Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Executive & Leadership

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Executive & Leadership Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money—bringing clarity, confidence, and control to every dollar earned, so they can turn hard work into lasting success. We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses. At Relay, recruiting is a critical growth engine. As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Executive and Leadership, you own high-impact searches end-to-end, with the majority of this role’s focus on executive and senior leadership hiring, with the flexibility to support other searches as needed. This role is designed for a seasoned recruiter who can operate at multiple altitudes, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on executive searches, while also driving predictable, high-quality outcomes across hiring. You bring rigor, judgment, and market insight to every search, balancing speed, quality, and long-term impact. What You'll Be Doing - Full-Cycle Recruiting: Own requisitions end-to-end, with a core focus on executive and senior leadership roles (Director+), and additional complex and critical searches (typically hard-to-fill positions, or roles with elevated business risk). - Sourcing and Network Building: Proactively source and engage executive and senior talent through outbound outreach, referrals, networks, and targeted market mapping. Build and maintain long-term relationships with leadership-level talent, even outside of immediate hiring needs - Hiring Manager & Senior Leader Partnership: Partner closely with our leadership on sensitive, high-stakes, or confidential searches and act as a trusted advisor by shaping role definitions, success profiles, and hiring strategies; calibrate expectations, provide clear market perspective, and influence decision-making with confidence. - Funnel Ownership: Track and improve interview velocity, pass-through rates, and time-to-fill for each role you own, with a focus on executive and senior hires. - Candidate Experience: Deliver a high-touch, white-glove candidate experience for executive searches, while ensuring all candidates receive timely, professional, and human-centered engagement - Collaboration with Talent Attractors: Partner closely with Talent Attractors when sourcing support is provided, ensuring pipelines are targeted, diverse, and converting effectively - AI-Enabled Recruiting: Leverage existing and emerging AI tools for sourcing, screening, scheduling, and reporting to improve efficiency, quality, and predictability - Data, Reporting & Insights: Own weekly reporting for your roles, translating funnel data and qualitative insights into clear actions and recommendations. Surface risks, trade-offs, and decision points early, particularly for executive searches. - Experimentation: Test and refine interview structures, assessment approaches, and candidate experience improvements to continuously raise the bar on leadership assessment quality, ensuring high-signal, well-calibrated hiring decisions. Who You Are - You bring 6+ years of recruiting experience in high-growth environments, with end-to-end ownership of executive and senior-level searches (in-house and/or agency experience is a plus) - You are equally effective recruiting executives and operating hands-on across other critical roles when needed - You are thoughtful about prioritization and comfortable making trade-offs to protect executive hiring outcomes. - You are confident sourcing, pitching, and closing senior talent. You do not wait for candidates to come to you - You are data-informed and outcome-oriented, using metrics and judgment to guide decisions - You communicate with clarity and authority, earning trust with senior stakeholders - You thrive in fast-paced, high-accountability environments wh ... (truncated, view full listing at source)