Director, Executive Recruiting

$128,310 - $171,080/Yr

Lumen Technologies - Helena, MT

Full-time - Senior

Helena, MT

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About the position

The Director, Executive Recruiting at Lumen is responsible for leading the executive recruitment team and overseeing all aspects of the executive hiring process. This role focuses on developing and implementing effective recruitment strategies, managing the recruitment team, and ensuring the successful placement of top-tier executive talent. The position requires collaboration with business leaders and stakeholders to enhance the talent brand and drive a data-driven recruiting organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the executive recruitment team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture
• Drive recruiter optimization behaviors, including simplifying work and ensuring talent advisor skills
• Work with business leaders and recruiters to enhance the talent brand
• Provide consultant-level talent advisory services to leaders
• Interact with senior executives to obtain hiring plans and use data for projections
• Develop recruiting metrics and analytics to measure productivity and program ROI
• Execute best-in-class practices for candidate experience
• Anticipate and strategize for unexpected hiring level changes
• Develop comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract top executive talent
• Collaborate with HR Solutions Team and other HR COEs for talent strategies
• Support Talent Acquisition cost control and decision making
• Monitor recruiter performance in building effective job offers
• Manage special projects of varying complexity.

Requirements

• Proven experience in executive recruitment or a similar leadership role
• 10+ years of leading Talent Acquisition/Executive Talent Acquisition experience
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders and candidates
• Critical skills in negotiating and influencing senior leaders
• Demonstrated strong analytic skills with a track record of using data and metrics
• Effective decision-making on financial and performance matters
• Exceptional customer focus
• Ability to deliver results under tight deadlines
• Creative and innovative problem-solving approaches

Nice-to-haves

• Previous leadership of medium to large size Talent Acquisition teams
• Previous Talent Acquisition experience in complex, Fortune 150 organizations
• Working knowledge of competency models and their practical application

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Voluntary lifestyle benefits
• Short-term incentives or sales compensation
• Long-term incentive eligibility for director and VP positions