Sr. Manager, Executive

Sr. Manager, Executive Recruiting

Capital One is seeking a Sr. Manager, Executive Recruiting to partner with senior executive stakeholders across the enterprise. This role will focus on attracting passive market‑leading talent and lead the design, delivery, and implementation of holistic executive recruiting strategies across various lines of businesses and functional areas.

• Curious: loves understanding people, their attitudes, needs, and behaviors
• Rigorous: understands what is required to get quality insights
• Bias for Action: can assess when and how to make tradeoffs between speed and quality; motivated self‑starter
• Organized: can own and drive projects to completion, prioritizing and influencing across multiple stakeholders
• Storyteller: comfortable packaging and presenting insights in a compelling way to senior level audiences
• Problem‑solver: loves to break down complex problems and push toward a solution
• Collaborative: brings a positive attitude and is enjoyable to work with

• Lead all aspects of the executive search lifecycle including search/market intelligence strategy, sourcing & identification of top talent communities, candidate cultivation, client management, offer negotiations, and executive onboarding.
• Act as a trusted advisor on market & industry trends and internal shifts that may impact hiring demands.
• Partner with hiring teams to build sourcing strategies, drive proactive market research, and promote/referrals especially in competitive talent landscape.
• Integrate primary research, internal data, secondary sources, and marketplace intelligence in analyses that drive business decisions; embrace data & analytics.
• Manage client and candidate expectations, advising on best practices when engaging passive candidates.
• Influence and educate stakeholders and interviewers, delivering on a consistent recruiting process for both client and candidate.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners and search firms.
• Collaborate with extended team (Business, HRCs, Compensation, Legal, Risk, Interview Logistics, etc.) to ensure alignment and to manage candidate experience through the offer negotiation process.
• Stay current on the market landscape of emerging technology that is disrupting the talent acquisition lifecycle and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Share Capital One’s value proposition and mission to the external talent market.
• Mentor and coach teammates, providing training on relevant industries and talent communities.

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military Experience.
• At least 5 years of recruiting or research experience in a global in‑house recruiting team, executive search firm, or a large multinational organization.

• 5+ years of experience advising and influencing executive leadership.
• 2+ years of experience recruiting tech or product executive talent.
• Proficiency with technology in a fast‑paced, ever‑changing environment.

Salary ranges:
McLean, VA: $177,700 – $202,800;
Richmond, VA: $161,500 – $184,300. Eligible for performance‑based incentive compensation.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable laws.

Capital One does not sponsor new applicants for employment authorization for this position.