Overview In this role you will drive sourcing and research for senior leadership searches at Guardian Life. You collaborate with executive recruiters and business leaders to map markets, identify top talent, and build leadership pipelines. You will own the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle and ensure a high-quality candidate experience. This position sits at the intersection of market intelligence, candidate development, and search execution, offering impact on leadership recruitment and strategic talent initiatives.
Compensation / Benefits- hybrid work arrangement
- competitive salary
- annual incentive or variable compensation
- professional development and leadership opportunities
- flexible and inclusive benefits
- philanthropic opportunities and community involvement
Responsibilities- Partner with Executive Recruiters to deliver high-quality executive search engagements
- Drive end-to-end sourcing lifecycle from market mapping to candidate development
- Ensure rigorous execution and strong candidate experience
- Develop and execute research strategies to identify target companies and talent pools
- Build talent maps aligned with business priorities and leadership competencies
- Maintain knowledge of industry trends, competitor movements, and executive talent shifts
- Execute proactive outreach to attract passive executive talent and screen for fit
- Collaborate with recruiters to calibrate candidate profiles and search strategies
- Maintain accurate data in recruiting systems and generate insights for hiring strategies
- Support candidate profiles, market summaries, and search progress reports
- Communicate insights and market feedback to inform decision-making
- Contribute to search updates and executive-level candidate presentations
Key requirements- 2-5+ years of experience in executive search, recruiting, or talent sourcing; retained search firm or financial services experience is a plus
- Experience supporting or leading senior leadership searches
- Consultative, research-driven mindset with strong organizational skills
- Ability to interact with and present to senior stakeholders
- Strong ownership, accountability, and execution discipline
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent searches in a fast-paced environment
- excellent written and verbal communication
- ability to influence senior-level candidates
- strong stakeholder collaboration
- executive sourcing
- market intelligence
- talent mapping
