Executive Recruiter

Generac Power Systems Inc offers a career focused on building leadership teams for the long term. In this onsite role in Waukesha, WI, you will lead executive recruiting for Vice President and above positions, partnering closely with senior leaders, HR, and Compensation to support both immediate hiring needs and succession planning.

What you’ll do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for Vice President and above roles across the enterprise, with occasional Director-level searches based on business needs and requisition volume.
• Partner with executive leaders and HR Business Partners to clarify leadership requirements, organizational needs, and the talent profile for success.
• Design and run tailored executive search strategies, including proactive sourcing, networking, and engagement of passive executive talent.
• Build and maintain executive talent pipelines using talent mapping, market research, and ongoing relationship development.
• Assess executive candidates through interviews and evaluation, and support hiring leaders with succession benchmarking and informed perspectives on talent and the external market.
• Provide talent market insights, organizational mapping, and competitive intelligence to support executive hiring decisions.
• Collaborate with Compensation and HR leadership to support competitive executive offers and negotiations tied to executive compensation and equity programs.
• Bring expertise across executive compensation components, including base salary, annual incentives, long-term incentive plans, restricted stock units, performance-based equity awards, sign-on equity, equity buyout arrangements, and retention awards.
• Manage highly confidential executive searches and candidate information with discretion while ensuring compliance with applicable employment laws, company policies, and recruiting practices.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of progressive recruiting experience.
• 5+ years of executive recruiting experience focused on Vice President-level and above positions.
• Demonstrated success recruiting executive talent in a corporate or executive search firm environment.
• Deep expertise in executive search, talent identification, and executive candidate assessment.
• Strong understanding of public company executive compensation and equity programs, including long-term incentives and equity-based compensation.
• Strong executive presence, business acumen, and organizational awareness, with ability to build credibility and influence with senior leaders.
• Strong negotiation, closing, and written and verbal communication skills, with ability to manage highly confidential information with discretion.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Employee stock purchase opportunities
• Education assistance
• Additional employee benefits

Interview process

• Application Review: Generac receives hundreds of applications for some roles. Review may take a few days, and applicants can expect communication regarding their application status.
• Recruiter / Hiring Manager Call: 30 minute phone conversation
• Round 1 Interview: 60 minute Teams video call
• Final Onsite Interview: 1 hour onsite case study presentation