Senior Manager, Leadership Recruiting

Bain & Company•Toronto, ON

22d•$134,500 - $169,250

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Leadership Recruiting (LR) partners with senior stakeholders—including Regional Practice Leads, Global Practice Leads, and Office Heads—and other talent teams. Working with the regional LR lead, this role develops search strategies and applies the LR best-practice playbook to hiring within its remit. The Senior Manager brings external talent-market insights and business priorities to adapt recruiting content for each market, primarily supporting a target region and occasionally supporting other regions based on demand and team capacity. The role leads senior technology hiring, particularly for the Applied Tech practice, and manages multiple executive-level searches. It also advises internal clients on talent strategy and search requirements, conducts market research and due diligence, coaches interviewers, and identifies ways to improve the recruitment process while considering business needs, market trends, and candidate experience.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in executive-level search and/or in-house talent acquisition in a fast-paced environment supporting multiple time zones.
Proven experience in technology leadership hiring, ideally for a technology or applied tech practice, with a strong understanding of technical recruiting needs and the market.
Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Advanced proficiency in MS Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Advanced presentation skills.
Ability to independently exercise effective judgment, sensitivity, discretion, and creativity in response to changing needs and situations.
Proven ability to influence and drive consensus among multiple parties.
Ability to manage competing demands with excellent time-management skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Passion for results and a desire to work in a fast-changing, highly regarded working environment.
Local talent-market insights.
For the Toronto role, written and spoken fluency in English and legal authorization to work in Canada.

Nice To Haves

Experience in, or working with, a management consulting or professional services firm.
MBA (preferred but not required).

Responsibilities

Use insights from previous searches to guide executive-level internal clients in shaping talent requirements to match the firm’s needs and the talent available in the assigned market.
Manage multiple simultaneous searches and serve as the single point of contact for at least one practice.
Lead senior technology hiring, with a particular focus on the Applied Tech practice.
Conduct competitive due diligence to answer strategic questions and develop and maintain updated regional market maps.
Design, implement, and execute executive search strategies in partnership with the Sourcing CoE and other CoEs, through referrals, and with search firms as needed based on the talent market.
Coach and brief interviewers on senior-level candidate evaluations.
Advise regional MDs, Regional Practice Leads, Global Practice Leads, and Office Heads on talent strategy, including delivering difficult messages and advising on challenging situations.
Explore ways to innovate and improve the recruitment process in consideration of business needs, talent-market trends, priorities, and candidate experience.

Benefits

Annual discretionary performance bonus.
U.S. 401(k) company contribution of 4.5%, increasing after 3 years of service and fully vested upon start date.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage; Bain pays 100% of individual employee premiums in the U.S. and 100% of individual and family premiums for the extended health plan in Canada.
Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave, and paid holidays.
Paid life and long-term disability insurance.
In Canada, an annual employer retirement-program contribution of 10% of eligible compensation, subject to the annual government-allowable limit.
Canadian health, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing resources, counseling, assistance, and digital wellness tools.
Canadian life, accident, and disability insurance, as well as retirement contribution where eligible.
Canadian paid holidays, vacation, personal time, and sick time.
Mentorship and comprehensive continuous training programs.