DISCOVER Hiring for Principal Recruiter, Executive Search at Riverwoods, Illinois Full Time

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it – we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world’s leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description 

This role will serve as a critical component to the Executive Recruitment Function by building relationships to attract top talent to fill Director and above level roles across the enterprise. This highly visible role will have the ability to rotate into full life-cycle recruiting and serve as an advisor to executive leadership on how to support talent initiatives. Partnering closely with the Managers and Directors of Executive Recruitment, this Lead will utilize internal and external networks, referral sources, internet based platforms, and traditional sourcing techniques to attract highly sought after candidates for Discover.

How You’ll Do It

• Deliver high-quality, pre-screened, active, and passive candidates for current and future openings.

• Work with Recruiting Managers to develop and execute sourcing strategies to meet overall recruiting goals and build talent pipelines based on Business Unit workforce planning. 

• Represent Talent Acquisition to internal and external stakeholders and deliver solutions to fulfill recruitment and other talent acquisition projects.

• Evaluate candidates and make recommendations to hiring managers and other stakeholders.

• Proactively identify and source passive candidates using multiple techniques including name generation research, relationship building and existing talent pools in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

• Maintain excellent understanding of a variety of sourcing tools and is adept at evaluating and managing timing and appropriate use of each resource.

• Obtain talent-market intelligence and provide on-going feedback based on market realities, accompanied by supporting data and metrics.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while prioritizing work based on Business needs and deadlines.

• Research and adopt innovative approaches, including diverse resources, to enhance existing sourcing efforts.

• Develop social networking contacts via groups, Social Media, association contacts, etc.

• Help to create and deliver content to increase visibility of the Discover Employment Brand.

• Collect, manage and report on project and talent market data/metrics.

• Map target organizations and build organizational charts based on research and discussions.

Qualifications You’ll Need 

The Basics

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or a business-related field

• 4+ years of experience in sourcing, human resources consulting, operations management

• In lieu of a degree, 6+ years of experience in recruiting, HR consulting, operations management

Bonus Points If You Have

• 6+ years of experience as executive recruiter, sourcer, full-cycle corporate recruiter in a corporate talent acquisition environment or agency setting

• Demonstrated experience in core recruiting skills (job requirements gathering, planning, sourcing, selecting, cold calling, phone screening)

• Demonstrated ability to effectively develop plans and execute sourcing strategy

• Prior executive sourcing or recruitment experience highly preferred

• Excellent communication (oral and written) skills and must also have high sense of urgency, strong work ethic and can manage ambiguity

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

• Experience with Workday, CRM or other ATS systems preferred

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law) . We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.