Come help build a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams …Ford Motor Company was built on the belief that freedom of movement drives human progress. It’s a belief that has fueled our passion to create great cars and trucks. And today, it drives our commitment to become the world’s most trusted mobility company, designing vehicles for a smart world that helps people move more safely, confidently, and freely. Ford is experiencing significant business transformation in an ever-changing digital world. We are dedicated to delivering distinctive products and solutions, having an “always on” relationship with customers and continuously improving our user experience.

The Opportunity

As the Executive Recruitment Specialist, you’ll deliver white-glove experiences to executive-level candidates, hiring executives, and HR throughout the executive recruiting process. As a member of the Executive Talent Acquisition Team, you’ll play an integral role in building trusted partnerships across the organization and serving as a strong brand representative of both the team and Ford Motor Company. This role is the centralized hub for two recruiters, serving as a resource for their candidates and clients. On a daily basis you will interface with high-level executives, managing complex schedules and travel arrangements, with strong organizational skills, focused attention to detail, and a high level of confidentiality and discretion.

The Team

The Director of Executive Talent Acquisition leads a team of Executive Recruiters partnered with Executive Specialists. They are supported by Sourcing support, a Business Office Lead, and Executive Onboarding Coordinators. We are a small and mighty team! This opportunity is fully remote with less than 25% travel.

Functional & Technical Knowledge

The minimum requirements we seek

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience in Executive Search, Recruiting or Executive level support
• Adept at working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment
• Problem solver with the ability to swiftly address challenges in high-pressure situations
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking abilities

Our preferred requirements

• Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate with senior leaders
• Ability to navigate an organization to get administrative tasks done
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and technology that supports collaboration
• A passion for learning and growing in the talent acquisition space 

What you’ll be able to do

• Support the execution of best-in-class experiences by delivering prompt, detailed, and personable communication to executive-level talent, both internally and externally.
• Collaborate with executive recruiters, senior leaders, administrative assistants, and candidates, to schedule kick-off calls, status update meetings, interviews, and post-interview alignment meetings. Participate in these meetings as needed to remain informed and to help facilitate the process. 
• Assist executive recruiters in the creation of status reports, position profiles, target lists and other search strategy documents.
• Follow up on interview feedback as required by executive recruiters.
• Create search projects in the Executive Recruiting Platform and assist in the maintenance of the search flow and data. Be a champion for accurate and timely data entry and integrity.
• Open requisitions in the company ATS system.
• Work with executive recruiters to complete offer forms and offer letters.
• Work with the executive TA specialist to order candidate gifts as needed.
• Build trusted partnerships across the organization while serving as a key point of contact
• Arrange candidate travel and lodging and process candidate reimbursements.
• Maintain accurate and updated data across recruiting tools and dashboards (i.e., candidate profiles).
• Help Executive Recruiters monitor referrals and track recruiting communications.
• Assist with the planning and execution of recruiting-related events.
• Provide other administrative support as needed to the executive recruiting team.
• Suggest ongoing improvements in the coordination of executive searches to improve candidate and client experience.