Executive Recruiter, Alpha (Remote)

About the role

Alpha, a K-12 education organization, is hiring a remote Executive Recruiter to find exceptional leaders, intellectuals and technical talent for its schools. The role is fully remote, 40 hours per week, and involves shaping search strategies, building networks and working directly with senior leadership on key hiring decisions. Candidates must enter into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as Contractor of Record.

Key responsibilities

• Develop targeted executive search strategies, map relevant organizations and rank prospects against role requirements.
• Build professional networks and engage passive executive talent through referrals and personalized outreach.
• Assess candidates through structured evaluations and references, partnering with senior leadership on hiring decisions.
• Deliver a white-glove candidate experience, manage complex executive relationships and negotiate appointments.
• Use AI-powered tools daily to speed up talent discovery, market research and candidate intelligence, validating outputs and keeping confidential information secure.

Required profile

• Hands-on executive search experience, in a search firm, in-house recruiting function or senior HR role with executive hiring responsibility.
• A proven track record of executive hiring, including at least one successful C-suite or equivalent appointment.
• Ability to advise C-suite executives, influence senior stakeholders and challenge conventional thinking about talent.
• Strong judgment in assessing leadership talent and excellent relationship-building, communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience using AI to support talent research, sourcing or candidate engagement.
• Independence and adaptability to thrive in a fully remote, globally distributed team.

Nice-to-have

• An established AI-enabled recruiting workflow that improves executive talent research, discovery or personalized outreach.

The position is full-time and long-term, with weekly payments. The stated rate is $100 USD per hour, equivalent to $200,000 USD per year at 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year.