Executive Recruiting Leader
About The Position
The Executive Recruiting Leader will lead executive recruiting for StandardAero’s most senior and business-critical leadership positions while building and establishing a dedicated enterprise executive recruiting function. Partnering with the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, Senior Leadership Team, and Human Resources leadership, this individual will personally execute high-impact executive searches and develop the strategy, processes, tools, and talent pipelines needed to create a sustainable internal executive search capability. The role requires a hands-on executive search professional with business acumen, executive presence, and an entrepreneurial mindset who can serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership while building a best-in-class executive recruiting function.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of executive search experience within the Aviation or Aerospace industry.
- Bachelor’s degree.
Nice To Haves
- Experience building, leading, or transforming executive recruiting functions or capabilities, ideally within a complex global organization.
- Exceptional executive presence and ability to influence and advise CEOs, CHROs, and senior business leaders.
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate organizational strategy into executive talent requirements.
- Advanced executive sourcing, talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and assessment capabilities.
- Proven ability to engage and build relationships with highly sought-after passive executive talent.
- Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset, with ability to balance hands-on recruiting with building scalable processes and capabilities.
- Excellent communication, relationship management, judgment, and discretion.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle executive searches for Executive Leadership Team, Senior Leadership Team, and other critical senior leadership positions across business sectors and corporate functions.
- Partner with the CEO, CHRO, and senior leaders to understand business priorities, define leadership requirements, and develop search strategies.
- Build and establish the executive recruiting function, including its operating model, processes, tools, assessment practices, and reporting.
- Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies through talent mapping, competitive intelligence, networking, and direct engagement with executive talent.
- Build long-term external leadership pipelines to support anticipated hiring needs and succession planning.
- Advise senior leaders by providing market intelligence, candidate assessments, and strategic recommendations.
- Lead executive candidate evaluation, selection, and offer negotiations in partnership with senior stakeholders.
- Establish consistent executive recruiting standards that deliver an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience.
- Manage external executive search firm relationships while expanding internal search capabilities and reducing reliance on external partners.
- Establish measures of executive recruiting effectiveness and continuously evolve the function to support business growth and changing leadership needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
