Job Title – TA Director – Executive Search

Division: Talent Acquisition – HR

Location: New York

Reports To: VP TA USA

As our Director, Executive Search, you will act as a crucial internal partner, responsible for identifying and engaging the future leaders of L'Oréal across USA. Reporting directly to the VP of Talent Acquisition, you will operate as an in-house headhunter, proactively building talent pipelines for our most critical senior roles across all brands, divisions, and corporate functions.

This is not a traditional recruitment role; you will be a strategic advisor, mapping external markets and building relationships with top-tier, passive talent to ensure we are always one step ahead.

• Strategic Talent Mapping: You will proactively identify, map, and analyze external talent pools, providing market intelligence and insights to senior leadership to inform succession planning and future organizational needs.
• Executive Engagement: Build and nurture authentic, long-term relationships with high-potential senior executives in the market, acting as a brand ambassador and a trusted point of contact.
• C-Suite Partnership: Serve as a consultative partner to our executive leadership team, understanding their strategic challenges and translating them into future-focused talent requirements.
• Confidential Search Execution: Lead discreet and speculative search mandates for senior-level positions, managing the entire engagement process from initial contact to cultivating interest, ensuring a world-class candidate experience.

We Are Looking For

You are a seasoned executive search professional, bringing deep expertise from a leading agency or a sophisticated in-house executive search function. You thrive on the thrill of the hunt and excel at building relationships based on trust and market insight.

• Executive Search Expertise: Proven track record in a top-tier executive search firm or a comparable corporate environment, with deep experience managing complex, senior-level search assignments.
• Advanced Sourcing & Research: Mastery of sophisticated sourcing techniques to identify and engage passive, high-caliber candidates who are not actively looking for new opportunities.
• C-Suite Stakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to advise, influence, and build credibility with the most senior leaders within a global organization.
• Market & Business Acumen: A natural curiosity for business strategy and industry trends, with the ability to understand and anticipate future leadership needs.
• Consultative Communication: Outstanding interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with discretion, professionalism, and impact.

What’s In It For You

• A place for you to leave your comfort zone and grow beyond your potential (here, you’ll be encouraged to try new things and take risks!)
• Real responsibility from day 1,there’sno sitting on the sidelines at L’Oréal
• An environment where people of every ethnicity, social background, age, religion, gender and sexual orientation as well as people with disabilities are accepted, can speak up, will thrive and are celebrated!
• A place where you can contribute to something bigger! Many of our brands have societal /environmental causes to make concrete difference

Who We Are

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €42 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet.

Join our 2,000+ strong global HR community and contribute to making L’Oréal of the most inclusive, innovative and inspiring People Driven company. With us, you'll foster a culture of individual care and DEI, build a skills-based organization, leverage technology for impactful people experiences and enable the Group's transformations. Ready for global impact? Explore our diverse and unique career paths Talent Acquisition, Learning, Rewards, HR data, HR tech, Transformation, and more.

We’re committed to guaranteeing inclusive recruitment processes and to advocating for hiring and promoting each candidate in an ethical and equitable way. The Group strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant for employment because of the individual’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, visible and/or invisible disabilities, socio-economic and/or multicultural origins, health conditions, age, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum of 8 years in recruiting senior level professionals.
• Ability to spot talent
• Strong computer skills: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint (with ability to learn internal systems) 
• Creative profile, comfortable with copywriting and creative asset creation 
• Demonstrates strong process capability, detail-orientated analytical skills  
• Ability to communicate, activate, and drive strategy while maintaining execution control
• Engage with relevant stakeholders at ease and use to communicating new ideas or messages to large audiences 
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple assignments

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills and planning skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills in a fast-paced work environment
• High proficiency in integrated systems
• Strong Microsoft Office suite experience including presentation building skills
• Ability to handle and maintain highly confidential and sensitive date and information on a regular basis

What’s In It For You:

• Salary Range:$126-$184K
• Competitive Benefit Package(Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Pension Plan)
• Hybrid Work Policy(3 Days in Office, 2 Days Work from Home)
• Flexible Time Off(Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Vacation Buy Program, Volunteer Time, Summer Fridays& More!)
• Access to Company Perks (VIP Access to L’Oréal’s Internal Shop for Discounted Products, Monthly Mobile Allowance)
• Learning & Development Opportunities(Unlimited Access to E-learnings, Lunch & Learn Sessions, Mentorship Programs, & More!)
• Employee Resource Groups(Think Tanks and Innovation Squads)
• Access to Mental Health & Wellness Programs 

Don’t meet every single requirement? At L'Oréal, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the qualifications listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We would love to find out more about you as a candidate and do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

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