Senior Manager Executive Search

About the role

The Senior Executive Recruiter is responsible for driving and delivering outstanding executive search results with the team and attracting and closing the best talent for adidas. This role leads executive search projects as the responsible point of contact for clients, defines executive hiring needs, and delivers cost-effective, results-oriented search strategies.

The role involves interacting with senior leadership, advising on talent needs and market trends, overseeing search activities, and identifying, attracting, assessing, acquiring, and onboarding exceptional and diverse executive-level talent. The recruiter also develops relationships with senior executives and executive-ready talent and provides market intelligence to executive management.

Your challenge

• Manage global executive-level search projects from kickoff through signature and closing.
• Create search documentation and materials in line with global templates.
• Recruit, assess, and present high-quality executive candidates.
• Develop consistent communications with internal clients and senior human resources partners.
• Advise hiring executives and senior HR managers on recruiting trends, concerns, and opportunistic hiring.
• Build and update an executive database and network of best-in-class talent.
• Present high-quality executive candidates in accordance with diversity goals and objectives.
• Manage and conduct thorough reference and background checks.
• Apply knowledge of benefits, compensation strategies, affirmative action programs, and recruiting sales techniques.
• Partner with Talent Management, Succession Planning, Rewards, and Mobility teams.
• Partner with Rewards to negotiate complex executive offer packages.

Your profile

• 7+ years of experience recruiting executive-level talent.
• Retained executive search experience required; ideally combined with 2+ years of in-house executive search experience.
• Experience with searches in the consumer goods industry preferred.
• Proven ability to deliver thoroughly assessed candidate slates under tight timelines.
• Strong project management, executive search, talent assessment, client-facing, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience with behavioral-based interviewing and assessment techniques.
• Ability to multitask, make quick decisions, and handle highly confidential information.
• High proficiency with CRM software or executive search database tools.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Minimum MA/MS degree required.

Culture and inclusion

adidas fosters an athlete’s mindset through courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect. The company emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion across its culture and talent processes.