Senior Director, Executive Recruiting
Senior Director, Executive Recruiting
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About the role:
Samsara is seeking a Senior Director of Executive Recruiting to lead global executive hiring. This role is both strategic and hands-on: youll drive executive talent initiatives that directly shape the companys future and personally lead senior searches within the company. Youll partner with C-level leaders to build leadership teams that raise the bar scale the business and align with Samsaras mission. Youll also lead a team of executive recruiters and sourcers to deliver high quality results while creating exceptional candidate experiences. Youll role model exceptionally strong assessment and calibration skills.
This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US.
In this role you will:
- Leadership and Strategy:
- Own and evolve Samsaras executive recruiting (all Director VProles) strategy across all functions and geographies.
- Partner with the C-suite to forecast leadership needs and design talent plans that enable long-term growth.
- Act as a strategic advisor on talent quality succession market dynamics and org structure.
- Uphold and champion a consistently high bar for leadership across all executive hires.
- Hands-On Search Execution:
- Personally spend up to 20% of their time directly leading senior level searches.
- Build strong pipelines and long-term relationships with top-tier leadership talent.
- Influence and guide executive stakeholders through high-quality data-driven hiring decisions.
- Candidate Experience:
- Deliver a transparent inclusive and thoughtful candidate experience that reflects Samsaras values and leadership culture.
- Ensure consistent and rigorous evaluation processes across every search.
- Team Leadership & Operations:
- Lead coach and scale a team of executive recruiters and sourcers.
- Define and track performance metrics (e.g. time-to-fill candidate quality DEI progress).
- Use data and insights to drive search efficiency team effectiveness and continuous improvement.
- Market & Network Building:
- Develop deep expertise in SaaS leadership markets and map top talent proactively.
- Maintain strong relationships with key candidates search firms and talent networks.
- Champion role model and embed Samsaras cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success Build for the Long Term Adopt a Growth Mindset Be Inclusive Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.
- Hire develop and lead an inclusive engaged and high performing team.
Minimum requirements for the role:
- 10 years in executive recruiting including 5 in leadership roles mix of in-house and retained search firm experience highly preferred.
- Proven success hiring C-level and senior leaders in high-growth SaaS or tech environments.
- Track record of setting and maintaining a high bar for talent across functions.
- Experience managing and mentoring high-performing recruiting teams.
- Strong business acumen and executive presence; able to influence at the C-level.
- Highly analytical process-oriented and committed to DEI.
- Bachelors degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full Time
