Executive Recruiter

Job Description

At Wells Fargo, we want to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. We’re looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Join our diverse and inclusive team where you’ll feel valued and inspired to contribute your unique skills and experience.

Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.

Human Resources develops and implements people strategies to support Wells Fargo’s business objectives. This group manages compensation and benefits, human resource service centers, systems and payroll, finance, team member relations and assistance, talent management, learning and development, and recruiting. We work together as One HR to make Wells Fargo an employer of choice. Our operating foundation is based on our ability to operate efficiently, develop HR team members, strengthen controls, and scale technology infrastructure.

We are seeking a highly motivated Executive Recruiter who will support various business segments within Wells Fargo and deliver sourcing supporting both external succession pipelining and executive searches. The successful candidate will also lead full-lifecycle executive recruiting, developing relationships with multiple hiring executives and acting as the subject matter expert for specialized talent acquisition needs. They will focus primarily on hiring for less complex, lower level executive positions through actively managing the end to end hiring process - candidate communication, negotiating offer terms, and conducting reference checks. They will also focus on managing senior level executive openings that require engagement and management of external retained search firms.

The Executive Recruiter will support Senior Executive Recruiters on external succession pipelining and more complex, senior level positions; specific tasks depend on the individual search but may include assisting with the development of strategy, constructing target lists of companies and candidates, coordinating internal and external research resources, proactive sourcing, candidate identification and development, conducting candidate interviews, completing progress reports, and documenting candidate qualifications and references. This individual is an integral member of search execution team, combining research, candidate identification, development and presentation to deliver extraordinary robust and diverse candidate slates across all executive search assignments and external succession pipelines.

This dynamic recruiter must be capable of initiating action with a dedication to client service. The role demands a persuasive and effective communicator who can position Wells Fargo competitively. The ideal candidate will have strong recruiting, relationship management, client consulting and influencing skills with a successful track record proactive sourcing and candidate development on difficult executive and highly visible searches. The role requires a sense of urgency, passion for results, and personal accountability for achievement.

Specifically, the Executive Recruiter will be responsible for:

• Driving external succession pipelining research and candidate development, engaging and partnering with external retained search firms and managing the end to end executive recruiting process for executive openings.
• Generating target candidates via phone and internet work; calling into companies to extract information about executives in specified functions (i.e. contact information, responsibilities, reporting relationships, etc.).
• Ensuring adherence to all regulatory, compliance, and corporate hiring policies required throughout the end to end hiring process.
• Proactively auditing search status results on an ongoing basis to ensure that as the search progresses the research strategy is refined as well.
• Preparing business development materials, utilizing knowledge of pertinent company information and industry trends.
• Conducting analyses and create presentations to help Recruiters better understand target clients and companies.

• 6+ years of experience in one or a combination of the following: executive recruiting, professional recruiting, or retained search

• 6+ years of experience sourcing passive executive level candidates through referrals, warm leads, cold calls, and other direct sourcing techniques.
• 4+ years of experience in recruiting senior level professionals in a retained search or contingency search firm
• Knowledge and understanding of contact management systems
• Ability to deliver a positive and engaging candidate experience for internal and external candidates throughout the hiring and onboarding process
• Experience with diversity candidate sourcing
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and across all organizational levels, where flexibility, collaboration, and adaptability are important
• Highly refined and professional verbal and written communications
• Experience with candidate research or managing a 3rd party research firm to complete candidate list generation
• Knowledge and understanding of executive recruiting techniques, recruitment plan development, sourcing methods and executive compensation strategies.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) skills

• Experience working with Retained search firms, managing the performance and relationship of these key vendors

All offers for employment with Wells Fargo are contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed a criminal background check. Wells Fargo will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state and Federal law, including Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women.
Wells Fargo is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.