Cloud Executive Recruiter

About the job

Google's known for our innovative technologies, products and services -- and for the people behind them. As part of our recruiting team, you're charged with finding the most interesting candidates who bring an entrepreneurial spirit to all they do. You're responsible for guiding candidates through our hiring process and connecting them to the magic of working at Google. You are creative and driven, which allows you to develop lasting relationships with both candidates and hiring managers. You're also comfortable with numbers and drawing insights from analytics to make our hiring process smarter and more efficient.

Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as "Human Resources"). We bring the world's most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to define and acquire senior technical talent and organizational leaders, addressing attrition and structural gaps to enable growth and long-term business strategy.
• Execute proactive, research-driven search strategies across global networks and resources to identify, engage, and recruit technical executive candidates.
  
• Lead the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, delivering consistent communication, strategic alignment, and exceptional service to internal business partners.
  
• Conduct rigorous assessments, developing deep insights into leadership styles, professional backgrounds, and technical fit for critical executive roles.
  
• Serve as a domain talent expert, offering competitive market assessments, organizational health insights, and tailored talent solutions to achieve business objectives.

Minimum qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in hiring executives (e.g., VP+ talent).
• 5 years of experience in executive search, advising clients on talent and hiring, managing the search process including setting and adjusting search strategy, working with internal or external research teams, and supporting applicants through the interview and offer process.
• 3 years of experience in the technology sector, in a corporate or executive search firm environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience recruiting executive level Engineering talent.
• Experience running full lifecycle executive searches, including partnering with a Research partner.
• Experience collaborating with hiring partners to deliver processes and hiring outcomes.
• Experience with executive compensation negotiations.

• 5 years of experience in hiring executives (e.g., VP+ talent).
• 5 years of experience in executive search, advising clients on talent and hiring, managing the search process including setting and adjusting search strategy, working with internal or external research teams, and supporting applicants through the interview and offer process.
• 3 years of experience in the technology sector, in a corporate or executive search firm environment.