As a Vice President, The client is seeking an experienced, mission-aligned recruiting professional to join a highly collaborative team. The role partners strategically with mission-driven organizations across the search process, with a focus on business development, candidate and client service, and the ability to adapt to established processes. Qualified candidates are expected to have a proven track record of cultivating leads, converting new business, and growing prospects through existing relationships based on client needs.
Key responsibilities include serving as the primary strategic partner to clients throughout executive searches, managing a full book of concurrent searches, and overseeing recruitment activities end-to-end. This includes scheduling, weekly client briefings, candidate preparation, reference checks with detailed reporting, and support through offer negotiation and start date. The Vice President will partner with senior leaders and project management staff to align on search strategy, drive consistent service quality, and identify continuous improvement opportunities that strengthen client relationships and lead to additional search engagements.
The Vice President will maintain ongoing relationships with hiring managers, placed candidates, and HR/recruiting contacts to anticipate hiring needs and potential skill gaps, and will develop multi-channel search strategies in collaboration with research and project management teams. The role also involves clearly communicating opportunity and value propositions to candidates, using competency-based and unbiased interviewing to shape and present shortlists, providing timely candidate communications, and building a referral network to strengthen the candidate pipeline. Ideal experience includes 8+ years in recruiting and business development in a client-facing role, along with enthusiasm for new technology and a willingness to embrace AI tools that improve efficiency while preserving human judgment and relationship-driven expertise.