Senior Search Consultant - Medical Device (Commercial)

Cielo • Wauwatosa, WI

1d • Remote

About The Position

Cielo is launching a dedicated, search-led talent program for a global medical technology company, focused on hiring for its North American sales organization. The Senior Search Consultant will recruit medical device field sales professionals, including territory managers, account executives, clinical specialists, and sales leaders. The role manages searches from intake through assessment, offer, and close, and works directly with client sales leaders to identify and engage candidates who may not be actively seeking a role.

The consultant will map competitor talent, advise hiring leaders on territory, compensation, and candidate quality, and present concise shortlists assessed against the factors that drive field performance. Dedicated researchers will support market mapping and candidate pipeline development, allowing the consultant to focus on candidates and hiring managers. The role is remote in the United States, with occasional travel to the client and team meetings.

Requirements

• Track record recruiting medical device field sales talent in an agency, in-house, or RPO setting.
• Deep knowledge of sales roles in interventional, surgical, vascular access, infusion, or comparable call points.
• Record of filling difficult roles with passive candidates.
• Confidence to challenge hiring managers and maintain a high bar.
• Strong LinkedIn Recruiter and Boolean search skills.
• Comfort managing several searches at pace.
• At least 10 years of experience in senior stakeholder and client relationship management, including directing small teams.
• At least 5 years in an end-to-end talent acquisition role, including retained Executive Search.
• Experience writing insightful profiles and reports.
• Demonstrable experience working to tight timescales for high-demand clients or environments.
• Demonstrable experience acting as a trusted advisor.
• Strong external networks and understanding of best practice.
• Influencing and negotiation skills, with a track record of building trusted relationships and delivering results that benefit customer business objectives.
• Effective project management skills.
• Proactively develop knowledge and commercial awareness and keep abreast of new innovations in attraction methodologies.
• Ability to produce and analyze data, identify opportunities, and use data to drive decisions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including analyzing complex situations conceptually and providing workable solutions to varied stakeholders.
• Customer-focused, with high candidate and client focus, lateral thinking, independence, and initiative.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in one additional language.

Responsibilities

• Manage searches end to end, from hiring-manager intake through search, assessment, offer, and close.
• Map sales teams at competing medical device companies and approach passive candidates.
• Advise sales leaders on market conditions, territory, compensation, and candidate quality.
• Present concise shortlists assessed against the factors that drive performance in the field.
• Build and maintain a strong network in specialist medical device sales call points.
• Partner with researchers and recruiting colleagues across North America.
• Recruit field sales roles, including territory managers, account executives, clinical specialists, and sales leaders.
• Work directly with client sales leaders and identify candidates who are not responding to advertising.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed