[Remote] Director of Recruiting & Executive Search

Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stord is The Consumer Experience Company, focused on enhancing checkout through delivery for leading brands. They are seeking a Director of Recruiting & Executive Search to lead executive recruitment, manage corporate recruiting operations, and develop the recruiting team in a high-growth environment. Responsibilities Personally own and drive full-cycle executive and senior leadership searches across critical business areas, including Product, Engineering, Data, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Finance, People, and other strategic functions Serve as the lead executive search partner to senior leaders by bringing market intelligence, role calibration, sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, and closing support to high-impact searches Build targeted sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill leadership roles, ensuring Stord can identify, attract, assess, and close top-tier talent Create a high-quality executive recruiting experience for candidates and hiring teams, balancing speed, rigor, discretion, and strong stakeholder communication Own the operating cadence for corporate recruiting and global offshore hiring, including requisition prioritization, recruiter workload management, pipeline health, aging requisitions, interview process adherence, and hiring forecast execution Translate company hiring priorities into clear team goals, weekly execution plans, and measurable outcomes Ensure recruiting processes are consistent, efficient, and scalable across corporate and offshore hiring while maintaining a strong candidate and hiring manager experience Proactively identify hiring risks, bottlenecks, process gaps, and capacity constraints, then drive practical solutions to keep business-critical searches moving Act as a true player-coach for corporate recruiters and offshore hiring resources, providing coaching, accountability, prioritization, and hands-on support where needed Set clear expectations for recruiter performance, including pipeline generation, hiring manager partnership, process discipline, candidate quality, offer execution, and data hygiene Develop team capability through regular coaching, search strategy reviews, recruiter performance conversations, and improved recruiting playbooks Create a culture of urgency, ownership, and continuous improvement across the recruiting team Serve as a trusted recruiting advisor to executives and hiring managers, helping them define role requirements, calibrate talent profiles, understand market realities, and make effective hiring decisions Partner with leaders to improve interview quality, feedback discipline, candidate evaluation, and offer decision-making Push for clarity and accountability throughout the hiring process, including intake quality, interview alignment, timely feedback, and decisive candidate movement Use data and market insights to help leaders understand tradeoffs around talent availability, compensation, leveling, location, and search timelines Manage execution for global offshore hiring programs, including partner management, requisition intake, candidate quality, hiring process governance, and service-level expectations Partner with business leaders and offshore vendors to ensure global hiring channels support Stord’s goals around cost, quality, speed, and scalability Continuously improve offshore recruiting operations by refining workflows, reporting, vendor accountability, and role calibration Ensure offshore hiring operates as an integrated part of the broader recruiting function, not as a disconnected external process Use recruiting data to manage team performance, identify process gaps, and provide clear visibility into hiring progress, risks, and outcomes Partner with People Analytics and People Systems to improve reporting, ATS discipline, funnel metrics, source effectiveness, offer acceptance, time-to-fill, and recruiter productivity Build scalable recruiting processes that support continued growth while improving speed, quality, consistency, and accountability Help operationalize Stord’s broader talent acquisition strategy by turning strategic priorities into repeatable recruiting practices, operating rhythms, and measurable results Skills 7+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including significant experience in fast-paced, high-growth, technology-driven environments Demonstrated success personally leading full-cycle executive and senior leadership searches Proven experience managing and developing recruiters in a player-coach capacity Strong operational discipline and experience running recruiting cadence, prioritization, funnel management, metrics, process adherence, and team performance Experience supporting corporate hiring across functions such as Product, Engineering, Data, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, People, or G&A Experience partnering directly with executives and senior leaders on role design, search strategy, candidate assessment, market mapping, and closing Strong understanding of recruiting systems, funnel metrics, reporting, and the operational mechanics required to run a high-performing TA function Ability to balance hands-on execution, team leadership, stakeholder management, and process improvement Comfort operating in ambiguity while bringing structure, clarity, and accountability to the recruiting process Exceptional communication, judgment, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills Experience recruiting for enterprise software, logistics, supply chain, ecommerce, fulfillment, or technology-enabled operations businesses Experience hiring Product, Engineering, AI, Data Science, Machine Learning, or technical leadership roles during a period of rapid growth Experience managing offshore recruiting programs, global hiring partners, or international talent acquisition workflows Experience scaling recruiting operations through major funding rounds, rapid headcount growth, M&A activity, or IPO readiness Experience improving ATS discipline, recruiting dashboards, hiring manager scorecards, executive recruiting reporting, or recruiting operating cadences Company Overview Stord provides commerce enablement software and logistics services for e-commerce and omnichannel brands. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https//www.stord.com.

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