Executive Recruiting Researcher, Google Cloud

Google

Sourced from Google's careers site · Posting last seen September 18, 2026

$111k–$159k Chicago, IL, US Atlanta, GA, US hybrid Full time 3+ years exp Company has sponsored H-1B before Posted September 10, 2026
Job description

About the Job

The Executive Recruiting Team (ERT) helps find, engage and hire the next generation of leadership talent across Google. The team’s work is focused on the critical leadership roles that will be responsible for the future of the company.

As an Executive Recruiting Researcher, you will focus on identifying and cultivating leadership talent to help build, deliver, and drive Google’s technologies and services. You will own the talent market for a particular business or function within Google, utilizing various tools, resources, and sourcing methodologies to identify and engage talent, develop long-lasting relationships, and match candidates with aligned leadership opportunities. In this role, you will solve problems, manage projects and processes, and deliver outcomes. You will have the opportunity to learn, discover, solve business challenges, and build relationships.
Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as "Human Resources"). We bring the world's most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $111000 - $159000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own search strategies and deliver research against those strategies for executive searches across various non-technical and technical functions (e.g., go-to-market, engineering, product management, etc.).
  • Provide effective project management, managing searches forward and creating consistent experiences for hiring managers/clients, applicants and colleagues.
  • Partner with executive recruiters to provide domain and market insights, identify trends, and advise executives on talent for their critical business needs.
  • Build relationships for the future with passive candidates and talent. 
  • Contribute to continuous improvement and innovation in the efficiency and effectiveness of our systems, services, and processes.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • 3 years of experience in sourcing or equivalent experience working in Sales, Customer Service, Account Management, Business Development or Operations, Lead Generation or a related field.
  • 1 year of of sourcing experience at a recruitment agency or in-house recruiting team.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in executive recruiting (outreach, engagement, evaluation, and presentation).
  • Experience maximizing teams as well as individual performance while being a collaborative team player.
  • Ability to be accountable, have integrity and authenticity.
  • Capability, credibility, and consultative skills to influence senior colleagues and stakeholders without authority.
  • Demonstrated success delivering executive services, especially board placement.
  • Open learning mindset and demonstrated capacity to quickly grasp new complex subject matter and to understand new markets, areas, roles, business initiatives.

Skills

  • sourcing
  • recruitment
  • stakeholder management
  • executive recruiting
  • candidate sourcing
  • relationship building
  • project management
  • leadership
  • talent acquisition
  • executive search
About this role

Summary

Identify, engage, and build relationships with leadership talent for Google.

Job title

Executive Recruiting Researcher

Experience

3+ years

Industry

human resources

Location

Chicago, IL · Hybrid

+ 2 more locations
  • Atlanta, GA · Hybrid
  • Austin, TX · Hybrid

As listed by the employer.

Salary

$111k–$159k

Listed in the job description

Visa sponsorship

Company has sponsored H-1B before

Management role

No

Posting history
  1. Sep 10, 2026 First posted
  2. Sep 10, 2026 Live now

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