Talent Acquisition Manager - Executive Search (Location Flexible)

Responsibilities

• Lead high-impact searches for senior and executive-level talent aligned to the firm’s most critical growth priorities.
• Partner with functional, regional, and line-of-business leaders to understand business needs, shape search strategies, and prioritize urgent hiring demands.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor by providing market insights, competitive intelligence, candidate calibration, and recommendations that support informed hiring decisions.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with senior candidates, cultivate long-term candidate networks, and represent the firm’s brand, culture, and growth story in the external market.
• Proactively build and maintain talent pipelines for critical growth areas, ensuring qualified candidates can be quickly surfaced to business leaders as urgent or future hiring needs emerge.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies for specialized and emerging skill sets, including technology, artificial intelligence risk, cyber, digital trust, risk analytics, and related growth areas.
• Maintain a disciplined focus on requisition prioritization, candidate pipeline health, stakeholder communication, and timely search progress.
• Partner with sourcing teams and talent acquisition leadership to ensure the right level of pipeline support for urgent and complex hiring needs.
• Provide regular updates to key leadership stakeholders on search status, market trends, risks, and recommended actions.
• Use recruiting technology, data, and market intelligence to improve search quality, speed, and stakeholder visibility.
• Guide, coach, or influence talent acquisition team members as needed to improve search execution, business alignment, and candidate engagement.
• Escalate risks, barriers, or resource needs quickly to Talent leadership to maintain momentum on critical searches.
• Consistently operate as a top individual contributor while supporting broader talent acquisition priorities and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of talent acquisition experience, including full-cycle recruiting for senior, executive, or highly specialized roles.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, high-urgency searches with strong stakeholder visibility and business impact.
• Experience recruiting for growth-oriented or specialized skill sets, such as technology, cyber, artificial intelligence risk, digital trust, risk analytics, consulting, or related professional services areas.
• Strong ability to build and leverage strategic networks, develop market intelligence, and translate talent insights into practical recruiting strategies.
• Executive presence and strong communication skills, with the ability to engage senior candidates, business leaders, and key stakeholders through clear, credible, and strategic dialogue.
• Technology savvy with experience using recruiting platforms, sourcing tools, data, and productivity technology to improve search outcomes.
• Strong prioritization and judgment, with the ability to manage multiple urgent searches and resolve competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Prior proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence without authority, resolve operational barriers, and maintain momentum on critical hiring needs.
• Strong collaboration skills and experience working in a team-oriented, matrixed environment.
• Agility, adaptability, and a forward-thinking approach to talent acquisition.

Qualifications

• Manager-level roles: Prior people leadership or team leadership experience may be required based on business need.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in a professional services, consulting, or high-growth business environment.
• Experience supporting executive or senior-level hiring across multiple lines of business, regions, or specialized practices.
• Working knowledge of growth areas such as technology consulting, cyber, artificial intelligence risk, digital trust, risk analytics, or related advisory services.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed organization with senior business stakeholders.
• Advanced skills with recruiting technology, sourcing platforms, data reporting, and Microsoft Office tools.

Benefits

We offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at careers@rsmus.com. RSM does not intend to hire entry level candidates who will require sponsorship now OR in the future (i.e. F-1 visa holders).

Salary Range

$102,800 - $176,000

Discretionary Bonus

Individuals selected for this role will be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.