Description
GENERAL SUMMARY
As an Associate Executive Recruiter & Research Partner, you play a critical role in supporting Providence''s executive recruiting function through a blend of recruitment execution, executive sourcing, and talent intelligence. This role serves as a developmental pathway into senior executive recruiting, providing exposure to all phases of the executive search process while building expertise in candidate identification, market research, talent mapping, and executive assessment.
You will lead select leadership searches while partnering closely with the Head of Executive Recruiting, Senior Executive Recruiters, and the Sourcing & Research team. Success in this role requires strong research capabilities, intellectual curiosity, relationship-building skills, and the ability to transform market insights into recruiting strategies that help Providence attract exceptional leaders.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Search Research & Talent Mapping
Conduct proactive talent mapping, market intelligence, and organizational research to identify executive and leadership talent across healthcare and adjacent industries.
Develop target company lists, organizational maps, succession pipelines, and competitive talent analyses to inform search strategies.
Research industry trends, executive movement, and talent market dynamics to support recruiting leadership and hiring executives.
Executive Candidate Sourcing
Build and maintain robust pipelines of executive and leadership talent through networking, referrals, market research, and direct sourcing techniques.
Identify and engage passive candidates for executive and hard-to-fill leadership positions.
Utilize sourcing technologies, professional networks, and research methodologies to uncover diverse and highly qualified leadership talent.
Full-Cycle Recruitment for Assigned Searches
Lead end-to-end recruitment efforts for designated leadership positions, including intake consultations, sourcing strategy development, candidate assessment, interviewing, and offer facilitation.
Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders throughout the recruitment process.
Executive Search Project Support
Partner with senior executive recruiters on C-suite and executive-level searches by supporting candidate development, talent research, market assessments, and search execution.
Contribute to position specifications, candidate evaluation summaries, search updates, and executive search presentations.
Candidate Assessment & Relationship Management
Conduct candidate screening and assessment conversations focused on leadership capabilities, cultural alignment, career motivations, compensation expectations, and relocation considerations.
Develop meaningful relationships with executive talent and maintain engagement throughout the search process.
Internal Talent & Succession Planning
Support talent review and succession planning efforts through internal talent identification, leadership pipeline analysis, and readiness assessments.
Partner with Talent Management and HR leaders to increase visibility of internal executive talent.
Operational Excellence
Maintain accurate search documentation, candidate records, market intelligence, and recruiting activity within recruitment systems.
Track pipeline activity, search progress, sourcing effectiveness, and candidate outcomes to support continuous improvement.
What Success Looks Like
Develops deep knowledge of executive talent markets and healthcare leadership trends.
Builds strong executive candidate pipelines for current and future leadership opportunities.
Demonstrates exceptional research, talent mapping, and sourcing capabilities.
Delivers high-quality market intelligence that influences search strategy and hiring decisions.
Establishes trusted relationships with candidates, hiring leaders, and senior recruiting partners.
Balances multiple searches, research projects, and sourcing initiatives with strong attention to detail and execution.
Contributes to Providence''s long-term succession planning and leadership pipeline strategies.
Consistently delivers an exceptional and highly personalized candidate experience.
Experience Requirement
Required: Bachelor''s degree in business or healthcare administration or equivalent and 2 years of experience in leadership recruiting, talent research, talent sourcing, recruitment coordination, or a combination thereof.
Updated Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Demonstrated executive research, talent mapping, and candidate sourcing capabilities.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate market intelligence into actionable recruiting strategies.
Excellent interviewing, assessment, and relationship management skills.
Ability to identify and engage passive executive talent across diverse markets.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop executive-level candidate profiles and search documentation.
Exceptional organizational and project management abilities.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent searches, research projects, and sourcing initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with executive recruiters, hiring leaders, and HR partners.
High degree of professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality when handling sensitive executive search matters.
About Providence
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate''s placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Requsition ID: 454350 Company: Providence Jobs Job Category: Talent Acquisition Job Function: Human Resources Job Schedule: Full time Job Shift: Day Career Track: Business Professional Department: 4002 SS HR EXE RECR SRVC Address: WA Renton 1801 Lind Ave SW Work Location: Providence Valley Office Park-Renton Workplace Type: Hybrid Pay Range: $39.45 - $61.24 The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
| Location | Renton, WA |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Salary | $39.45–$61.24 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1859 |
| Website | http://www.providence.org/ |

As the third largest not-for-profit health system in the United States, we are committed to providing for the needs of our communities – especially for those who are poor and vulnerable – across Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
Our system includes more than 82,000 caregivers (all employees) serving in a diverse range of ministries from birth to end of life, including acute care, physician clinics, long-term and assisted living, palliative and hospice care, home health, supportive housing and education.
We operate 34 hospitals, 600 physician clinics, 22 long-term care facilities, 19 hospice and home health programs and 693 supportive housing units in 14 locations. Our health plan serves our caregivers and other large employer groups covering 513,000 members.
On any given day, we care for more than 1,200 people in our long-term care settings, more than 4,000 in our hospitals and more than 15,000 in our clinic settings. Daily, we serve more than 7,000 people in our many home health and palliative care programs and almost 800 in supportive housing. We touch more than five times as many lives in non-acute settings as we do in the traditional hospital setting.
When the Sisters arrived in the Pacific Northwest in 1856, they came to answer a call for help from a new pioneer community. What they found were many communities in need of service, and so with dedication to the Mission and collaboration with like-minded partners, their ministry grew to what is now a five-state health system.
Providence Health & Services continues a tradition of caring that the Sisters of Providence began more than 158 years ago. The cornerstone of our Mission is to provide compassionate care that is accessible for all – especially those who are poor and vulnerable.


Our benefits help us care for our employees and their families by supporting their wellness and providing tools that promote financial security and professional growth.*

We are deeply honored that Providence facilities have been distinguished with national awards and certifications. At Providence Health & Services, our dedication to excellence is evident in the service our people demonstrate every day. Here, you’ll find an environment built on the core values of respect, compassion, justice, excellence and stewardship. They are at the heart of everything we do...and others have noticed.




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