Sr Director - Executive Recruiting

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. 

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. 

When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers.

The Sr Director - Executive Recruiting is the strategic leader responsible for designing, deploying, and governing the processes by which GEICO identifies, assesses, and hires its most senior executive talent (Director and above). You will operate at the enterprise level, partnering closely with senior stakeholders to strengthen leadership pipelines and deliver high-impact outcomes. From market insights to candidate engagement to assessment, you will oversee the full journey of executive recruitment—building trusted partnerships, leveraging market intelligence, and cultivating inclusive networks of talent that ensure GEICO is equipped with the leadership needed to thrive in the fast-paced, competitive insurance landscape.

As a direct report to the Head of Talent, you will set the vision and strategy for enterprise-wide executive recruitment – designing data-driven approaches that attract diverse, world-class leaders aligned with our values and long-term business priorities. Through market insights, strategic storytelling, and stakeholder engagement, you will position GEICO as an employer of choice – creating a destination for purpose-driven careers that fuel our vision.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Function Establishment & Governance

• Design, implement, and own the Executive Search Operating Model, defining the standards, processes, and selection methodology for all executive searches, including decisioning on when to partner with top executive search firms
• Translate business priorities into actionable talent strategies that strengthen leadership pipelines and drive organizational success.
• Define clear standards for intake, scoping, talent mapping, prospecting, candidate presentation, and interview stages to ensure consistency
• Create, lead, and execute the executive search process, govern and report on recruiting metrics, as well as search firm spend and cost avoidance
• Act as the primary strategic advisor to the C-suite, and business leaders, building trust in the internal team's ability to successfully fill critical leadership gaps balanced with a measured approach to search firm engagement
• Ensure all senior candidates, regardless of outcome, receive a premium, consistent, and respectful experience that reinforces the employer brand
• Establish future-focused relationships with passive executive talent by assessing leadership potential and brand alignment, ensuring a proactive pipeline.

People Leadership

• Manage an Executive Search Team and the full life cycle of executive recruitment, from strategic intake and market mapping to candidate engagement, assessment, and onboarding
• Direct team efforts toward sourcing for active searches while launching continuous projects to map external talent for multiple leadership profiles at a time
• Communicate expectations of team dynamics, performance, and relationship building with internal and external stakeholders
• Establish clear and concise performance goals for each team member and ensure open lines of communication on progress towards goals
• Identify opportunities for development, appropriate training, and potential certifications

What You’ll Need

• Minimum of 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in executive recruiting, with significant tenure leading VP-level and above searches, ideally within a high-growth, high-scale insurance &/or technology environment
• Proven experience designing and/or overhauling executive search processes, creating more mature practices and higher value
• Exceptional communication skills with a demonstrated ability to partner, influence, and build credibility with C-level executives and the Board
• Proven experience serving as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to business leaders, proactively exploring and recommending options related to organizational design and talent strategy
• Deep commitment to aligning rigorous selection practices with organizational values and a demonstrated understanding of how executive talent directly drives large-scale business transformation
• Demonstrated expert on trends within the market & industries, as well as internal shifts that may impact the business and hiring demands
• Current pulse on the market landscape of emerging technology that is disrupting the talent acquisition lifecycle and identifying opportunities for innovation
• Driven proactive market research and promote/drive referrals especially in areas where the talent landscape is particularly competitive
• Integrate primary research, internal data, secondary sources, and marketplace intelligence in analyses that drive business decisions; embrace data & analytics
• Influence and educate stakeholders and interviewers, delivering on a consistent recruiting process for both the client and candidate
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners (i.e. search firms)
• Demonstrated track record of building scalable processes and systems from the ground up in high-growth environments
• Exceptional change management skills with experience leading organizational transformations and driving adoption of new processes or tools
• Strong analytical capabilities with experience building reporting frameworks, analyzing recruiting metrics, and translating data into actionable insights

 

Annual Salary

$121,975.00 - $189,625.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

 

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

 

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We’re an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you’ll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people’s lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career – and your potential – in mind.  You’ll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.