Senior Executive Recruiter

Most recruiting roles start with candidates.

This one starts with a diagnosis.

At Ari Agency Executive Search, we partner with founders and leadership teams to make one decision that changes everything, the right leadership hire.

We’re not a volume shop.

We don’t work contingency.

And we don’t believe speed without strategy creates great outcomes.

Through our A-WAY™ framework, we define what an A-Player actually looks like before we ever go to market. That means understanding leadership dynamics, team gaps, and growth stage realities, not just a job description.

The Role

We’re hiring a Senior Executive Recruiter to lead retained searches across startups, scaleups, and high-growth global brands throughout North America.

This is a high-trust, high-impact role where you will:

• Own executive searches end-to-end (VP to C-level)
• Act as a strategic advisor to founders and leadership teams
• Go beyond the brief to shape the role and define success
• Identify and assess senior talent across Marketing, Product, Operations, Emerging Technology and growth leadership roles
• Lead client conversations, candidate processes, and close outcomes

What Makes This Different

• Strategy-first approach, not transactional recruiting
• Deep client partnership, not order-taking
• Focus on leadership impact, not just placement
• Real influence on how companies build their teams

Who You Are

• Experienced in executive search or senior-level recruitment (retained experience is a strong asset)
• Comfortable working with founders and senior executives
• Strong in both search execution and client-facing advisory
• Naturally curious, intuitive, and commercially minded
• Not afraid to challenge thinking and bring a point of view

Location

Remote, with preference for candidates based in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ontario

Why Join Us

You’ll be part of a firm that believes:

Finding talent isn’t the hard part.

Getting the strategy right is.

If you’re looking to do more than fill roles and want to play a real part in shaping next-gen leaders in high-growth founder-led companies, let’s talk.