Principal Executive Recruiter

Lumen Technologies • ,

6d • $132,232 - $193,940 • Remote

About The Position

Lumen is seeking a strategic, highly discerning Principal Executive Recruiter to join our Executive Recruitment & Advisory team. This senior individual contributor will lead complex VP+, SVP, and C-suite searches, with an emphasis on technical and transformation leadership across AI, software engineering, digital infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, product, data, and network technology. The Principal Executive Recruiter will operate as more than a search leader. This person will be a strategic talent advisor and steward of Lumen's executive talent bar, partnering with senior leaders to define future-state leadership needs, build differentiated talent strategies, and ensure every executive hire strengthens the company's leadership quality, technical capability, innovation velocity, and ability to execute its long-term strategy. We believe exceptional talent compounds organizational performance. Every executive hire should raise Lumen's leadership quality, technical capability, operating pace, and capacity for transformation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of progressive recruiting experience with significant responsibility for VP+, SVP, and C-suite searches.
• Demonstrated success recruiting executive talent in technology, software, AI, cybersecurity, digital, cloud, network, product, data, or transformation-intensive environments.
• Proven track record identifying and closing exceptional passive talent in highly competitive markets while maintaining rigorous quality standards.
• Deep knowledge of executive search methodologies, market mapping, talent intelligence, structured assessment, and offer negotiation.
• Ability to assess both leadership capability and technical credibility, including the executive's ability to build high-performing teams and lead through transformation.
• Exceptional communication, executive presence, stakeholder influence, discretion, and integrity.
• Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, talent intelligence platforms, applicant tracking systems, and relevant sourcing channels such as GitHub and other technical communities

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting leaders from high-performance technology, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, software, digital-native, or venture-backed organizations.
• Experience building executive talent maps across frontier AI, enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, digital product, data, and network technology ecosystems.
• Familiarity with talent density cultures, bar-raising hiring practices, structured executive assessment, and interviewer calibration.
• Experience advising senior leaders during rapid growth, enterprise transformation, organizational redesign, or capability-building initiatives.
• Working knowledge of modern technology platforms, architectures, development environments, and emerging AI trends sufficient to credibly assess executive leadership context.
• Self-directed, highly organized, and effective in a remote environment, with a strong commitment to clarity, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end executive searches for VP, SVP, and C-suite roles, from talent strategy and market mapping through assessment, offer negotiation, and onboarding.
• Build and engage world-class executive talent pipelines across AI, software, cloud, cybersecurity, digital, product, data, and technology leadership domains.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing market intelligence, talent insights, competitive benchmarking, and strategic hiring recommendations.
• Drive a talent density mindset by identifying and attracting exceptional leaders who elevate organizational capability, innovation, and business performance.
• Assess executive talent using structured, evidence-based evaluation methods while ensuring a high-touch candidate experience and rigorous hiring standards.
• Influence and align executive stakeholders, compensation partners, and interview teams to enable high-quality, data-driven hiring decisions.
• Continuously improve executive hiring outcomes through market insights, talent analytics, and best-in-class search practices.

Benefits

• Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.
• Bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal