Senior Executive Recruiter

Brex Brex · Fintech · San Francisco, CA · People

Senior Executive Recruiter at Brex, an intelligent finance platform company. This role leads end-to-end executive searches, partnering with senior leadership to attract and assess top talent. Responsibilities include full-cycle recruiting, strategic advising to the business, executive assessment, pipeline building, and offer negotiation. Requires 6+ years of executive recruiting experience, strong stakeholder management, and experience in tech/fintech environments.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead full-cycle executive searches from intake through close, including role definition, sourcing strategy, assessment, and offer negotiation
  2. Partner directly with the Executive Team and senior business leaders as a trusted advisor on hiring strategy, org design, and leadership talent decisions
  3. Drive rigorous executive assessment, evaluating candidates on leadership competencies, business impact, and cultural alignment
  4. Build and engage high-caliber pipelines of Director+ talent across G&A and GTM functions
  5. Deliver market insights and talent intelligence that influence hiring decisions, compensation strategy, and competitive positioning

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of experience in executive recruiting, either in-house or within a retained search firm
  • Proven track record of successfully closing Director+ roles across multiple business functions
  • Strong experience partnering directly with executive stakeholders and influencing senior-level hiring decisions
  • Expertise in executive assessment, including evaluating leadership competencies and organizational fit
  • Experience managing complex, high-stakes searches with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
  • Strong negotiation skills with experience closing senior executive candidates
  • Ability to synthesize market data and talent insights into clear, actionable recommendations
  • High level of professionalism, discretion, and executive presence

Nice to have

  • Prior experience in a retained executive search firm or boutique search agency
  • Established network of executive talent within G&A (Finance, Legal, People, Ops) or GTM (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success) functions
  • Experience supporting succession planning and executive-level talent strategy
  • Strong understanding of executive compensation structures and benchmarking
  • Experience mentoring or leading other recruiters or sourcers

What the JD emphasized

  • Director+ roles
  • Director+ talent
  • executive searches
  • executive assessment
  • executive stakeholders
  • executive presence
  • executive compensation