Principal Recruiter - Europe

Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build, and grow great companies worldwide, helping them modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world. Banyan is Great Place to Work Certified, a five-time Inc. 5000 honoree, and a top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Banyan operates more than 100 portfolio companies across North America, the UK, EU, and APAC.

We’re building a portfolio of exceptional software businesses across the globe. As our European presence continues to expand through acquisitions and organic growth, we’re looking for a seasoned Principal Recruiter to independently lead and execute hiring across all levels, including executive search, across our portfolio companies and headquarters throughout Europe. This is a highly visible, high-impact role where you’ll operate as a strategic talent partner to CEOs, senior executives, and business leaders. You’ll own searches end-to-end: scoping roles, mapping markets, engaging candidates, and closing hires without needing day-to-day guidance. Beyond individual searches, you’ll help shape how we approach talent across a growing, multi-country portfolio, bringing structure, best practices, and market intelligence that raises the bar for the entire function. If you thrive on working autonomously, building trusted relationships with senior leaders, and solving complex hiring challenges across geographies, this is an opportunity to influence growth at both a regional and global level.

What You’ll Do

• Own and execute recruitment across all levels independently.
• Lead full-cycle hiring from intake through close, including executive-level searches (C-suite, VP, Managing Director, and other key leadership positions) across our growing European portfolio.
• Manage your own requisition load, prioritise competing demands, and drive results with minimal oversight.
• Build proactive, long-term talent pipelines.
• Continuously map talent landscapes across multiple European markets, identify emerging leaders, and cultivate relationships with high-calibre professionals well before hiring needs arise.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor to senior leaders.
• Partner directly with CEOs, executives, and leadership teams on talent market trends, organisational design, succession planning, and leadership hiring strategy.
• Bring structure and rigor to how we hire.
• Design and implement best-in-class recruiting processes that can be leveraged across portfolio companies, ensuring a consistent, high-quality hiring experience regardless of geography or business unit.
• Leverage data and competitive intelligence.
• Use market knowledge, compensation benchmarking, and talent analytics to inform hiring decisions and executive search strategies across diverse European geographies.
• Connect talent strategy to business outcomes.
• Work at the intersection of talent and business strategy, helping portfolio companies secure the leaders and key contributors they need to execute growth plans, drive transformation, and maximise long-term value creation.
• Elevate the broader recruiting function.
• Share expertise, mentor less experienced team members, and contribute to the development of scalable recruiting playbooks, tools, and standards across the organisation.

What You Bring

• Extensive recruiting experience, with deep expertise in executive search, leadership hiring, and senior-level talent acquisition.
• Proven ability to manage a complex full requisition load independently.
• Experience recruiting across multiple European markets with an understanding of diverse talent landscapes, cultures, labour regulations, and hiring environments.
• A track record of building and maintaining proactive executive talent pipelines in fast-paced, high-growth, or multi-business environments.
• Strong business acumen.
• Credibility with senior stakeholders.
• A strategic mindset paired with hands-on execution.
• In-house executive recruiting experience preferred.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan:

Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, colour, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.