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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading executive searches, developing talent strategies, and building relationships with C-suite executives. Proficient in managing high-priority searches while ensuring a high-touch candidate experience and improving search methodologies.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Executive Recruiting ExperienceTalent ResearchMarket MappingNegotiation SkillsLeadership Assessment
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Search StrategyCompetitive IntelligenceCreative SourcingAssessment PracticesExecutive Capabilities AssessmentEvidence-Based HiringHigh-Priority Search ManagementExecutive Search MethodologiesStakeholder AlignmentConfidential Search Management
Soft Skills
Communication SkillsRelationship BuildingInfluencing SkillsBusiness Judgment
Industry Keywords
High-Growth TechnologyEnterprise SoftwareGlobal Executive SearchesDistributed Organizations
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead VP-level and other senior leadership searches end to end, from search strategy and market mapping through assessment, selection, and closing
- Advise C-suite executives and senior business leaders on hiring decisions, challenge assumptions, and navigate complex stakeholder dynamics
- Develop talent strategies using market mapping, competitive intelligence, creative sourcing, and recruiting data
- Build relationships with passive executive talent and connect opportunities to GitLab’s mission and business priorities
- Partner with hiring leaders to define success profiles, assess executive capabilities and business impact, and guide evidence-based hiring decisions
- Own executive candidate relationships and deliver a high-touch experience through compensation discussions, competing opportunities, and negotiations
- Manage multiple confidential, business-critical searches with discretion while balancing urgency, quality, stakeholder alignment, and candidate experience
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition leadership and executive recruiting peers to improve search frameworks, assessment practices, reporting, and tools
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience independently leading VP-level and senior executive searches through successful hires in an executive search firm, an in-house executive recruiting function, or both
- Executive recruiting experience across functions such as Sales, People, Legal, Finance, or other corporate teams
- Ability to build trusted relationships with C-suite executives, influence senior stakeholders, and provide candid, evidence-based guidance on hiring decisions
- Skills in talent research, market mapping, creative sourcing, leadership assessment, and engaging and closing passive executive talent
- Business judgment, communication, and negotiation skills for sensitive searches, complex compensation discussions, and competing executive priorities
- Experience developing or improving executive search methodologies, frameworks, and processes
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority searches independently and work through ambiguity
- Experience in high-growth technology or enterprise software organizations, global executive searches, and distributed organizations is helpful
Benefits
Comp & perks- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental Leave