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Executive Recruiting Lead

zoox
Foster City, CA
•On-site•
Full-time
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Posted about 3 years ago
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Job Description

Zoox is seeking a strategic and experienced Executive Recruiting Lead to build and scale our in-house executive search function. In this critical player-coach role, you will act as a trusted thought partner to the C-suite, shape the executive recruiting strategy and infrastructure, personally lead high-impact Director+ searches, and manage a dedicated team to deliver our most mission-critical hiring needs. 

Responsibilities

In this role, you will...

  • Leadership: Design and scale a world-class executive search function, including managing/coaching a small team, development of internal executive research capabilities and long-term succession planning.
  • End-to-End Recruitment: Own and drive the entire executive recruitment lifecycle, from initial strategy meeting to candidate offer and closing, ensuring a seamless and high-touch experience for all executive candidates.
  • Hands-on Executive Search: While leading the function and team, remain actively involved in the full-cycle execution of high-priority, mission-critical searches, personally driving candidate generation, engagement, and closing for select senior-level roles.
  • Market Mapping & Sourcing: Develop sophisticated, data-driven market maps of executive talent in relevant industries (e.g., autonomous technology, automotive, software, hardware engineering, operations, finance).
  • Candidate Engagement: Articulate the Zoox mission, vision, and unique culture compellingly to high-profile executive candidates, often involving complex compensation, negotiation, and relocation strategies.
  • Confidentiality & Discretion: Handle extremely sensitive and confidential candidate information and internal organizational details with the utmost professionalism and discretion.
  • Partnering with Leadership: Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the CEO, Co-Founder, C-suite, and other senior leaders on talent planning, and executive hiring best practices.
  • Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in executive search processes, leveraging tools, metrics, and interview methodologies.
  • Passive Candidate Conversion: Develop and execute tailored strategies to attract and successfully engage highly passive, hard-to-reach executive candidates, effectively converting passive interest into active candidacy.

    • Location

  • This role will report out of our Foster City, CA office in a hybrid capacity (minimum of 3 days onsite)

    • Requirements

    Qualifications

  • Experience: 8+ years of experience with executive searches (Director+) and 15+ total recruiting experience.
  • Technical Domain Expertise: Proven experience recruiting executive talent in a highly technical and/or rapidly scaling environment (e.g., hardware, software, AI/ML, autonomous systems, high-growth tech).
  • Leadership: Successful multi-year track record as a player-coach, managing small team/direct reports.
  • Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and present to C-level executives.
  • Closing: Expert-level negotiation and closing skills, particularly for complex executive compensation packages.
  • Executive Sourcing & Talent Mapping: Providing real-time competitive intelligence and talent benchmarking to the executive team, identifying shifts in the talent landscapes that may necessitate  pivots.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

    • Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience at a retained executive search firm focused on technology  
  • Interest in the autonomous and electric vehicle industry.

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