divh2Executive Recruiting Researcher/h2pSan Jose, California, USA/ppZscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the worlds largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location./ppHere, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debatewere focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability./ppWe value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where youre enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If youre driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team thats helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity./ph3Role/h3pWe are looking for an Executive Recruiting Researcher to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in San Jose, CA, reporting to the Head of Executive Recruiting./ppAs an Executive Recruiting Researcher, you are the strategic intelligence engine of our leadership hiring. This isnt traditional sourcing; it is a high-visibility role where your market intelligence and talent mapping directly influence the leadership bench for our most business critical roles across the enterprise. Working closely with our Executive Recruiters, you will serve as a thought partner to our C-suite and VP-level stakeholders, providing rich insights needed to attract the ungettable talent that drives our global scale./ph3What Youll Do (Role Expectations)/h3ulliBuild comprehensive, visual maps of competitor organizations and technical ecosystems (e.g., SASE, Zero Trust, AI/ML, Agentic) to identify the architects of industry shifts/liliLead the implementation of short- and long-term hiring plans for complex technical functions, delivering qualitative and quantitative research that informs search parameters/liliCultivate long-term relationships with passive, high-level prospects, providing evaluations aligned with our Cultural Attributes and Ways of Working/liliProactively identify and map leadership talent from varied backgrounds to ensure we build a diverse and representative leadership team/liliMonitor the security landscapeincluding MA activity, funding rounds, and major breachesto provide real-time education to executives on market availability/li/ulh3Who You Are (Success Profile)/h3ulliYou thrive in ambiguity. Youre comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful./liliYou act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to whats needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution./liliYou are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedbackknowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust./liliYou are data-driven. You use data and analytics to find the truth, measure what matters, and guide informed decisions. You value evidence over assumptions, replacing I think with I know to drive better outcomes./liliYou lead with integrity. You do the right thing, even when its hard. You hold yourself and others to a high standard of accountability and build trust by matching your words with consistent, transparent action./li/ulh3What Were Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)/h3ulliPrior experience in a top-tier search firm or in-house executive recruiting team/liliProven experience conducting qualitative talent research and mapping complex organizational structures/liliFluency with talent platforms, market analytics tools, and OSINT research methodologies/li/ulh3What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)/h3ulliDirect experience with Enterprise SaaS or Cybersecurity leadership hiring/liliAbility to influence C-level stakeholders without authority, using data-driven insights to challenge assumptions and calibrate searches/liliA growth mindset with the ability to quickly synthesize data from multiple sources into actionable hiring strategies/li/ulpBase Pay Range $115,500 - $165,000 USD/p/div