AVP-Talent Acquisition - Executive Recruiting

Position Summary

The Assistant Vice President, Executive Recruiting is responsible for leading the enterprise executive recruiting function and developing a best-in-class executive search strategy that enables the organization to attract, engage, and hire world-class leadership talent. This leader serves as a strategic advisor to the CHRO, HR Leadership Team, Global Head of Talent Acquisition, and senior business executives, ensuring executive hiring aligns with enterprise strategy, succession planning priorities, and long-term business objectives.

The AVP will oversee executive search execution, talent intelligence, market mapping, executive candidate assessment and engagement, and talent sourcing for senior leadership roles. This role is accountable for delivering an exceptional executive candidate and stakeholder experience while reducing reliance on external search firms, improving hiring outcomes, and strengthening leadership pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Recruiting Strategy

• Co-develop and execute the enterprise-wide executive recruiting strategy for VP and SVP hiring.
• Establish a centralized Executive Recruiting Center of Excellence (COE) with governance, standards, and performance metrics.
• Align executive hiring strategies with enterprise growth plans, transformation initiatives, desired market driven behavioral attributes, and succession planning priorities.
• Provide executive-level talent market intelligence, competitor insights, and workforce trends to business leaders.

Executive Search Leadership

• Lead complex executive searches across all corporate functions and business units.
• Partner directly with senior executives to define leadership requirements, success profiles, and selection criteria.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality assessment and hiring practices across executive-level roles.

Talent Intelligence

• Build proactive executive talent pipelines through ongoing market mapping and competitive intelligence.
• Partner with Talent Management and HR leaders to integrate external talent acquisition with succession planning efforts.
• Identify emerging leadership talent across industries and critical talent segments.
• Deliver executive talent insights that inform workforce and leadership planning decisions.

Executive Client Partnership

• Serve as highly credible trusted advisor to executive business leaders.
• Consult on organizational design, talent availability, market competitiveness, and executive compensation considerations.
• Influence hiring decisions through data-driven recommendations and market expertise.
• Foster strong relationships across HR, Talent Management, Compensation, and business leadership teams.

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop a small team of executive talent sourcing experts, researchers, talent intelligence professionals, and a candidate experience specialist.
• Establish performance expectations, capability development plans, and succession strategies for the recruiting organization.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Operational Excellence

• Establish executive recruiting KPIs, dashboards, and reporting processes.
• Drive improvements in quality of hire, time-to-fill, candidate experience, executive retention, and cost efficiency.
• Optimize the use of recruitment technology, talent intelligence tools, and executive search methodologies.
• Manage executive search vendor relationships and agency utilization governance.

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition, executive search, talent intelligence, or related experience.
• 5+ years leading executive recruiting or talent intelligence teams in a large, complex organization.
• Demonstrated success leading or influencing VP and SVP searches.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and enterprise leadership teams.
• Strong knowledge of executive assessment, succession planning, talent intelligence, and market mapping.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Leadership, or related field.
• Experience building or transforming an in-house executive recruiting function.
• Experience reducing agency dependency through internal executive recruiting capability.
• Telecommunications, technology, media, consulting, or Fortune 500 experience.



Our AVP-Talent Acquisition jobs earn between $191,400.00 - $287,200.00 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.


Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Extensive employee wellness programs
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone
• Long Term Grants and Deferred Compensation
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 28 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Dallas, Texas

Salary Range:

$191,400.00 - $287,200.00

It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.