Executive Recruiter

Vizient•Chicago, IL

About The Position

In this role, you will lead full lifecycle executive recruitment for Associate Vice President and above. You will serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders, delivering high-quality executive searches while ensuring a disciplined, inclusive, and high-touch experience for candidates and stakeholders. This role combines strong search execution with executive-level partnership and market insight.

Requirements

Lead full lifecycle executive recruitment for Associate Vice President and above.
Serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders.
Deliver high-quality executive searches.
Ensure a disciplined, inclusive, and high-touch experience for candidates and stakeholders.
Combine strong search execution with executive-level partnership and market insight.
Conduct strategic intake meetings to define success profiles, leadership competencies, and selection criteria.
Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies, including direct outreach, industry mapping, networking, and engagement of retained search firms when appropriate.
Screen and assess candidates for leadership capability, business acumen, and organizational alignment.
Drive the candidate journey to ensure a professional, engaging, and seamless experience.
Facilitate search update meetings and provide clear, data-driven progress reporting to stakeholders.
Build trusted relationships with executive leaders and HR partners.
Provide market intelligence, talent landscape insights, and competitive positioning guidance.
Advise leaders on candidate assessment, compensation positioning, and hiring strategy.
Develop and maintain diverse executive talent pipelines.
Partner with Culture & Belonging team to embed equitable practices throughout the executive search process.
Leverage external networks, professional organizations, and targeted sourcing strategies to broaden representation.
Partner with the Director on selection and management of retained search firms.
Ensure compliance with recruitment processes, documentation standards, and audit requirements.
Coordinate offer development, negotiations, and pre-employment processes in collaboration with HR and Total Rewards.

Responsibilities

Lead full lifecycle executive searches from intake through offer acceptance.
Conduct strategic intake meetings to define success profiles, leadership competencies, and selection criteria.
Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies, including direct outreach, industry mapping, networking, and engagement of retained search firms when appropriate.
Screen and assess candidates for leadership capability, business acumen, and organizational alignment.
Drive the candidate journey to ensure a professional, engaging, and seamless experience.
Facilitate search update meetings and provide clear, data-driven progress reporting to stakeholders.
Build trusted relationships with executive leaders and HR partners.
Provide market intelligence, talent landscape insights, and competitive positioning guidance.
Advise leaders on candidate assessment, compensation positioning, and hiring strategy.
Develop and maintain diverse executive talent pipelines.
Partner with Culture & Belonging team to embed equitable practices throughout the executive search process.
Leverage external networks, professional organizations, and targeted sourcing strategies to broaden representation.
Partner with the Director on selection and management of retained search firms.
Ensure compliance with recruitment processes, documentation standards, and audit requirements.
Coordinate offer development, negotiations, and pre-employment processes in collaboration with HR and Total Rewards.