Principal Executive Recruiter

Lead VP-level and other senior leadership searches end to end, from search strategy and market mapping through assessment, selection, and closing.

Advise C-suite executives and senior business leaders on hiring decisions, challenge assumptions, and navigate complex stakeholder dynamics.

Develop talent strategies using market mapping, competitive intelligence, creative sourcing, and recruiting data to guide each search.

Build relationships with passive executive talent, understand their motivations, and connect opportunities to GitLab’s mission and business priorities.

Experience independently leading VP-level and senior executive searches through successful hires in an executive search firm, an in-house executive recruiting function, or both.

Executive recruiting experience across functions such as Sales, People, Legal, Finance, or other corporate teams…

The ability to build trusted relationships with C-suite executives, influence senior stakeholders, and provide candid, evidence-based guidance on hiring decisions.

Skills in talent research, market mapping, creative sourcing, leadership assessment, and engaging and closing passive executive talent.