Lead Recruiter - Executive Recruiting

Role overview

This headquarters-based role in Mooresville, North Carolina is centered on executive hiring for a large enterprise environment. The position is designed for someone who can operate independently, partner with senior leadership, and shape high-stakes talent decisions for Director, Senior Director, and selected Vice President roles.

The recruiter will act as a trusted advisor on leadership hiring, using market intelligence, talent mapping, and executive assessment expertise to build strong pipelines for critical business needs. The role also contributes to improving executive search methods, hiring practices, and candidate experience across the organization.

What you will do

• Own and run highly complex executive searches across several corporate functions, covering Director, Senior Director, and certain VP-level positions.
• Advise senior leaders with competitive market data, talent landscape insights, organizational research, and hiring recommendations.
• Develop and carry out sourcing strategies that reach passive executive candidates.
• Perform market mapping to identify talent movement, compensation patterns, competitor activity, and future leadership pools.
• Establish and nurture relationships with executive candidates, professional networks, and external talent communities.
• Work with hiring leaders and HR Business Partners to define success profiles, business needs, and long-term leadership plans.
• Assess candidates using behavioral and competency-based methods to gauge leadership strength, fit, and future potential.
• Manage executive engagement, interview preparation, compensation discussions, negotiations, and close-out activities with discretion and professionalism.
• Create a strong candidate and stakeholder experience through clear communication, executive presence, and organized process management.
• Recommend improvements to search strategy, candidate outreach, assessment methods, and executive recruiting practices.
• Keep search records, ATS data, and reporting accurate and current, using metrics to guide decisions.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience in place of the degree requirement where allowed.
• 7 years of progressive corporate recruiting and/or executive search experience in highly competitive talent markets.
• 5 years of experience managing full-cycle executive or senior leadership searches from intake through onboarding.
• 1 year of experience providing indirect leadership through coaching, guidance, and direction to recruiters, coordinators, analysts, or sourcing partners supporting executive search.
• Experience working with senior executives and influencing hiring decisions at Director level and above.
• Strong background in executive sourcing strategy, market mapping, and passive candidate outreach.
• Proven ability to evaluate executive talent through behavioral interviewing, leadership assessment, and consultative methods.
• Experience negotiating complex compensation packages and handling sensitive executive hiring conversations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong executive presence, and effective stakeholder management.
• Ability to handle several complex searches at once using ATS, CRM systems, LinkedIn Recruiter, and other sourcing tools.

Preferred background

• Experience in an executive search firm.
• Prior work supporting executive hiring in a Fortune 500 or similarly large organization.
• Exposure to enterprise transformation, succession planning, or leadership pipeline initiatives.
• Familiarity with retail, technology, supply chain, or consumer-facing sectors.

Company information

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a Fortune 100 home improvement business with substantial scale across stores, branches, and distribution centers. The company is based in Mooresville, North Carolina and serves communities through housing, neighborhood improvement, skilled trade development, and disaster relief efforts.

Additional information

This employer follows equal opportunity hiring practices and does not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.

Pay may differ depending on the role level, location, education, training, and experience. Benefits information is available through the company’s benefits portal.

Work location and environment

This is an onsite position at the company headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. The office environment is designed to support collaboration, with access to amenities such as food and beverage options, fitness resources, and wellness support.