Senior Executive Search Recruiter - (Semiconductor hiring experiences)

Renesas Electronics•Austin, TX

About The Position

This role partners closely with Senior leadership and HR to deliver exceptional executive recruitment outcomes and ensure a best-in-class candidate experience. The Senior Executive Search Recruiter will oversee and guide all search strategies, candidate sourcing, pipeline development, assessments, interview design, and offer negotiations for all G-level (Senior Director and above) positions. They will act as a primary partner to senior business leaders, HRBPs, and TA leadership on all executive hiring needs, ensuring an exceptional candidate experience that reflects the company’s leadership values and brand. Additionally, this role involves designing, implementing, and improving executive search processes, tools, scorecards, and governance frameworks, while maintaining strong compliance with global recruiting standards. The recruiter will also manage relationships with external executive search firms, establish a preferred vendor program, and provide market intelligence, talent advisory, and insights on market mapping, competitive landscape, compensation benchmarking, and succession pipelines to influence talent strategies and long-term workforce planning.

Requirements

Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in executive search—either in-house, from a top-tier search firm, or a combination of both.
Strong track record managing senior-level searches (Senior Director / VP / C-Suite).
Proven experience building and leading recruiting teams.
Expertise in managing executive hiring processes, assessment tools, and stakeholder engagement.
Strong ability to influence, advise, and partner with senior executives.
Exceptional communication, executive presence, and relationship-building skills.
High discretion and ability to handle confidential or sensitive information.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a global, matrixed corporate environment.
Deep knowledge of market dynamics, talent trends, and executive compensation.
Strong vendor management and negotiation capabilities.

Responsibilities

Oversee and guide all search strategies, candidate sourcing, pipeline development, assessments, interview design, and offer negotiations for all G-level (Senior Director and above) positions.
Act as a primary partner to senior business leaders, HRBPs, and TA leadership on all executive hiring needs.
Ensure exceptional candidate experience for senior-level talent reflective of the company’s leadership values and brand.
Design, implement, and continuously improve executive search processes, tools, scorecards, and governance frameworks.
Maintain strong compliance and ensure all searches adhere to global recruiting standards and best practices.
Deliver executive hiring metrics, reporting, and insights to Talent Acquisition and executive leadership teams.
Act as the key owner of all relationships with external executive search firms.
Establish and maintain a preferred vendor program, including selection, negotiation, performance evaluation, and cost management.
Ensure external partners deliver consistent quality, diverse slates, and strategic market insights.
Provide deep market mapping, competitive landscape research, compensation benchmarking, and succession pipeline insights.
Partner with HR and senior leaders to influence talent strategies and long-term workforce planning for executive roles.