Curious: Someone who loves understanding people, their attitudes, needs, and behaviors

Rigorous: Understands what is required to get quality insights

Bias for Action: Can assess when and how to make tradeoffs between speed and quality; motivated self-starter

Organized: can own and drive projects to completion, prioritizing and influencing across multiple stakeholders

Storyteller: Comfortable packaging and presenting insights in a compelling way to senior level audiences 

Problem-solver: Loves to break down complex problems and artfully push towards a solution

Collaborative: Brings a positive attitude and is enjoyable to work with

Lead all aspects of the executive search lifecycle: search/market intelligence strategy, sourcing & identification of top talent communities, candidate cultivation, client management, offer negotiations and executive onboarding including:

• Act as a trusted advisor and expert on trends within the market & industries, as well as internal shifts that may impact the business and hiring demands

• Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing strategies, drive 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 

• Manage client and candidate expectations, advising on best practices when engaging passive candidates. 

• 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)

• Collaborate with an extended team (the Business, HRCs, Compensation, Legal, Risk, Interview Logistics, etc.)  to drive alignment; particularly with respect to ascertaining and managing candidate expectations and experience through the offer negotiation process

Stay current on the market landscape of emerging technology that is disrupting the talent acquisition lifecycle and identify opportunities for innovation

Share the compelling vision of Capital One’s value proposition and mission to the external talent market

Contribute to the knowledge base of executive recruiting and Capital One, by providing mentoring and coaching to teammates, and training on relevant industries and talent communities

Be proactive, have a high level of initiative and ownership with an ability to coordinate efforts across diverse functional groups

Exceptionally strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to present complex topics in a clear, concise, and compelling manner

Impeccable judgment and ability to balance the needs of the organization, leaders and associates. Know when to push and when to move on. 

Preference to be a member of a team where fast failure, change and evolution is expected and encouraged

Diligent listening skills and the ability to adapt approach among diverse audiences to tease out insights and pain points

Penchant for laughing often and celebrating wins – both big and small

Team orientation, loves drawing connections across a matrixed organization 

High degree of comfort bringing ideas to the table that might at first seem absurd – then quickly build a case for testing and ultimately a recommendation for pursuit, scaling or abandoning

Confidence to ask hard questions and push into uncharted territories – and not defaulting to the status quo before exploring new paths and quantifying risk / reward

Demonstrate an aptitude for, knowledge of, and agility with technology in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

Bachelor’s Degree or Military Experience

At least 5 years of recruiting or research experience at a global in-house recruiting team, executive search firm, or a large multinational organization

5+ years of experience advising and influencing executive leadership

2+ years of experience recruiting tech OR product executive talent