Head of Executive Search

STF Recruiting Academy für Startups

. Lead the recruitment team of currently 4–5 recruiters, with disciplinary responsibility for team performance and development.

Posted 10/26/2026full-timeRemote • GermanyLead💰 €80,000 - €120,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading recruitment teams, focusing on performance management, KPI monitoring, and process improvement. Proven ability to develop senior recruiters and enhance recruiting strategies through data-driven decision-making and proactive sourcing.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Team LeadershipKPI MonitoringRecruitment Process ImprovementExecutive Search ExperienceProactive Sourcing

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Hard Skills

Recruitment ManagementData AnalysisPerformance MeasurementCommercial Role FillingExecutive Search

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationEntrepreneurial ThinkingTrusted Partnering

Tools & Technologies

Automation ToolsAI in RecruitmentRecruitment Tech Stack

Industry Keywords

Go-To-MarketSalesMarketingE-CommerceBusiness Development

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the recruitment team of currently 4–5 recruiters, with disciplinary responsibility for team performance and development.
Manage selected search mandates from the intake phase through successful placement.
Monitor KPIs, placements, and revenue generated through success fees, and manage the team based on data.
Develop recruiters professionally and identify individual areas for growth.
Ensure high quality standards and an average time-to-hire of 20–30 days, even as volume increases.
Continuously improve recruiting processes and take automation, AI, and the tech stack to the next level.
Work closely with the executive team and help shape the scaling of the executive search service.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have already led an experienced recruitment or executive search team with disciplinary responsibility and know how to genuinely develop senior recruiters.
You are comfortable working with numbers and focused on KPIs—but measure performance by output, efficiency, quality, placements, and revenue, not by the number of messages someone sends.
You enjoy working directly with founders, managing directors, and senior executives, and can act as a trusted sparring partner at eye level.
You have a genuine hunter mentality: roles are filled through structured sourcing and proactive outreach—not through “post and pray.”
You have a strong track record of filling commercial roles, particularly in areas such as go-to-market, sales, marketing, e-commerce, or business.
You think entrepreneurially, take ownership, and are motivated not merely to manage a team but to actively improve recruiting processes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive base salary plus performance-based commission.
100% remote—work wherever you perform at your best.
Budget for your personal and professional development.
Regular team events and an annual team workation.
A flexible working environment based on trust rather than control.
Plenty of scope to make an impact: actively develop the team, processes, automations, and tech stack.