Modern Executive Solutions

The Role We are seeking a Director (Senior Associate- level) to join our Human Resources retained executive search practice. Directors typically have a primary and secondary practice. The HR Practice would be your major, and an industry or other functional practice would be your minor. This is a high-accountability role for an experienced executive search professional who wants to own the research strategy and lead first-round executive assessment across complex, enterprise-level searches. You will: · Own research and market mapping strategy across multiple retained searches · Conduct first-round executive interviews and lead the majority of first-stage assessments · Exercise strong judgment in candidate calibration and advancement decisions · Play an active role in client update calls, presenting market insights and candidate recommendations · Mentor Associates and Associate Directors · Maintain high standards of quality, rigor, and execution Directors typically manage six concurrent searches and deliver approximately 14+ searches annually. Our HR Practice focuses on senior HR leadership roles — including CHRO, CPO, Chief Talent Officer, SVP Total Rewards, and Head of Talent Acquisition — primarily within large, complex, and Fortune 500 organizations. Why Modern? Purpose-Driven Work: Join a team that is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and gives back to the community by donating 10% of annual profits to support underserved youth and educational opportunities. Impactful Projects: Contribute to meaningful projects that positively impact clients’ organizations, communities, and the development of diverse leaders. Professional Growth: Gain exposure to various aspects of the business, with opportunities for mentorship, leadership development, and career advancement. Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with a 401(k) match. Flexibility & Balance: Benefit from a flexible remote work environment, paid parental leave, and an office setup stipend to support your work-from-home needs. Our Values Be Bold: Think strategically, seeing implications and creative paths. Innovates commercially – seeks to understand client perspective to drive impact. Innovates internally - seeks to improve processes, procedures, and technology used within and across their teams.  Be Excellent: Deliver client ready work, with attention to detail, raising the bar of expectations within team and with data integrity to include the use of all company tools and systems. Motivated by excellence to the benefit of clients and our firm.   Be United: Be an inclusive ‘team player,’ willing to support, develop and ‘go the extra mile’ to deliver impact with others. Proactively develops trusting relationships both within and outside our firm.   Be Authentic: Demonstrate awareness, coachability and a desire to grow with continuous improvement. Motivated by a personal purpose aligned with our firm’s mission and values. Is accountable for delivery of client ready work.  Modern Executive Solutions is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, disability status, veteran or military status or care-giver status. Please contact us at careers@modernexec.com if you need assistance completing this application.

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description We are seeking a Director to join our Human Resources retained executive search practice. Directors typically have a primary and secondary practice. The HR Practice would be your major, and an industry or other functional practice would be your minor. This is a high-accountability role for an experienced executive search professional who wants to own the research strategy and lead first-round executive assessment across complex, enterprise-level searches. - Own research and market mapping strategy across multiple retained searches - Conduct first-round executive interviews and lead the majority of first-stage assessments - Exercise strong judgment in candidate calibration and advancement decisions - Play an active role in client update calls, presenting market insights and candidate recommendations - Mentor Associates and Associate Directors - Maintain high standards of quality, rigor, and execution Directors typically manage six concurrent searches and deliver approximately 14+ searches annually. Our HR Practice focuses on senior HR leadership roles — including CHRO, CPO, Chief Talent Officer, SVP Total Rewards, and Head of Talent Acquisition — primarily within large, complex, and Fortune 500 organizations. Qualifications - 5+ years in retained executive search or senior-level executive recruiting - Experience managing multiple concurrent executive searches - Demonstrated ownership of research strategy and market mapping (90%+ accuracy expected) - Experience conducting executive-level interviews (VP, SVP, C-suite) - Strong executive presence and communication skills - High standards for quality and accountability Requirements - HR executive search experience within enterprise environments is strongly preferred, but those with an interest in HR retained executive search will be considered. Benefits - Purpose-Driven Work: Join a team that is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and gives back to the community by donating 10% of annual profits to support underserved youth and educational opportunities. - Impactful Projects: Contribute to meaningful projects that positively impact clients’ organizations, communities, and the development of diverse leaders. - Professional Growth: Gain exposure to various aspects of the business, with opportunities for mentorship, leadership development, and career advancement. - Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with a 401(k) match. - Flexibility & Balance: Benefit from a flexible remote work environment, paid parental leave, and an office setup stipend to support your work-from-home needs. Company Description - Be Bold: Think strategically, seeing implications and creative paths. Innovates commercially – seeks to understand client perspective to drive impact. Innovates internally - seeks to improve processes, procedures, and technology used within and across their teams. - Be Excellent: Deliver client ready work, with attention to detail, raising the bar of expectations within team and with data integrity to include the use of all company tools and systems. Motivated by excellence to the benefit of clients and our firm. - Be United: Be an inclusive ‘team player,’ willing to support, develop and ‘go the extra mile’ to deliver impact with others. Proactively develops trusting relationships both within and outside our firm. - Be Authentic: Demonstrate awareness, coachability and a desire to grow with continuous improvement. Motivated by a personal purpose aligned with our firm’s mission and values. Is accountable for delivery of client ready work. Modern Executive Solutions is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, disability status, veteran or military status, or caregiver status. Please contact us at careers@modernexec.com if you need assistance completing this application.

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description We are seeking a Director to join our Technology Practice. Directors typically have a primary and secondary Practice. Technology would be your primary practice. This is a high-accountability role for an experienced executive search professional who wants to own research strategy and lead first-round executive assessment across complex, enterprise-level searches. - Own research and market mapping strategy across multiple retained searches - Conduct first-round executive interviews and lead the majority of first-stage assessments - Exercise strong judgment in candidate calibration and advancement decisions - Play an active role in client update calls, presenting market insights and candidate recommendations - Mentor Associates and Associate Directors - Maintain high standards of quality, rigor, and execution Directors typically manage six concurrent searches and deliver approximately 14+ searches annually. Our Technology Practice focuses on senior technology leadership roles — including CIO, CTO, CDO, CISO, VP Engineering, and related enterprise leaders — primarily within large, complex, and Fortune 500 organizations. Qualifications - 5+ years in retained executive search or senior-level executive recruiting - Experience managing multiple concurrent executive searches - Demonstrated ownership of research strategy and market mapping (90%+ accuracy expected) - Experience conducting executive-level interviews (VP, SVP, C-suite) - Strong executive presence and communication skills - High standards for quality and accountability - Technology executive search experience within enterprise environments is strongly preferred, but those with an interest in technology executive search will be considered. Benefits - Join a team that is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and gives back to the community by donating 10% of annual profits to support underserved youth and educational opportunities. - Contribute to meaningful projects that positively impact clients’ organizations, communities, and the development of diverse leaders. - Gain exposure to various aspects of the business, with opportunities for mentorship, leadership development, and career advancement. - Enjoy a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with a 401(k) match. - Benefit from a flexible remote work environment, paid parental leave, and an office setup stipend to support your work-from-home needs. Company Description Modern Executive Solutions is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, disability status, veteran or military status, or caregiver status. Please contact us at careers@modernexec.com if you need assistance completing this application.

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description The Associate Director leads core components of retained executive searches within our Technology Practice. This is a research-led role that includes candidate first-round interviews. You are responsible for: - Defining the target market - Conducting rigorous market mapping - Building accurate, high-quality pipelines - Engaging candidates directly through structured first-stage interviews - Contributing to candidate assessment discussions and slate development Associate Directors typically manage ~5 concurrent retained searches. Searches are typically staffed with a three-person team, often including: - Senior Partner - Managing Director - Associate Director As the Associate Director, you lead research and market mapping, conduct first-round candidate interviews, and manage early-stage candidate development. You work directly with senior leadership on search strategy, target identification, and candidate evaluation. Because teams are small and accountability is clear, scope and responsibility are visible. Progression from Associate Director to Director is based on demonstrated capability and readiness rather than tenure, and can occur more quickly than in larger, more layered search firms. Qualifications - Demonstrated ability to manage ~5 concurrent retained searches with consistent quality and pace (approximately 12+ searches annually) - Proven strength in research strategy and systematic market mapping - Track record of building accurate target company lists and candidate pipelines, achieving 80%+ mapping accuracy - Experience conducting first-round candidate interviews and contributing to structured candidate assessment - Ability to independently draft client-ready materials with minimal edits - Strong discipline in maintaining accurate search workflow within an ATS - Experience supporting VP, SVP, or C-suite searches - Technology search experience is helpful but not required - Open to outstanding researchers from retained executive search firms with a strong interest in technology leadership markets - Consideration for executive search researchers or recruiters from in-house teams supporting VP, SVP, or C-suite hiring within technology companies or large enterprises - Demonstrated rigor in market mapping, structured candidate assessment, and executive-level engagement Benefits - Purpose-Driven Work: Join a team committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and giving back to the community by donating 10% of annual profits to support underserved youth and educational opportunities. - Impactful Projects: Contribute to meaningful projects that positively impact clients’ organizations, communities, and the development of diverse leaders. - Professional Growth: Gain exposure to various aspects of the business, with opportunities for mentorship, leadership development, and career advancement. - Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, along with a 401(k) match. - Flexibility & Balance: Benefit from a flexible remote work environment, paid parental leave, and an office setup stipend to support your work-from-home needs. Company Description Modern Executive Solutions is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, disability status, veteran or military status, or caregiver status. Please contact us at careers@modernexec.com if you need assistance completing this application.