Senior Executive Talent Partner
About The Position
Curriculum Associates is hiring a senior individual contributor to own executive searches for senior and business-critical roles, including Director, VP, and C-suite positions, as well as hard-to-fill specialized leadership roles. The role serves as a strategic talent advisor to executives and hiring leaders, shaping search strategy, building relationships with leaders in education and beyond, and delivering a candidate experience that reflects the company's values. The position leads executive searches from intake and role definition through sourcing, assessment, offer negotiation, and close. It advises senior leaders on leadership hiring, market trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability; builds proactive candidate pipelines; assesses leadership capability and mission alignment; and helps make hiring processes inclusive and equitable. The role also partners with Total Rewards and HR on executive offers and transitions, manages retained search firms when appropriate, improves executive hiring standards and practices, reports on search metrics, and mentors other recruiters.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including 5+ years leading executive or senior leadership searches for Director, VP, and C-suite roles, in corporate talent acquisition, retained search, or both.
- Demonstrated track record of closing confidential, high-stakes searches and delivering high-quality hires within agreed timelines.
- Experience advising senior executives on search strategy, candidate assessment, market conditions, and executive compensation.
- Ability to source passive candidates and build executive networks through direct outreach, referrals, and relationship building.
- Skill in structured interviewing and leadership assessment, including evaluating capability and mission alignment.
- Experience negotiating complex executive offers, including base pay, incentive, equity, and relocation, in partnership with Total Rewards or HR.
- Experience building diverse candidate slates and applying inclusive, evidence-based hiring practices.
- Strong communication, discretion, and influencing skills, with credibility at the executive level.
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and recruiting data, including pipeline and search metrics reporting.
Responsibilities
- Own the full executive search lifecycle, from intake and role definition through sourcing, assessment, offer negotiation, and close.
- Partner with hiring executives to define success profiles, search criteria, and realistic timelines.
- Conduct confidential searches with discretion and sound judgment.
- Advise senior leaders and the executive team on leadership hiring, market trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability.
- Translate business strategy and workforce planning into executive talent plans and provide candid guidance on search scope, candidate fit, and tradeoffs.
- Develop proactive sourcing strategies for passive candidates, including leaders from education, ed-tech, and adjacent industries.
- Build and maintain networks of senior leaders, industry contacts, and external search partners, and maintain warm pipelines for future leadership needs.
- Conduct in-depth screening and structured interviews to assess leadership capability, mission alignment, and cultural contribution.
- Design and facilitate fair, consistent, evidence-based interview plans and panels.
- Synthesize feedback and present well-supported recommendations to decision makers.
- Build diverse candidate slates, apply inclusive hiring practices, and coach interviewers on bias awareness and structured evaluation.
- Partner with Total Rewards and HR leadership on offer structure, executive compensation, and equity considerations.
- Guide candidates through negotiation, relocation, and onboarding transitions, and support early-stage executive integration with HR and hiring leaders.
- Select, direct, and evaluate retained search firms when appropriate, ensuring partners represent the company and deliver quality results.
- Contribute to executive hiring standards, tools, and best practices.
- Track and report search metrics, pipeline health, and quality of hire, using applicant tracking system data and market intelligence to improve outcomes.
- Mentor recruiters and share executive search expertise across the Talent Acquisition team.
Benefits
- Medical insurance for eligible employees and their families.
- Dental insurance for eligible employees and their families.
- Vision insurance for eligible employees and their families.
- Basic life insurance for eligible employees and their families.
- Company 401(k) plan with employer match.
- Flexible vacation and sick policy.
- Twelve paid holidays.
- Winter office closure between Christmas and New Year's.
- Additional perks and benefits.
- Eligibility to participate in the company bonus plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
