Sr Manager, Executive Recruitment
Medtronic · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · remote
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.
A Day in the LifeThe Medtronic Executive Search team partners with senior business leaders to identify, assess, and attract executive talent for critical leadership roles across the organization. The team leverages executive search expertise, talent market intelligence, executive research, and strategic talent advisory capabilities to support leadership hiring, succession planning, and long-term talent strategies.
This U.S.-based remote position leads a team of Executive Search Consultants responsible for delivering executive hiring outcomes across multiple business units, functions, and leadership levels. The Senior Manager, Executive Recruitment partners closely with executive leaders, Human Resources, Talent Management, and key stakeholders to develop and execute executive talent acquisition strategies aligned with enterprise priorities.
Reporting to the Sr Director, Talent Acquisition, this leader provides strategic direction, coaching, and operational leadership to the Executive Search Consultants while personally leading select high-profile executive searches. The role is accountable for driving search excellence, leveraging market intelligence to inform talent decisions, building diverse executive talent pipelines, and ensuring an exceptional executive candidate and stakeholder experience.
As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, the Senior Manager plays a critical role in executive hiring, succession planning, leadership pipelining, and broader organizational talent strategy, helping to strengthen Medtronic's leadership bench and long-term talent competitiveness.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and coach a team of Executive Search Consultants, providing strategic direction, performance management, mentoring, and professional development.
- Manage team capacity, workload prioritization, and resource allocation to ensure timely delivery of executive search engagements and proactive pipeline initiatives.
- Partner with senior executives, HR leaders, and Talent Management partners to understand business priorities and develop executive hiring and talent acquisition strategies.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders on executive talent trends, market dynamics, succession planning considerations, and leadership talent availability.
- Oversee and guide executive search strategies, including research plans, talent mapping, market intelligence, sourcing methodologies, and candidate engagement approaches.
- Lead and support executive-level recruitment projects for Vice President, Senior Vice President, and C-suite positions, including select critical leadership searches.
- Build and maintain executive talent communities and succession-focused pipelines across key business functions and leadership disciplines.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality executive candidate assessments, interview processes, and executive search recommendations.
- Analyze and communicate executive talent market intelligence, competitive talent insights, compensation trends, and executive recruiting best practices to stakeholders and leadership teams.
- Partner with Talent Management and HR organizations to support long-term leadership pipeline planning and succession initiatives.
- Establish and maintain executive search metrics, reporting, and performance indicators to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Drive adoption of executive search best practices, processes, tools, and technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Represent Executive Search in enterprise talent discussions and contribute to broader talent acquisition and workforce planning initiatives.
- Maintain accurate and current executive search activity, candidate data, and market intelligence within Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms, and executive search reporting tools.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience in search, executive recruiting, talent acquisition, or leadership talent sourcing, with 5+ years of managerial (people or program) experience; OR Advanced degree and 5+ years of experience in search, executive recruiting, talent acquisition, or leadership talent sourcing, with 5+ years of managerial (people or program) experience.
- Experience leading executive-level recruitment initiatives for Vice President, Senior Vice President, and C-suite positions.
- Experience developing and implementing executive search strategies, market mapping initiatives, succession-focused talent pipelines, and executive talent acquisition programs.
- Experience partnering with senior executives and HR leaders to influence talent decisions and provide strategic talent advisory services.
- Experience utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms, executive search tools, and advanced sourcing methodologies.
- Experience presenting executive talent market insights, hiring strategies, competitive intelligence, and recruiting recommendations to executive leadership audiences.
- Demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing recruiting or executive search teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- People leadership experience, including leading executive recruiters, search consultants, talent acquisition professionals, or related teams.
- Strong preference for experience recruiting executive-level talent within the medical technology, medical device, healthcare technology, life sciences, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical industries.
- Experience leading executive search teams within a corporate executive recruiting function, retained executive search firm, or boutique executive search organization.
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Organizational Development, or a related business discipline.
- Experience supporting executive succession planning, leadership assessment, and long-term executive talent pipeline strategies.
- Knowledge of executive compensation benchmarking, leadership assessment methodologies, competitive talent intelligence, and executive labor market trends.
- Experience working within complex global or matrixed organizations supporting multiple business units and executive stakeholder groups.
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
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