Talent Acquisition Specialist, Staffing
Toptal
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
Ruby
About the role
- Lead end-to-end executive recruitment for senior leadership positions, ensuring a structured and high-quality process.
- Partner with senior leadership to define talent needs, role specifications, and strategic search plans.
- Develop and execute tailored sourcing strategies, leveraging executive networks, professional associations, market mapping, referrals, and advanced headhunting techniques.
- Build and maintain long-term candidate relationships with professionalism and confidentiality.
- Provide actionable market intelligence, competitor insights, and leadership trend analysis to inform strategic hiring decisions.
- Represent the company externally with credibility, ensuring a positive candidate and client experience.
- Maintain accurate records in the ATS and proactively manage a pipeline of executive talent for future needs.
- Deliver on recruitment KPIs, including time-to-fill, candidate quality, and offer acceptance rates.
- Integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion considerations into executive search strategies.
Requirements
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruitment experience, with at least 3 years focused on executive or senior-level searches.
- Demonstrated success in placing C-level, Heads, and Director-level talent across international markets.
- Expertise in advanced sourcing techniques, including headhunting, market mapping, networking, and leveraging platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter and industry-specific channels.
- Strong business acumen and understanding of organizational structures, leadership needs, and market dynamics.
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage senior leaders and high-caliber candidates.
- High level of discretion, professionalism, and experience managing sensitive, confidential searches.
- Familiarity with ATS platforms (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby) and CRM systems preferred.
- Prior in-house executive search or consulting firm experience is an advantage.
- Must be located within approximately ±4 hours of CET to ensure optimal collaboration and communication during working hours.
