Executive Recruiter

Overview

Lead confidential executive searches for senior leadership roles at Guidewire, a P&C insurance software platform, shaping executive hiring strategy and advising senior stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end executive searches for VP, Director, Head of Engineering, Product, Sales, and other senior leadership roles, translating business priorities into clear search strategies and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with executives, hiring managers, Human Resources Business Partners, and business leaders to define leadership requirements, assess organizational needs, and align hiring decisions with Guidewire's growth plans.
• Build talent maps, competitor intelligence, and sustained pipelines across SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and technology-product organizations.
• Identify and engage passive candidates through executive search partners, professional networks, referrals, LinkedIn Recruiter, and industry relationships while maintaining discretion and confidentiality.
• Assess leadership capability, strategic thinking, team-building, product-led growth experience, SaaS understanding, and alignment with Guidewire's collaborative and purpose-driven culture.
• Manage complex interview processes, influence selection decisions, and coordinate compensation benchmarking, equity or long-term incentive considerations, and offer negotiations with the appropriate teams.
• Deliver a personalized, high-touch executive candidate experience and provide leaders with market insights on talent availability, competitor movement, diversity, compensation, and hiring trends.
• Track and communicate executive hiring metrics, including time to fill, pipeline conversion, offer acceptance, source effectiveness, and hiring outcomes, using data to improve recruitment strategy and execution.

What you'll need

• Significant experience leading executive search and senior leadership hiring in a technology, SaaS, cloud, cybersecurity, or comparable product-company environment.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in recruitment.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in executive hiring.
• Demonstrated ability to engage passive candidates and build trusted relationships with senior leaders and executive-level talent.
• Strong stakeholder-management and advisory skills, with the judgment and confidence to influence hiring decisions at senior levels.
• Experience developing talent maps, market intelligence, competitor insights, and proactive leadership pipelines.
• Skilled leadership assessment capabilities, including evaluation of strategic thinking, organizational leadership, team development, business impact, and cultural contribution.
• Experience partnering on executive compensation benchmarking and negotiating complex offers involving incentives, equity, or long-term rewards.
• Excellent communication, organization, discretion, and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple confidential searches and deliver timely outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Degree preferred or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience recruiting leaders for global organizations or across multiple international markets.
• Familiarity with property and casualty insurance, InsurTech, cloud platforms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, or enterprise software.
• Experience using applicant tracking systems, talent-intelligence tools, executive-search analytics, and structured assessment approaches.
• Experience advancing inclusive leadership hiring through broad sourcing strategies and consistent, job-related evaluation practices.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Flexible work environment; in-person interviews for all applicants and onsite orientation for all new hires.