Global Executive Talent Acquisition Director (Client Aligned)

Are you passionate about finding and hiring the best executive level talent for Microsoft? Do you have the skills and experience to partner with executive leaders across the company? If so, you might be the ideal candidate to join our global executive talent acquisition team to work with the executive leader population within Microsoft. This position is dedicated to Microsoft’s top‑tier executive and succession priorities, where searches require elevated confidentiality, careful market signaling, and rigorous governance. The successful candidate will be trusted to engage senior stakeholders as a strategic advisor while preserving privacy, sensitivity, and brand stewardship throughout the process. You will apply your deep business and industry acumen to develop and implement long-term, cross-company executive recruiting strategies focused on critical, technical, corporate and commercial leadership talent gaps. You will also collaborate with HR and business leaders, to ensure a seamless and positive candidate experience throughout the hiring lifecycle. Our executive recruiting practices are biased toward long-term relationship building, succession planning and proactive engagements. We seek an individual with expertise in these types of practices and experience in Artificial Intelligence hiring is particularly beneficial. This is an individual contributor role. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.