Director, Executive Marketing Insights & Sourcing

Director, Executive Marketing Insights & Sourcing

As part of Talent Acquisition, Capital One's Executive Recruiting team is a premier in-house search team partnering directly with senior enterprise leadership to identify, cultivate, and land transformative executive talent that drives impact for our business and accelerates our mission.

You will lead the Executive Market Insights & Sourcing function, serving as the strategic engine for our executive search process. In this highly visible leadership role, you will define, develop, and launch emerging technologies (e.g., AI-based recruitment platforms, Workday, Canvas, etc.) to innovate and deliver on our talent agenda. You will bridge specialized research and full-lifecycle recruiting—translating complex data, talent mappings, and market intelligence into high-impact recruiting strategies and clear narratives for executive business leaders.

If you thrive on ownership, analytical rigor, and working creatively and collaboratively across a matrixed organization to make a real impact on the business, this is the role for you!

Trusted Executive Advisor:
Operates as a true consultative partner to VP-to-EVP leadership and cross-functional partners. Brings executive presence, business acumen, and consultative confidence to challenge assumptions, guide expectations, and use market realities to steer leaders toward optimal talent strategies.

Curious & Intellectually Rigorous:
Driven by a passion for understanding people, corporate structures, and market dynamics. Understands what is required to get quality insights and deconstruct complex organizational landscapes.

Data-Driven Storyteller & Architect:
Skilled at interpreting, manipulating, and packaging first- and third-party data into polished, high-impact deliverables (e.g., market maps, data visualizations) that make competitive markets immediately understandable to senior audiences.

Bias for Action & Strategic Agility: A motivated self-starter who knows how to make trade-offs between speed and quality. Demonstrates resilience to pivot search strategies based on real-time market feedback without losing momentum.

Innovator & Problem-Solver:
Loves breaking down ambiguous "0-to-1" problems and artfully pushing toward solutions. Eager to test emerging technologies, AI sourcing tools, and modern methodologies to optimize workflows and disrupt the TA lifecycle.

Empowered Collaborator & People Leader:
Dedicated to building a win-as-a-team environment. Brings a positive attitude, draws connections across diverse matrixed teams, and focuses on developing a highly sought-after team of associates.

Strategic Leadership & Team Development

• Lead & Develop Talent:
  Direct a high-performing team of associates and researchers; mentor, coach, and grow strong talent with the potential to scale into broader organizational roles.
• Capability Transformation:
  Understand the design, delivery, and execution of full life-cycle TA technology and service delivery transformation programs. Partner across extended teams (People Analytics, Product Management, TA Shared Services, HRBPs, Compensation, Legal, Risk) to align on strategic priorities.

Market Intelligence, Sourcing & Bench Building

• Direct Sourcing & Talent Mapping:
  Drive direct sourcing strategies, high-touch talent attraction, and best-in-class 0-to-1 talent mappings across competitive landscapes (Tech, Product, Risk, Legal, HR, Financial Services).
• Proactive Bench Strength:
  Move beyond active searches to architect talent ecosystems and build bench strength 12–24+ months ahead of open executive needs.
• Cross-Functional & Referral Alignment:
  Partner with hiring teams and stakeholders to drive proactive research, establish referral strategies, and align candidate engagement plans in highly competitive markets.

Data Storytelling & Executive Advisory

• Insight Translation:
  Integrate primary research, internal data, secondary sources, competitor org designs, and marketplace intelligence to deliver actionable analyses that drive executive business decisions.
• Stakeholder Consultation:
  Confidently present and defend research methodologies to VP+ business…