Director, Executive Marketing Insights & Sourcing

- Lead & Develop Talent: Direct a high-performing team of associates and researchers; mentor, coach, and grow strong talent with the potential to scale into broader organizational roles.

- Capability Transformation: Understand the design, delivery, and execution of full life-cycle TA technology and service delivery transformation programs. Partner across extended teams (People Analytics, Product Management, TA Shared Services, HRBPs, Compensation, Legal, Risk) to align on strategic priorities.

- Direct Sourcing & Talent Mapping: Drive direct sourcing strategies, high-touch talent attraction, and best-in-class 0-to-1 talent mappings across competitive landscapes (Tech, Product, Risk, Legal, HR, Financial Services).

- Proactive Bench Strength: Move beyond active searches to architect talent ecosystems and build bench strength 12-24+ months ahead of open executive needs.

- Cross-Functional & Referral Alignment: Partner with hiring teams and stakeholders to drive proactive research, establish referral strategies, and align candidate engagement plans in highly competitive markets.

- Insight Translation: Integrate primary research, internal data, secondary sources, competitor org designs, and marketplace intelligence to deliver actionable analyses that drive executive business decisions.

- Stakeholder Consultation: Confidently present and defend research methodologies to VP+ business leaders, pushing back on unrealistic candidate profiles using data-driven insights rather than defaulting to order-taking.

- Tech Lifecycle Optimization: Stay current on emerging technologies and disruptive talent tools; leverage AI-driven sourcing platforms, advanced Boolean/OSINT techniques, and data visualization tools to drive operational efficiency.

- Process Refinement: Champion modern talent insight visualizations and refine research toolkits to maximize productivity and insight quality.

- Executive Presence & Communication: Exceptionally strong written, verbal, and presentation skills with an ability to present complex topics clearly, concisely, and persuasively.

- Strategic Intuition & Judgment: Impeccable judgment to balance organizational, leader, and associate needs. Ability to assess candidate fit based on competencies and culture, knowing when to push back and when to adapt.

- High Agility & Innovation Mindset: Comfort bringing bold, non-traditional ideas to the table, rapidly building a case for testing, and scaling or abandoning based on quantified risk/reward.

- Matrix Collaboration: Deep commitment to team orientation; ability to coordinate efforts across diverse functional groups (Comp, Legal, HRBPs, CoS) and foster a "wisdom of the crowd" approach to executive hiring.

- Technology Aptitude: Proven agility with technology and AI tools in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

- Culture Carrier: Diligent listening skills, resilience, and a penchant for laughing often while celebrating team wins-both big and small.

- At least 7 years of experience in executive research, talent intelligence, executive recruiting, or talent acquisition management.

- At least 9 years of experience advising and influencing executive leadership

- At least 9 years of recruiting or research experience at a global in-house recruiting team, executive search firm, or a large multinational organization