates with a discreet, informed, honest, and respectful experience.
• Build talent communities for future leadership roles before requisitions open.
• Partner with the Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Business Aligned TA Leads, and Regional TA Leads, sharing market intelligence that improves hiring across the team.
• Represent Perficient's employer brand to senior candidates and communicate what leaders can build at the company.
• Manage multiple concurrent searches with clear pipelines, priorities, next steps, and visible risks.
• Use AI tools for market mapping, research, outreach drafting, candidate and interview synthesis, scheduling, and reporting; measure the time saved.
• Check AI outputs, preserve human judgment in candidate decisions, and comply with local employment laws and data privacy requirements.
• Keep ATS and search records accurate and current, and report progress regularly to the Global Head of Talent Acquisition.
• Protect confidential information about candidates, leaders, and the company.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Paid time off plus holidays.
• Rewards and recognition programs, including billable bonus opportunities.
• Collaborative work environment.
• Work/life opportunities.
• Outstanding benefits package; further details are referenced in the company's benefits overview.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed