Executive Recruiter, Temporary

Viasat, Inc. • Carlsbad, CA

6d • Remote

About The Position

We're excited to announce a dynamic opportunity for a temporary Executive Recruiter to join our growing team! This role offers the flexibility and convenience of fully remote work, allowing you to contribute from anywhere in the United States. Sitting within our Executive Talent function, this role reports directly to the Head of Executive Recruitment and operates under the broader umbrella led by the Executive Talent Leader. In this role, you will support the execution of full-lifecycle recruitment for VP and C-suite level leadership positions across the enterprise. You will help drive process, coordination, and consistency across searches. You will act as a champion of Viasat’s culture, delivering a seamless, "white-glove" experience for both candidates and senior internal stakeholders while maintaining the utmost confidentiality.

Requirements

• Proven track record of successfully managing full-lifecycle executive or senior leadership recruitment within a corporate environment or an executive search firm.
• Bachelors degree or higher in business or a related field
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills, with the credibility to influence and engage with C-suite and executive-level leadership.
• Expertise in direct sourcing, talent mapping, and leveraging sophisticated networking techniques to engage passive, high-profile talent.
• Strong experience managing, partnering with, and holding external executive search partners/agencies.
• Absolute commitment to confidentiality and high emotional intelligence when dealing with sensitive organizational changes and high-level negotiations.
• Strong organizational and business acumen to quickly grasp Viasat's strategic priorities and accurately align talent selection with business needs.
• Familiarity with modern recruiting tools, including advanced ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and emerging AI-enabled solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience recruiting within a global technology, aerospace, or telecommunications environment.
• Experience managing international executive or senior leadership searches

Responsibilities

• Support an exceptional, concierge-level experience for executive candidates from first contact through onboarding.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders and People & Culture (P&C) partners, guiding them through the executive search lifecycle.
• Partner with the Head of Executive Recruiting to draft and refine job descriptions, organize role requirements, and translate intake discussions into clear competencies and structured evaluation criteria.
• Deliver mapping of target markets, identifying talent, and supporting the development of diverse pipelines for leadership roles and future ready talent needs.
• Review and calibrate candidate slates, conduct structured interviews, and evaluate leadership talent against defined criteria—not just “fit,” but true role alignment.
• Support coordination with external executive search firms, including tracking candidate submissions, maintaining alignment on process and timelines, and ensuring a seamless experience across internal and external workstreams.
• Leverage market intelligence, data, reporting, and talent insights to support search progress, assess talent and availability and inform discussions.
• Ensure that Viasat’s core values, cultural attributes, and commitment to inclusion are deeply embedded into the recruitment, sourcing, and evaluation processes.
• Maintain strong organization, rigorous governance and consistency, confidentiality, and discretion across all executive search data, documentation, and candidate profiles.
• Drive ATS excellence, pipeline hygiene, and feedback rigor. Ensure every candidate interaction, data point, and decision is captured cleanly and consistently.
• Support the integration of AI tools and workflows into recruiting processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and overall execution.

Benefits

• range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered
• comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Executive