Associate Director- Executive Hiring

We're Hiring | Executive Hiring – Technology & Non-Technology

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 14-18 yrs

Work Model: 5 Days Work from Office

We are partnering with a leading global product and technology organisation to identify an accomplished recruitment leader to drive strategic executive hiring across Technology and Non-Technology functions.

This role requires a strong combination of hands-on executive hiring expertise and team leadership, with the opportunity to partner closely with India and global leadership teams.

Key Hiring Focus Areas:

• Executive and functional leadership positions across Technology and Engineering.
• Business and technical leaders heading large-scale Engineering and Product teams.
• Principal-level technologists, technical architects and recognised technology experts.
• Highly specialised technical professionals with expertise in emerging and niche technologies.
• Leadership talent across AI/ML, Cloud Computing, Software Engineering, Digital Platforms and Product Development.

Role Responsibilities:

• Drive end-to-end executive hiring mandates, with approximately 30% hands-on hiring involvement and 70% team leadership and delivery management.
• Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing executive recruitment team.
• Build strategic talent pipelines for critical and niche leadership positions.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and global leadership teams to influence talent decisions.
• Leverage strong industry networks and provide market intelligence on leadership talent and compensation trends.
• Drive recruitment excellence, stakeholder engagement and timely closure of leadership mandates.

What We're Looking For:

• 14–21 years of experience in executive search and leadership hiring.
• Strong hands-on experience in hiring senior technology and engineering leaders.
• Experience hiring across leading product, cloud, AI, digital and global technology organisations.
• Established industry network and deep understanding of the technology talent landscape.
• Proven ability to manage complex leadership mandates while leading and mentoring recruitment teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and talent advisory capabilities.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced executive recruitment professional who enjoys combining hands-on hiring, strategic talent advisory and team leadership.