Executive Recruiting Lead, ALCS and GCAS

PEOPLEOPS
USA
March 20, 2026
FULL_TIME

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    March 20, 2026
  • Location
    USA
  • Expiration date
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Job Description

2026-03-19T12:00:19.610Z

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Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience in executive search, advising Google Vice president or external equivalent, executive clients on talent and hiring, and managing the end-to-end executive search process.
  • Experience in the advertising, media, or consumer technology sectors.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience building and cultivating relationships with executive applicants and stakeholder leaders in a dynamic global business environment.
  • Experience interpreting talent data or hiring trends to prepare recommendations facilitating leadership decision-making.
  • Knowledge of Google’s consumer products and go-to-market strategies.
  • Ability to apply knowledge of the client’s business domain to act as a trusted partner and ensure all Executive Recruiting support initiatives are aligned with business goals.
  • Ability to influence across teams to align talent resources and direction to meet business needs.
  • Ability to build and maintain an executive talent network internally and externally, identifying opportunities for cultivation and development.

About the job

The Global Business Organization (GBO) Executive Recruiting team acts as strategic talent advisors to Google’s business leaders. We are a team of executive recruiters and researchers who partner directly with executives to hire leaders for critical business needs that fuel Google’s future growth. We are relied upon for our insights into the external talent market and our ability to design creative talent solutions that drive hiring outcomes in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.

Our Mission:

Our mission is to shape the future of Google’s consumer business by providing the talent insights and executive search services required to drive impact and success in a complex, and an evolving market. We support Google’s Global Business Organization (GBO), ensuring we have the right leaders in place to seize opportunities and meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

As an Executive Recruiting Lead, you will serve as a subject-matter specialist and trusted advisor for business leaders regarding talent and recruiting needs for Americas’ Large Customer Sales (ALCS) and Global Client & Agency Solutions (GCAS) talent ecosystems. You will drive outcomes to meet hiring demand while executing a consistent process. In addition to owning the recruitment life cycle, you will act as an external talent ecosystem lead, mapping L7+ talent at leading Ad Sales competitors to ensure Google is positioned to attract the best in the market.

Great just isn’t good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as “Human Resources”). We bring the world’s most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $136,000-$197,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the leadership searches for Americas’ Large Customer Sales (ALCS) and Global Client & Agency Solutions (GCAS), providing excellent partnership to stakeholder leaders.
  • Serve as a Trusted Advisor and act as a subject-matter specialist for business leaders, leveraging planning to anticipate staffing issues and utilizing the knowledge of Google-wide and Google Executive Recruiting specific hiring processes.
  • Lead Talent Ecosystem mapping and maintain the talent lists and lead functional practice meetings focused on L7+ talent at primary Ad Sales competitors.
  • Identify gaps in business talent needs and source both active and passive niche candidates to address them.
  • Develop Recruiting Strategy and collaborate with recruiting partners and business leaders to co-create hiring strategies and manage applicant analysis.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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