Global Executive Search Senior Manager

Job Description

The Global Executive Search Senior Manager is responsible for defining and delivering the organization's global executive hiring strategy, ensuring the attraction, engagement, and appointment of high-impact senior leaders.

Operating within the Global Talent Acquisition Centre of Excellence, the role partners closely with Executive Leadership, HR, and Regional TA teams to proactively identify and engage top executive talent. Acting as a trusted advisor, the role combines high-touch search execution with strategic insight to strengthen leadership capability and ensure the organization is competitively positioned to attract diverse, high-calibre executive talent.

JOB DIMENSIONS & SCOPE

• Owns and delivers global executive hiring (Senior Director, VP/critical roles)
• Plays a key role in building internal executive search capability and approach
• Works directly with Executive Committee, senior business leaders, and HR leadership
• Reports to the Global Head of Talent Acquisition
• Acts as a core member of the Global TA Centre of Excellence
• Lets leads proactive executive talent mapping and pipelining globally
• Pairs closely with Regional TA Heads and HRBPs
• Defines approach to external search firm utilisation and governance
• Manages a team of 2 Executive Search Partners

Principal Accountabilities

• Executive Search Delivery
• Manage confidential, high-impact searches across geographical regions with professionalism, discretion, and strong stakeholder alignment
• Partner with business leaders to define role requirements, success profiles, and tailored search strategies
• Deliver a high-quality, high-touch candidate experience across all executive hiring processes
• Support offer development, negotiation, and closing of senior candidates
• Ensure delivery through own search mandates and through team members
• Proactive Sourcing & Talent Engagement
• Proactively source and engage senior talent through direct sourcing, networking, and market mapping
• Build and maintain strong relationships with executive talent, industry networks, and professional communities
• Develop and embed proactive executive sourcing methodologies as part of the internal search capability
• Deliver innovative engagement strategies to attract and influence passive executive candidates
• Strategic Talent Advisory
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insight on talent markets, competitor activity, and hiring strategies
• Influence hiring decisions through data-driven insights and market intelligence
• Partner with stakeholders to shape hiring strategies aligned to long-term business and transformation priorities
• Champion inclusive executive hiring practices, ensuring diverse leadership pipelines
• Talent Pipelining
• Build and maintain global executive talent pipelines aligned to critical roles and future succession needs
• Conduct structured market mapping for key leadership positions across regions and functions
• Establish scalable approaches to long-term executive talent engagement as part of building internal capability
• External Search & Process Governance
• Define and manage relationships with external executive search firms, ensuring quality, consistency, and value
• Establish clear guidelines for when and how external firms are used, supporting a shift toward in-house delivery
• Ensure effective use of ATS and talent systems for tracking, reporting, and compliance
• Provide regular reporting and insights on search progress, market conditions, and hiring outcomes
• Global TA Leadership Contribution
• Contribute to the Global TA Leadership Team, shaping overall TA strategy and capability
• Support the development of a best-in-class, globally aligned executive hiring model
• Partner with Global Sourcing and Regional TA leaders to ensure consistent and scalable approaches
• Share insights and best practices to continuously elevate executive hiring capability globally

Qualifications / Requirements

• Formal Qualifications and Experience
• Significant experience (15 years+) in executive search (in-house or retained search firm, ideally both)
• Proven track record delivering complex, senior-level global searches
• Experience of building internal executive search capability is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of global talent markets and executive hiring dynamics
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Specific Skills And Abilities
• Strong proactive sourcing and talent engagement capability at executive level
• Ability to build and embed new approaches and ways of working
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills
• High levels of judgement, discretion, and professionalism
• Data-driven mindset with ability to translate insights into hiring strategies