Director, Executive Recruiting

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications - quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up - committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

Lumen's commitment to workplace inclusion and employee support shines bright. We've made the Newsweek 2024 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity list and achieved a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the fifth consecutive year. Plus, we're the top employer in the communications and telecom industry, ranking 12th overall across all industries in The American Opportunity Index.

We're looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

The Director, Executive Recruiting, is responsible for leading the executive recruitment team and overseeing all aspects of the executive hiring process. This role involves developing and implementing effective recruitment strategies, managing the recruitment team, and ensuring the successful placement of top-tier executive talent.

The Main Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the executive recruitment team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture

• Drive recruiter optimization behaviors - simplify work, drive impactful social media behavior, sourcing tactics, tool optimization, and ensure talent advisor skills. Recruiter adoption of best practices, next-gen technologies and tools provided are essential.

• Work with business leaders, recruitment marketing, and recruiters to enhance and grow our talent brand across the external talent marketplace

• Provide consultant-level talent advisory services to leaders for talent acquisition excellence

• Regularly interact with senior level executives and other key stakeholders, exerting substantial influence over the business to obtain timely and accurate hiring plans - when not provided, uses data and analytics to develop projections to ensure cost-effective execution while meeting and exceeding business expectations

• Drive a data-driven recruiting organization by developing recruiting metrics and analytics that provide insights, drive decision making and measure team productivity and program ROI

• Develop and execute best-in-class practices for end-to-end candidate experience inclusive of sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessment, and selection of top talent

• Anticipate and strategize for unexpected turns (up and down) in hiring levels - ensure on-time ramp and de-ramp implementation to achieve critical business deliverables

• Develop and execute comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract and retain top executive talent

• Collaborate with and provide guidance and insights to the HR Solutions Team, Talent Management, Compensation, other HR COEs, and the business to ensure end-to-end talent strategies are best in class

• Support overall Talent Acquisition cost control which may include difficult decision making about recruiter and sourcer talent, availability and usage of paid recruiter tools, workload/bandwidth fluctuations, etc.

• Lead, develop, execute and monitor recruiter performance in building effective job offers, aligned with corporate compensation strategies

• Special projects are repeatedly assigned in addition to overall responsibilities - these projects vary greatly in complexity, scope and impact across the business.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Proven experience in executive recruitment or a similar leadership role, with a track record of successfully placing executive level candidates

• 10+ years of leading Talent Acquisition/Executive Talent Acquisition experience

• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders and candidates

• Critical skills include negotiating and influencing senior level leaders regarding matters of significance to the organization

• Proven leadership skills, the highest standards of peer and cross-functional collaboration, and effective communication (written, verbal, and across all levels of employees) are essential to success

• Demonstrated strong analytic skills with a proven track record of using data and metrics to evaluate needs, drive change and measure impact

• Highly effective and timely decision-making on significant financial matters and performance matters

• Effectively delivers against tight deadlines under high pressure circumstances

• Demonstrates exceptional customer focus

• Effectively delivered results and assignments for high impact against tight deadlines under high pressure circumstances

• Proven delivery of creative and innovative approaches to problem solving

Preferred:

• Previous leadership of medium to large size Talent Acquisition teams

• Previous Talent Acquisition experience in complex, Fortune 150 organizations

• Working knowledge of competency models and their practical application, including talent assessment

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Compensation

The starting salary for this role differs based on the employee's primary work location. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual's qualifications.

Location Based Pay Ranges

$128,310 - $171,080 in these states: AR, ID, KY, LA, ME, MS, NE, SC, and SD.

$135,060 - $180,080 in these states: AZ, AL, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, MO, MT, NM, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, UT, VT, WV, WI, and WY.

$141,820 - $189,090 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NV, NH, NC, OR, and RI.

$148,570 - $198,090 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DE, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

As with the pay range variety that's based on the region of a country, specific offers are determined by various factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and other business needs.

What to Expect Next

Requisition #: 335593

Background Screening

If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page ( . Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Equal Employment Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, reli.