Executive Search Lead - Technology

Executive Search Lead – Technology

Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Canonical is a founder‑led, profitable, remote‑first tech company with more than 1,200 colleagues in 75+ countries.

We are seeking an Executive Search Lead to teach our senior executives how to source senior talent in the Technology industry. Your key skills will be:

• Experience of identifying and approaching senior leadership talent from a professional search firm or from an in‑house search function, working within the Technology industry.
• Excellent knowledge of tools used to identify future talent, including market mapping.
• Strong analytical problem‑solving ability to identify trends and patterns from data, with SQL or Python.

Location: EMEA - Home based

• Develop a search strategy for our business and ensure processes enable headhunted talent to move smoothly through the pipeline.
• Coaching senior leadership teams to drive hiring outcomes, enabling them to become experts at approaching and attracting exceptional talent for their management and leadership positions.
• Driving talent analytics to provide our business with real‑time insight, using SQL or Python to identify trends in data.
• Conducting in‑depth behavioural talent interviews and providing considerable insights into motivations and behaviours.
• Building key relationships with global stakeholders to ensure we deliver against our hiring agenda, closely monitoring hiring activities and driving results.
• Seeking continuous improvement on hiring processes and outcomes.
• Bringing a passion for diversity and inclusion, ensuring we remove unconscious bias from our hiring process and ensuring our sourcing strategy underpins this.

• Professional experience of headhunting from a reputable executive search firm or in‑house search function, with an informed opinion of strategies and experience of successfully sourcing senior talent in the Technology industry.
• Exposure or appreciation of psychometric assessments.
• Strong analytical problem‑solving ability to identify trends and patterns from data using SQL or Python, with proficiency in Linked In talent modules.
• Experience of conducting behavioural, competency‑based interviews with the ability to train stakeholders and advise on how to get the best out of an interview.
• An exceptional academic background including a Bachelors or Masters degree in a Psychology or people‑based subject and a good level of Maths from High School.
• A high level of personal organisation to work remotely and be effective.
• Willingness to travel to company events 2‑4 times a year, for up to two weeks each.

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.

Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.