Job Summary

As Recruitment Manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of senior executive candidates and actively identifying suitable organisations and opportunities for them. You will work directly with senior professionals, understand their career expectations, evaluate their suitability for leadership positions and proactively approach organisations to present their profiles. A significant part of this role involves interacting with industry leaders and decision-makers, developing professional relationships, identifying potential hiring requirements and creating placement opportunities through direct engagement.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience in executive search, leadership hiring, recruitment consulting or bench sales, and who are comfortable engaging with senior-level stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities Executive Candidate Management

- Manage a portfolio of senior professionals and executives registered with ExeQuest for leadership placement opportunities.
- Interact with candidates to understand their professional background, leadership experience, achievements, competencies and career aspirations.
- Evaluate executive profiles and identify suitable positions across industries and functional areas.
- Work with candidates to understand their preferred roles, compensation expectations, location preferences and career objectives.
- Maintain an organised database of executive profiles, candidate interactions, follow-ups and placement progress.
- Ensure that every candidate being represented by ExeQuest is professionally evaluated and appropriately positioned.

Corporate Relationship Development

- Identify and establish relationships with CXOs, CEOs, Managing Directors, Business Heads, HR Directors, CHROs, Talent Acquisition Heads and other senior decision-makers.
- Proactively connect with organisations to understand their current and upcoming leadership hiring requirements.
- Develop a strong network of corporate contacts across industries.
- Reach out to potential employers through telephone calls, emails, LinkedIn and other professional networking channels.
- Establish ExeQuest as a credible executive search partner with the organisations being approached.
- Maintain consistent engagement with decision-makers to build long-term professional relationships and generate placement opportunities.

Executive Profile Marketing & Representation

- Proactively identify organisations where the executives managed by ExeQuest could be relevant.
- Present shortlisted executive profiles directly to relevant decision-makers.
- Understand organisational requirements before recommending candidates.
- Articulate the candidate's leadership experience, professional achievements,



business impact and suitability for the opportunity.
- Follow up with prospective employers to secure interviews and move candidates through the selection process.
- Ensure that candidate profiles are positioned professionally and that communication with prospective employers reflects the seniority of the candidates being represented.

Business Development & Placement Generation

- Generate placement opportunities by proactively approaching organisations rather than depending entirely on incoming job requirements.
- Identify companies undergoing expansion, leadership transitions, restructuring or other developments that could create senior hiring requirements.
- Develop a pipeline of prospective employers and maintain regular follow-ups.
- Convert corporate relationships into active placement mandates and successful executive placements.
- Explore opportunities for repeat business and long-term recruitment partnerships.
- Work towards defined placement, employer acquisition and candidate engagement targets.

Recruitment & Selection Coordination

- Coordinate with candidates and prospective employers throughout the recruitment process.
- Arrange interviews, facilitate discussions and obtain feedback from both parties.
- Assist in compensation discussions, offer negotiations and closure.
- Maintain regular communication with candidates to ensure engagement throughout the placement process.
- Ensure confidentiality and professionalism when handling sensitive executive career information.
- Track each placement opportunity from initial employer outreach through interview, selection and joining.

Team & Process Management

- Maintain accurate records of candidates, prospective employers, active opportunities and placement pipelines.
- Develop structured processes for executive candidate management and corporate outreach.
- Monitor recruitment performance, placement conversions and business development activities.
- Provide regular updates on pipeline progress, challenges and placement outcomes.
- As the business expands, take responsibility for mentoring and managing recruitment executives and researchers.

Desired Candidate Profile Essential Requirements

- 3-10 years of experience in recruitment, executive search, leadership hiring, recruitment consulting or bench sales.
- Prior experience dealing with senior-level candidates, industry leaders,



corporate clients or hiring decision-makers.
- Good understanding of the recruitment lifecycle, candidate evaluation, profile positioning and placement processes.
- Strong business development and relationship management capabilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Confidence in making professional calls and engaging with senior management and CXO-level stakeholders.
- Ability to present candidate profiles convincingly and articulate their professional value.
- Good networking, negotiation and follow-up skills.
- Comfortable using LinkedIn, job portals, recruitment databases, email and other sourcing platforms.
- Ability to independently manage multiple candidates and placement opportunities.

Preferred Experience

- Experience in executive search firms or leadership recruitment consultancies.
- Experience in bench sales, particularly in identifying client requirements, marketing available consultants and engaging with hiring managers or staffing clients.
- Experience working with senior management, director-level and CXO-level candidates.
- Existing professional connections with HR leaders, recruitment heads, business heads or corporate decision-makers.
- Exposure to international recruitment or cross-industry executive placements.

What We Expect From You

- This position requires someone who is proactive, commercially aware and comfortable taking ownership.
- You should be someone who:
- Can confidently call a CEO, CHRO, Business Head or senior decision-maker and initiate a meaningful skilled conversation.
- Knows how to position a senior executive's profile based on the value they can bring to an organisation.
- Can build relationships rather than simply make recruitment-related calls.
- Understands that executive placements require patience, persistence, discretion and strong relationship management.
- Is comfortable working towards measurable business and placement targets.
- Can independently identify opportunities instead of waiting for job openings to come in.
- Has the maturity to represent both ExeQuest and the senior professionals associated with the firm.

Performance Expectations

- Growth in the number of active corporate relationships and decision-maker connections.
- Number of qualified organisations approached and engaged.
- Number of executive profiles successfully presented to relevant organisations.
- Conversion of employer conversations into active placement opportunities.
- Number of interviews generated for registered executives.
- Successful executive placements and joining conversions.
- Quality of candidate and employer relationship management.
- Overall contribution towards ExeQuest's business growth.

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