Executive Recruiter

At Texas Children’s Hospital, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are seeking an experienced Executive Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team and help us identify, attract, and secure the senior leadership talent who will shape the future of our organization.

This role is responsible for full-cycle recruitment of executive and senior leadership positions—including Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, and Director-level roles—across the system. Serving as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and HR partners, you’ll provide market intelligence, competitive insights, and ensure an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment efforts for executive and senior leadership positions.
• Partner with senior executives and hiring leaders to define role requirements, success profiles, and desired leadership attributes.
• Design and execute targeted search strategies to identify both active and passive candidates, leveraging networks, sourcing platforms, and industry partnerships.
• Assess, present, and guide highly qualified candidates through the interview and selection process, ensuring strong alignment and cultural fit.
• Act as a brand ambassador, promoting Texas Children’s Hospital as an employer of choice while cultivating diverse leadership talent pipelines.
• Provide regular reporting and analytics on executive search activity, market trends, and competitive insights.
• Manage relationships with external search partners when needed, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and priorities.
• Ensure recruitment processes uphold the highest standards of confidentiality, equity, compliance, and candidate care.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of executive hiring strategies, processes, and tools.

Knowledge & Skills

• Proven ability to successfully recruit and influence senior leadership candidates in competitive markets.
• Deep understanding of healthcare executive leadership competencies.
• Expertise in executive search strategies, candidate assessment, and market research.
• Strong credibility with executives, supported by excellent business acumen, sound judgment, and consultative skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex searches with discretion and professionalism.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership recruitment.
• Proficiency in applicant tracking systems and sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Ability to travel occasionally for networking, conferences, and candidate engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Healthcare Administration, or a related field (required).
  • Master’s degree preferred.
• Licenses/Certifications:
• SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive recruitment experience, with at least 3 years in executive or leadership-level search required.
• Experience recruiting in healthcare, academic medicine, higher education, or similarly complex, mission-driven organizations strongly preferred.

 

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric an