Executive Recruiting Researcher
This role may be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus or one of the following preferred working locations: Chicago, IL; Ann Arbor, MI; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Boulder, CO; Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Washington D.C.
About the role
The Executive Recruiting Team (ERT) helps find, engage and hire the next generation of leadership (L8+) talent across Google. The team’s work is focused solely on the critical leadership roles that will be responsible for the future of the company. As an Executive Recruiting Researcher, you will focus on identifying and cultivating leadership talent who will help build, deliver, and drive our innovative technologies and services. You will own the talent market for a particular business or function with Google, utilizing various tools, resources and exceptional sourcing methodologies to uncover and engage the best talent in the space, to develop meaningful long-lasting relationships, and to ultimately match them with the leadership opportunities to which they are best aligned. You will be an analytical and detail-oriented problem solver, and a strong resourceful manager of projects and processes who delivers impactful outcomes. You have a passion for learning, discovery, solving business puzzles, and developing relationships.
Responsibilities
- Develop and own search strategies and deliver research against those strategies for executive searches across various technical functions (e.g., engineering, product management, research science etc.).
- Provide effective project management, driving searches forward and creating consistent experiences for hiring managers/clients, applicants and colleagues.
- Partner with leadership recruiters and closely collaborate to provide domain and market insights and trends, and to advise executives on talent for their most exigent business needs.
- Build relationships for the future with passive candidates and talent.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and innovation in the efficiency and effectiveness of our systems, services, and processes.
Requirements
Minimum qualifications
- 3 years of experience in research or recruiting within technical executive search research at an executive search firm or in-house recruiting team.
- 1 year of experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, industry publications, or related sources for market mapping and talent identification.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in executive recruiting (outreach, engagement, evaluation, and presentation).
- Experience maximizing teams as well as individual performance while being a collaborative team player.
- Experience in research science/data science/PhD/fellows hiring.
- Capability, credibility, and consultative skills to influence senior colleagues and stakeholders without authority.
- Open learning mindset and demonstrated capacity to quickly grasp new complex subject matter and to understand new markets, areas, roles, business initiatives.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Pay
US: $111,000 - $159,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits