Executive Recruiter

Vizient, Inc.

$77K — $135K *
Staffing
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of executive recruitment experience, specifically for senior leadership roles such as Associate Vice President and above.
  • Proven ability to engage and assess high-caliber leadership candidates.
  • Strong understanding of market trends and talent landscape.
  • Exceptional relationship-building skills with executive leadership and HR partners.
  • Experience in fostering diversity and inclusion within the hiring process.
  • Familiarity with recruitment compliance and documentation standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the entire executive recruitment lifecycle from initial search intake to offer acceptance.
  • Conduct thorough intake meetings to define critical success factors for roles.
  • Implement proactive sourcing strategies including direct outreach and industry networking.
  • Screen candidates to evaluate leadership potential and organizational fit.
  • Enhance the candidate experience by streamlining the recruitment journey.
  • Provide regular updates and data-driven feedback to stakeholders throughout the search process.
  • Maintain strategic relationships with external search firms and manage vendor relationships.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical and dental insurance.
  • Retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.
  • Generous paid time off policy including vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
  • Professional development opportunities and support for continued education.
  • Flexible work environment options to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
In this role, you will lead full lifecycle executive recruitment for Associate Vice President and above. You will serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders, delivering high-quality executive searches while ensuring a disciplined, inclusive, and high-touch experience for candidates and stakeholders. This role combines strong search execution with executive-level partnership and market insight.

Executive Search Execution
  • Lead full lifecycle executive searches from intake through offer acceptance.
  • Conduct strategic intake meetings to define success profiles, leadership competencies, and selection criteria.
  • Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies, including direct outreach, industry mapping, networking, and engagement of retained search firms when appropriate.
  • Screen and assess candidates for leadership capability, business acumen, and organizational alignment.
  • Drive the candidate journey to ensure a professional, engaging, and seamless experience.
  • Facilitate search update meetings and provide clear, data-driven progress reporting to stakeholders.


Stakeholder Partnership
  • Build trusted relationships with executive leaders and HR partners.
  • Provide market intelligence, talent landscape insights, and competitive positioning guidance.
  • Advise leaders on candidate assessment, compensation positioning, and hiring strategy.


Diversity & Inclusive Hiring
  • Develop and maintain diverse executive talent pipelines.
  • Partner with Culture & Belonging team to embed equitable practices throughout the executive search process.
  • Leverage external networks, professional organizations, and targeted sourcing strategies to broaden representation.


Vendor & Process Management
  • Partner with the Director on selection and management of retained search firms.
  • Ensure compliance with recruitment processes, documentation standards, and audit requirements.
  • Coordinate offer development, negotiations, and pre-employment processes in collaboration with HR and Total Rewards.


Estimated Hiring Range:
At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $77,400.00 to $135,400.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

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