ThinkingAhead Executive Search is looking for high-performing, passionate recruiting professionals to join its award-winning team on a fully remote basis. For over 40 years, ThinkingAhead has recruited the highest-caliber candidates for a global list of clients ranging from emerging growth companies to the Fortune 500, and this is an opportunity to build a long-term career within one of the most respected boutique executive search firms in the United States. If you bring an entrepreneurial mindset, a genuine passion for connecting talent with opportunity, and the drive to build something lasting, ThinkingAhead offers the platform, the culture, and the support to make it happen.

In this role, you will generate clients and job requisitions using diverse business development methods, source and place high-caliber talent for your clients, and build and nurture lasting relationships with both candidates and hiring organisations. You will expand the ThinkingAhead brand in your market, execute a full lifecycle recruiting desk with autonomy, and connect the right talent with the right organisation at the right time. This is a production-driven role where your results define your trajectory.

The ideal candidate brings proven experience in recruiting, staffing, or sales, with a demonstrated track record of building a book of business and comfort operating within a draw plus commission and bonus compensation structure. Strong written and verbal communication skills, excellent time management and prioritisation abilities, creative thinking, and high motivation in a production-driven and matrixed environment are all essential. Experience managing B2B relationships and a degree from an accredited college or university are preferred. Above all, you bring a genuine desire to build a long-term career and grow within an organisation with more than four decades of history and a culture built on ethical recruiting and entrepreneurial spirit.

ThinkingAhead offers uncapped earnings, limitless potential for growth, and a supportive environment where success is celebrated. ThinkingAhead is part of Southwestern Family of Companies, a more than 170-year-old company, recognised as a USA Today Top Workplace and a Newsweek five-star America's Greatest Workplace 2024. You will join a team that consistently ranks among the best places to work in recruiting.

Apply Now: To apply, share your CV to nsayago@thinkingahead.com

When submitting your application, ensure your CV clearly highlights your experience in recruiting, staffing, or sales, your track record building a book of business, and any experience managing B2B relationships. Include examples of placements you have made, revenue you have generated, and how you have developed client and candidate relationships over time. Your cover letter should explain why you are drawn to the Executive Recruiter role at ThinkingAhead and reflect your entrepreneurial mindset, long-term career ambition, and alignment with an ethical, people-first recruiting culture. Feel free to forward this opportunity to anyone in your network who may be a strong fit.

About Us:
ThinkingAhead Executive Search has recruited the highest-caliber candidates for global clients ranging from emerging growth to the Fortune 500 for over 40 years, operating as a boutique executive search firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and a subsidiary of the Southwestern Family of Companies. The firm recruits across eight specialty practices including Banking and Commercial Finance, Energy and Renewables, Executive Leadership, Legal, Life Sciences, Nonprofit, Sales, and Technology, placing 295 professionals with over 200 clients worldwide in 2023 alone. ThinkingAhead has been twice honoured by Forbes as one of America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms, named one of Nashville's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, designated by Manage HR Magazine as a Top 10 Executive Search Firm, and recognised as a Top 10 Search Firm for Women of Color. ThinkingAhead works with the top 20 percent of talent, with 95 percent of candidates offered positions accepting them, compared to the industry average of only 60 percent. The firm's values are built on investing in people, inspiring them to reach their goals, and positively impacting communities worldwide.