Executive Search Consultant

$200,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($100 USD/hour)

• Develop targeted executive search strategies, mapping relevant organizations, researching exceptional leaders and specialists, and ranking prospects against role requirements using evidence of measurable achievement.
• Build influential professional networks and engage passive executive talent through trusted referrals, personalized outreach, and meaningful career conversations that cultivate lasting relationships and genuine interest in Alpha.
• Assess executive candidates through structured evaluations, verified achievements, and reference insights, partnering with senior leadership to calibrate talent, challenge assumptions, and inform critical hiring decisions.
• Deliver a white-glove candidate experience, managing complex executive relationships, addressing concerns, navigating competing opportunities, and negotiating successful appointments.
• Use AI-powered tools daily to accelerate talent discovery, market research, candidate intelligence, and personalized engagement, independently validating outputs and maintaining confidentiality and sound judgment.

• Managing high-volume applicant pipelines or relying on ready-made candidate databases. Your focus will be identifying and engaging exceptional, hard-to-reach talent who may never actively apply.
• Running mass outreach campaigns, sending generic InMails, or chasing activity quotas. We value thoughtful engagement, meaningful relationships, and exceptional hiring outcomes over volume.
• Spending most of your time on scheduling, database maintenance, reporting, or administrative coordination. You'll partner with Pipeline Managers and Talent Operations so you can concentrate on the work where your expertise adds the greatest value.
• Juggling unrelated client mandates or treating an accepted offer as the finish line. You'll be invested in Alpha's long-term success and the lasting contributions of the people you recruit.
• Simply taking instructions from hiring managers or accepting conventional assumptions about talent. We expect you to bring informed perspectives, challenge thinking when warranted, and influence decisions that lead to stronger hires.

Identify, engage, assess, and secure exceptional executive and specialist talent whose capabilities and demonstrated achievements translate into measurable contributions to Alpha's educational mission and organizational performance.

• Hands-on executive search experience, whether within an established search firm, in-house recruiting function, or senior HR leadership role with direct executive hiring responsibility.
• A proven track record of executive hiring, including personal involvement in at least one successful C-suite or equivalent appointment.
• Strong executive search expertise, with the ability to uncover exceptional talent, develop influential networks, and engage accomplished leaders who aren't actively looking for new opportunities.
• The credibility and confidence to advise C-suite executives, influence senior stakeholders, and challenge conventional thinking about talent.
• Exceptional judgment in assessing leadership talent, recognizing measurable achievements and potential beyond impressive titles or credentials.
• Outstanding relationship-building, communication, and negotiation skills, with a passion for delivering a personalized, white-glove executive candidate experience.
• Hands-on experience using AI to enhance talent research, sourcing, or candidate engagement, combined with the curiosity to explore new technologies and smarter ways of working.
• The independence and adaptability to thrive in a fully remote, globally distributed team, working 40 hours per week with required collaboration hours.

An established AI-enabled recruiting workflow that demonstrably improves executive talent research, discovery, or personalized outreach.