Delivery Manager
Job Description
Our Firm:
Cultura Solutions is a boutique executive search firm in Minneapolis, MN. We partner with executives at organizations across several industry verticals including Manufacturing, Construction, Healthcare, Retail, Financial Services, Non-Profit, BioTech, and Information Technology to help them identify and hire impactful “succession plan” leaders. These are the mid to upper level managers within our client’s corporate services functions who will have short and long term impact at the company.
We are leadership workforce experts and talent advisors delivering counsel, guidance, and ultimately a return on our clients' hiring investment. We are diligent, strategic, creative, and committed to delivery excellence on each and every search engagement we are asked to lead. We do this via exceptional story-telling and messaging techniques to engage passive-seeking talent prospects.
Cultura Solutions operates on a foundational philosophy of focusing less on business development volume, and instead, offering more dedication to service and search delivery which allows us to achieve uncommon levels of success within our industry. We provide uniquely dedicated service to our client-partners, and ensure a successful and impactful leadership hire every time we are entrusted to do so. When making decisions, we believe in putting people before profits, driving trust and transparency into our everyday operations.
Our mission is to be the most TRUSTED leadership search partner in the business. Cultura Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Position Summary - Delivery Manager
Reporting to the Managing Partner, the Delivery Manager is responsible for executing full cycle recruiting of impactful mid to senior level leaders across core Corporate Business functions including Marketing, Operations, Information Technology, Sales, Finance, and/or Human Resources leadership.
In this role, you will partner with the firm’s principals and their clients to define strategic hiring objectives and talent gaps. You will craft custom approaches and search strategies for each individual search assignment through comprehensive research and sourcing efforts. You will build and maintain prospect lists of leaders who meet and/or exceed each individual client-partner’s needs, and you will deliver on search projects through creative and engaging outreach and messaging efforts.
You will also act as a thought leader and subject matter expert on market trends, general recruiting intelligence, industry changes, and talent marketplace shifts.
You will also share in creative ideation for operational improvements and new ways of delivering our work.
Responsibilities:
- Partners with Cultura Solutions’ principals to fully understand the client-partner’s talent gap and strategic hiring objectives
- Assists in crafting a custom and creative research/delivery strategy for each particular search engagement
- Conducts extensive outreach and deep-dive assessments of prospective leadership candidates
- Evaluates all critical skills and experiences of each prospective candidate via phone and in person
- Stays knowledgeable and abreast of leading industry trends, recruiting best practices, market intel, etc.
- Creates documentation for prospective candidates to share each client-partner’s story in a compelling fashion
- Builds relationships with candidate prospects in assessing their qualifications, their ability to transition to a new opportunity, their cultural fit, and compatibility to our client-partner’s hiring needs and organization.
- Offers counsel and guidance through compensation negotiation process to assignment completion
- Utilizes CRM system to document and track all communications, candidate prospect profiles, and client-partner engagements
- Establishes and maintains a sphere of influence with professional industry contacts
- Assists client-partners in interviewing process of prospective leaders, as well as offer and on-boarding, if applicable
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned by firm leaders
- Offers suggestions and new ideas to drive the continued growth and evolution of the firm’s operational processes
- Participates in business development processes and client meetings to assist in the growth of the firm’s client-base
- This role requires extensive phone work - if you are not comfortable engaging with people via telephone, this opportunity is not a fit for you
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Extremely passionate about helping organizations thrive through hiring impactful leaders
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a professional recruiting capacity - experience recruiting at the leadership level is ideal but not required
- Ability to influence people’s decisions through engaging, honest, and transparent conversation
- Extremely detail oriented - never settles for mediocrity
- Ability to work very independently without losing focus or motivation
- Professional poise and polish with ability to partner with, counsel, and sometimes challenge senior executive staff
- Exceptional verbal/written communication skills and ability to tell engaging stories
- Proven ability in establishing effective, transparent working relationships internally and externally
- Experience meeting deadlines in a project delivery capacity
- Ability to work within a start-up environment with constantly shifting priorities
- Precise organization, time management, and prioritization skills
- Interested in continued professional growth, development, and education - highly coach able
- Creative thinking and problem solving skills
- Strong business acumen, depth of market insight, and knowledge of industry practices and/or principles
- CRM/ATS exposure ideal
If you're interested in learning more, please reach out to Brian Peterson at bpeterson@cultura-solutions.com or Lexy Johnson at ljohnson@cultura-solutions.com. Thank you for your consideration!