Executive Search Lead

📋 Description

• Own executive recruiting end to end across the Payward platform spanning C-level, Board, VP+ and
• Partner directly with the Co-CEOs and the executive team on the searches that matter most
• Run board and advisory mandates with the discretion they require. Confidentiality here is
• Define how executive hiring scales as a shared service across a growing, multi-brand platform.
• Own the external search partner strategy: managing relationships with key retained firms, and
• Report to the Head of Talent and operate as a member of the talent leadership team, with a dotted

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of executive recruiting experience, with demonstrable ownership of executive searches (VP
• A selection mindset over a screening one. You calibrate candidates against business strategy and
• Closing and negotiation strength at executive level: pre-closing, offer construction, equity and
• Experience partnering closely with Compensation & Benefits and the HR business partners to
• Business acumen to understand and pitch a complex platform business credibly. Executive candidates
• Proven agency and retained-firm management — briefing, accountability and spend control.

🎁 Benefits

• Offers Equity
• Offers Bonus