Hybrid Senior Director – Executive Recruiting

at GEICO

• Job title: Senior Director – Executive Recruiting
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $121,975 - $189,625 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Strategic leader overseeing executive recruitment processes at GEICO, enhancing leadership pipelines and talent acquisition. Collaboration with senior stakeholders to drive organizational success and employer branding.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and own the Executive Search Operating Model, defining the standards, processes, and selection methodology for all executive searches.
• Translate business priorities into actionable talent strategies that strengthen leadership pipelines and drive organizational success.
• Define clear standards for intake, scoping, talent mapping, prospecting, candidate presentation, and interview stages to ensure consistency.
• Create, lead, and execute the executive search process, govern and report on recruiting metrics, as well as search firm spend and cost avoidance.
• Act as the primary strategic advisor to the C-suite, and business leaders, building trust in the internal team's ability to successfully fill critical leadership gaps balanced with a measured approach to search firm engagement.
• Ensure all senior candidates, regardless of outcome, receive a premium, consistent, and respectful experience that reinforces the employer brand.
• Establish future-focused relationships with passive executive talent by assessing leadership potential and brand alignment, ensuring a proactive pipeline.
• Manage an Executive Search Team and the full life cycle of executive recruitment, from strategic intake and market mapping to candidate engagement, assessment, and onboarding.
• Direct team efforts toward sourcing for active searches while launching continuous projects to map external talent for multiple leadership profiles at a time.
• Communicate expectations of team dynamics, performance, and relationship building with internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish clear and concise performance goals for each team member and ensure open lines of communication on progress towards goals.
• Identify opportunities for development, appropriate training, and potential certifications.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in executive recruiting, with significant tenure leading VP-level and above searches, ideally within a high-growth, high-scale insurance &/or technology environment.
• Proven experience designing and/or overhauling executive search processes, creating more mature practices and higher value.
• Exceptional communication skills with a demonstrated ability to partner, influence, and build credibility with C-level executives and the Board.
• Proven experience serving as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to business leaders, proactively exploring and recommending options related to organizational design and talent strategy.
• Deep commitment to aligning rigorous selection practices with organizational values and a demonstrated understanding of how executive talent directly drives large-scale business transformation.
• Demonstrated expert on trends within the market & industries, as well as internal shifts that may impact the business and hiring demands.
• Current pulse on the market landscape of emerging technology that is disrupting the talent acquisition lifecycle and identifying opportunities for innovation.
• Driven proactive market research and promote/drive referrals especially in areas where the talent landscape is particularly competitive.
• Integrate primary research, internal data, secondary sources, and marketplace intelligence in analyses that drive business decisions; embrace data & analytics.
• Influence and educate stakeholders and interviewers, delivering on a consistent recruiting process for both the client and candidate.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners (i.e. search firms).
• Demonstrated track record of building scalable processes and systems from the ground up in high-growth environments.
• Exceptional change management skills with experience leading organizational transformations and driving adoption of new processes or tools.
• Strong analytical capabilities with experience building reporting frameworks, analyzing recruiting metrics, and translating data into actionable insights.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.