Executive Search Consultant

Downtown Vancouver | In Office Monday–Friday

Executive Search | Headhunting | Retained Search | C-Suite & Mid-Market Recruitment | Business Development

Magna Search Group is looking for an experienced Executive Search Consultant who knows how to hunt, recruit, sell, and close .

This is not a junior recruiting role .

We need someone who can take a search, understand the mandate quickly, build a strategy, get on the phone, speak confidently with senior candidates, identify the right talent, control the process, and move the search forward with serious urgency .

You will work across a variety of industries and functions, recruiting C-Suite, VP, Director, and mid-management talent across North America. You will work directly with CEOs, Founders, C-Suite executives, CHROs, and senior hiring leaders while managing searches from kickoff through placement.

You will also play a meaningful role in business development, client management, retained search, and growing your own book of business.

What You'll Do

Executive Search & Headhunting

- Own full-cycle executive and professional searches from kickoff through successful placement.
- Partner directly with clients to understand the business, mandate, culture, leadership requirements, and ideal candidate profile.
- Build a targeted search strategy and execute with urgency.
- Headhunt and proactively identify passive candidates using LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, internal databases, referrals, market mapping, Boolean search, talent intelligence platforms, and other modern sourcing tools.
- Pick up the phone and engage candidates directly — you should be comfortable leading a recruiting conversation, selling an opportunity, handling objections, and creating interest.
- Conduct high-quality candidate interviews and assessments.
- Build market maps and talent pools across industries, functions, and geographies.
- Approach highly targeted candidates who are not actively looking.
- Present compelling candidates to clients with clear insight into their background, motivations, compensation, and fit.
- Manage interviews, preparation, feedback, debriefs, negotiations, references, and closing.
- Execute retained, contingent, and high-touch executive search assignments .




- Maintain momentum throughout every search and ensure candidates and clients are constantly moving forward.

Client Management
- Build trusted relationships with CEOs, Founders, C-Suite executives, CHROs, and senior hiring leaders.
- Lead client intake and search strategy meetings.
- Speak confidently and credibly with senior decision-makers.
- Provide market intelligence around talent availability, compensation, competitors, and hiring trends.
- Challenge clients when necessary and provide real recruiting expertise — not simply take orders.
- Manage multiple searches while maintaining a high level of communication and execution.
- Build long-term client relationships and identify opportunities for repeat business and account growth.

Business Development
- Generate new business through outbound prospecting, networking, referrals, existing relationships, and strategic account development.
- Identify companies, industries, and functions where Magna can add value.
- Build and manage your own pipeline.
- Turn relationships and conversations into search opportunities.
- Expand existing accounts and uncover additional hiring mandates.
- Participate in proposals, pitches, client meetings, and new business presentations.
- Develop your own desk and become a meaningful contributor to the growth of Magna Search Group.

The Recruiter We're Looking For You are an operator .

You hunt .

You don't hide behind LinkedIn messages.

You get on the phone .

You don't need someone telling you what to do every hour.

You take ownership and figure it out .

You don't let a search sit for two weeks.

You move .

You are comfortable calling a VP, CEO, CFO, CHRO, or senior executive and having a real conversation.

You can recruit candidates and speak to clients.

You can manage a search and sell a search.

You can build relationships and close.

You Should Have

- Proven experience in sales, consulting, executive recruitment, headhunting, retained search,



or high-level professional recruitment .
- Experience recruiting Director, VP, C-Suite, or senior management talent .
- Strong passive candidate sourcing and headhunting experience.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct strong candidate calls and interviews.
- Confidence speaking with senior executives and hiring leaders.
- Experience managing searches from intake through placement.
- Strong business development and relationship-building ability.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and closing skills.
- The ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously without losing urgency or attention to detail.
- Strong command of modern recruiting and sourcing tools.
- A highly organized, competitive, resilient, and entrepreneurial mindset.

Speed Matters At Magna, speed is a competitive advantage .

When we take on a search, we want someone who can move immediately.

Kickoff → Strategy → Market Map → Headhunt → Candidate Calls → Shortlist → Interviews → Offer → Close.

We are looking for someone who can execute that process at a high level and at tremendous speed .

If you're the type of recruiter who needs days to get organized before making your first calls, this probably isn't the role for you.

If you thrive on a fast-moving search, love the hunt, can own a candidate call, can speak to C-Suite, and want to win — we want to talk to you.

Who Thrives at Magna?

- You move fast.
- You know how to hunt.
- You can own a phone call.
- You can recruit passive talent.
- You can speak to C-Suite.
- You can sell an opportunity.
- You can sell a search.
- You take ownership.
- You don't need to be micromanaged.
- You want to build your own desk.
- You want to win.

At Magna Search Group, you'll have the opportunity to work on high-impact executive searches across multiple industries , partner directly with senior executives, execute retained assignments, build client relationships, generate new business, and directly influence the growth of the firm. This is a high-accountability, high-performance environment for someone who wants to become a responsible search professional — not simply process resumes.

Compensation: Competitive Base Salary + Uncapped Commission + Performance Bonuses

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