Cloud Executive Recruiter

Google’s Executive Recruiting Team (ERT) supports the next generation of leadership across the company. As a Cloud Executive Recruiter in Washington, DC (onsite), you will partner with leaders to shape and run end-to-end executive searches for senior technical talent and organizational leaders, while using research-driven approaches and analytics to improve hiring.

Compensation: USD 136,000 - 196,000 per year. Minimum experience: 5 years.

What you’ll do

• Partner with leadership to define and acquire senior technical talent and organizational leaders, including addressing attrition and structural gaps to support growth and long-term business strategy.
• Run proactive, research-driven search strategies across global networks and resources to identify, engage, and recruit technical executive candidates.
• Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle, ensuring consistent communication, strategic alignment, and strong service for internal business partners.
• Perform rigorous assessments to develop insight into leadership styles, professional background, and technical fit for critical executive roles.
• Act as a domain talent expert, delivering competitive market assessments, organizational health insights, and tailored talent solutions aligned to business objectives.

What you bring

• 5 years of experience hiring executives (for example, VP+ talent).
• 5 years of experience in executive search, advising clients on talent and hiring, managing the search process (including setting and adjusting search strategy), working with internal or external research teams, and supporting applicants through the interview and offer process.
• 3 years of experience in the technology sector in a corporate or executive search firm environment.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience recruiting executive-level Engineering talent.
• Experience running full lifecycle executive searches, including partnering with a Research partner.
• Experience collaborating with hiring partners to deliver processes and hiring outcomes.
• Experience with executive compensation negotiations.

Google’s benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• 40 hours/year sick time (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle), including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• 13 paid holidays days per year

Additional information

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.

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.

Preferred working locations: Mountain View, CA; Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Boulder, CO; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Washington D.C., DC; Ann Arbor, MI.