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Principal Executive Recruiter
from GitLab · read the original and apply on their site
Remote, Canada; Remote, United States
Our take: The real work here is finding, persuading, and closing senior leaders through confidential, research-driven searches while advising executives with candour.
If you love the hunt for exceptional leaders and the delicate art of winning them over, this role puts you at the centre of GitLab's most senior, most confidential searches. You will partner directly with the C-suite, bring real research and market intelligence to the table, and close people who were not looking to move. It suits someone who thrives on high stakes, builds trust easily, and wants to shape how executive recruiting itself gets done.
Needs
- executive search end to end
- market mapping
- building trust
- high-stakes negotiation
- influencing executives
- research-driven sourcing
Rewards
- selling the mission
- meeting senior talent
- high-stakes hires
- shaping the practice
- learning new functions
Demands
- holding confidentiality
- ruthless prioritising
- working through ambiguity
- moving at pace
- challenging assumptions
Grows
- candid advising
- leadership assessment
- quiet influence
- talent strategy
Values
- speed with quality
- ownership mindset
- evidence-based rigour
- candid communication
- remote-first
- customer outcomes
Drains
- tough comp talks
- reporting and tooling
- juggling many searches
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