Executive Recruiting Researcher

As an Executive Recruiting Researcher on Google’s Executive Recruiting Team (ERT), you will help identify, engage, and hire the next generation of L8+ leadership. The role focuses on talent market research, sourcing research, and advising leadership with domain and market insights for critical executive searches.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and own search strategies and deliver research against those strategies for executive searches across technical functions such as engineering, product management, and research science.
• Provide project management for executive searches, driving work forward and maintaining consistent experiences for hiring managers or clients, applicants, and colleagues.
• Partner with leadership recruiters to share domain and market insights and trends, and advise executives on talent needs for key business priorities.
• Build long-term relationships with passive candidates and current talent to support future hiring.
• Support continuous improvement by contributing to innovation that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of systems, services, and processes.

Required Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in research or recruiting within technical executive search research, either at an executive search firm or in an in-house recruiting team.
• 1 year of experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, industry publications, or related sources for market mapping and talent identification.
• Experience in executive recruiting, including outreach, engagement, evaluation, and presentation.
• Experience maximizing both team output and individual performance while working collaboratively as part of a team.
• Experience in research science, data science, PhD hiring, or fellows hiring.
• Ability to demonstrate credibility and consultative influence with senior stakeholders and colleagues without formal authority.
• An open learning mindset, including a demonstrated capacity to quickly understand new complex subject matter and new markets, roles, and business initiatives.

Technology

• LinkedIn Recruiter

Compensation

Salary: USD 111,000 - 159,000 per year.

Additional pay: 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.

Individual pay is determined based on job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Location

This role is based in Los Angeles, CA (onsite). It may also be located in Google’s Playa Vista, CA campus. Preferred working locations include Chicago, IL; Ann Arbor, MI; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Boulder, CO; Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; and Washington D.C.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle), including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• 13 paid days per year holidays

Application Window

The application window will remain open until at least August 17, 2026. The opportunity will stay online based on business needs and may close before or after this date.

Fair Chance Ordinances and Criminal History Consideration

• Los Angeles County: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• Google also considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Additional Notes

This role is focused solely on critical leadership roles responsible for the future of the company. Google’s People Operations team (known elsewhere as Human Resources) provides programs that help employees thrive. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete Google’s Accommodations for Applicants form.