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Who you’ll work with

As a Senior Manager within our Leadership Recruiting (LR) team, you will partner with senior stakeholders, including Regional Practice Leads, Global Practice Leads and Office Heads, and other talent teams. You will work with your regional LR lead to develop search strategies and leverage the LR best practice playbook for LR hiring within your remit. You will leverage your external talent landscape insights and business priorities to communicate and adapt your content to each market. You will support your target region but may occasionally support other regions based on demand and team capacity.

What you’ll do

- Use insights from prior similar searches (in region or across LR) to guide executive-level internal clients in shaping talent requirements to match the needs of the firm and the talent in the assigned market
- Manage multiple simultaneous searches and act as the single point of contact for at least one practice
- Lead senior technology hiring, with a particular focus on the Applied Tech practice
- Conduct competitive due diligence as needed to answer strategic questions,



and develop and maintain updated regional market maps
- Design, implement, and execute effective executive search strategies, partnering with the Sourcing CoE (and other CoEs as relevant), through referrals, and with search firms on an as-needed basis depending on the talent market
- Coach and brief interviewers on senior-level candidate evaluations
- Act as a trusted advisor to regional MDs, Regional Practice Leads, Global Practice Leads and Office Heads on talent strategy, not just search execution, and be comfortable delivering tough messages and advising on challenging situations
- Explore ways to innovate and improve our recruitment process, taking into consideration business needs and priorities, talent market trends, and candidate experience

About you

- 8+ years of experience in executive-level search and/or in-house talent acquisition in a fast-paced environment supporting multiple time zones
- Proven experience in technology leadership hiring, ideally for a technology or applied tech practice, with a strong understanding of technical recruiting needs and the market
- Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Advanced presentation skills




- Ability to independently exercise effective judgment, sensitivity, discretion, and creativity in response to changing needs and situations
- Proven ability to influence and drive consensus among multiple parties
- Ability to manage competing demands with excellent time management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Passion for results with a desire to work in a fast-changing, highly regarded working environment
- Local talent market insights

Nice to have

- Experience in, or working with, a management consulting or professional services firm
- MBA (preferred but not required)

U.S. COMPENSATION INFORMATION

Compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, 401(k) plan with an annual employer contribution based on years of service and Bain’s best in class benefits package (details listed below).

Some local governments in the United States require a good-faith, reasonable salary range be included in job postings for open roles. The estimated annualized compensation for this role is as follows:

In Dallas, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $134,500 - $161,500.

In Chicago, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $141,000 - $169,250.

Placement within these ranges will vary based on factors such as experience, education, training, and skill level.

Compensation also includes a discretionary annual performance bonus, 401(k) plan with employer contribution, and Bain’s best-in-class advantages—including full premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision, generous paid

📌 Senior Manager, Leadership Recruiting (Toronto)
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