Head - Talent Acquisition - Leadership Hiring - Non-Technology

Role Overview:

We are seeking a senior, hands-on Talent Acquisition leader to own and deliver leadership, CXO, and executive hiring across business and corporate functions including Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Operations, Finance, HR, Strategy, Customer Success, Supply Chain, and other functional leadership positions.

This is a pure individual contributor role, focused on executive search, confidential headhunting, passive talent engagement, market mapping, stakeholder advisory, and senior-level candidate closure.

The role will work directly with founders, CEOs, board members, business heads, functional leaders, and senior HR stakeholders to identify and close high-impact leaders who can drive business growth.

The ideal candidate should be highly effective at executive relationship building, market research, headhunting, candidate assessment, negotiation, and closing complex leadership mandates.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Leadership & CXO Hiring:

Own end-to-end executive search for senior positions including CEO, COO, CFO, CHRO, CRO, CMO, and various VP or Director level roles across functions.

- Partner with founders and senior stakeholders to understand business objectives and leadership requirements.

- Define detailed role charters, success metrics, leadership competencies, organizational context, and candidate specifications.

- Manage confidential and sensitive leadership searches with complete discretion.

2. Executive Headhunting & Talent Mapping:

- Drive proactive headhunting using LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, industry connections, referrals, executive communities, and advanced research techniques.

- Conduct detailed talent mapping across target companies, competitors, high-growth startups, scale-ups, and large enterprises.

- Build detailed executive talent maps covering career history, functional expertise, team scale, business impact, industry experience, compensation, location, and leadership capability.

- Develop and maintain long-term relationships with passive senior executives.

3. Executive Assessment & Candidate Engagement:

- Conduct in-depth executive conversations to evaluate functional expertise, leadership capability, business impact, team-building experience, P&L responsibility, strategic thinking, and cultural alignment.

- Create highly personalized outreach strategies for senior professionals.

- Act as a trusted advisor to candidates throughout the hiring journey.

4. Executive Closure & Negotiation:

- Own the complete candidate journey from initial outreach to joining.

- Lead senior-level compensation and offer negotiations.

- Manage counteroffers, competing opportunities, notice periods, relocation, retention considerations, and other executive-level complexities.

- Maximize offer acceptance and joining conversion.

5. Founder & Leadership Advisory:

- Work directly with Founders, CEOs, Board Members, CXOs, Business Heads, and HR Leaders.

- Provide market intelligence covering leadership talent availability, compensation benchmarks, competitor leadership movements, and industry hiring trends.

- Advise stakeholders on realistic talent pools and candidate availability.

6. Executive Search Strategy & Delivery:

- Independently manage multiple leadership mandates from search strategy through closure.

- Develop target-company lists, talent maps, sourcing strategies, and executive pipelines.

- Ensure searches are delivered with speed, quality, confidentiality, and discretion.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

- 8 - 15+ years of experience in Executive Search, Leadership Hiring, Senior Talent Acquisition, or recruitment consulting.

- Proven track record of closing CXO, VP, Director, Head, and other senior leadership positions.

- Strong experience in non-technology leadership hiring across multiple business functions.

- Deep expertise in LinkedIn-based headhunting, passive talent engagement, and talent mapping.

- Strong network among senior business and functional leaders.

- Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation, and executive closing skills.

- High level of ownership, confidentiality, discretion, and professionalism.

Key Competencies:

Executive Search, Leadership Hiring, CXO Hiring, Headhunting, Talent Mapping, Org Mapping, Passive Talent Engagement, Founder Advisory, Executive Assessment, Market Intelligence, Negotiation, Executive Closing, Confidential Search.