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We are a specialist executive search and leadership advisory firm operating at the intersection of talent, strategy, and organisational transformation. We partner with CEOs, founders, and boards to identify and place the senior leaders who shape the future of their businesses. Our work spans Life Sciences, Pharma, and IT Consulting — sectors where leadership quality is not a nice-to-have, but the primary driver of competitive advantage.

This is a high-growth moment for our firm. We are expanding our client advisory capability and are looking for a practitioner who can both lead mandates and deepen the relationships that drive our business forward

Detail

Information

Job Title: Manager – Leadership Search & Client Advisory

Location: US (NJ preferred) / Hybrid — flexible for the right person

Reports To: Principal / Managing Director

Seniority Level: Manager (with a clear path to Client Partner and beyond)

Experience Required: 6–10 years in Executive Search, Leadership Hiring, or Strategic Consulting

Sector Focus: Life Sciences, Pharma, and/or IT

Compensation: Base: (DOE)+ Performance Bonus ) uncapped

Start Date: Immediate / As agreed

This is not a high-volume recruiter role. It is a senior advisory position for someone who has outgrown transactional search and wants to operate as a true strategic partner to the C-suite.

You will be trusted to lead complex, often confidential leadership mandates — Director through CXO level — from briefing to placement. You will own client relationships, challenge assumptions, and bring a point of view that clients cannot get from a database search. At the same time, you will have access to a proprietary leadership assessment toolkit that very few search professionals in the market can offer — giving you a genuine differentiation in every client conversation.

•      Act as a trusted advisor — not just a search vendor — to CEOs, CHROs, and founders on leadership strategy and talent acquisition

•      Diagnose underlying business challenges and translate them into well-structured, well-scoped search mandates

•      Facilitate strategic talent conversations: build vs buy vs promote, succession planning, and leadership team design

•      Manage C-suite stakeholders with confidence, maturity, and a consultative presence that earns repeat business

•      Lead end-to-end search mandates at Director, VP, SVP, and CXO level — from search strategy through offer acceptance

•      Define target company universe, develop candidate mapping, and oversee research team briefings

•      Conduct structured competency and leadership interviews; synthesise and present assessments to clients

•      Manage candidate experience from first approach to close — high-touch, confidential, and consultative throughout

•      Deepen and expand existing client relationships — identifying new opportunities within current accounts organically

•      Participate in pitch discussions and proposals for new mandates alongside senior leadership

•      Build your personal reputation in the Life Sciences and IT leadership talent market through thought leadership, networking, and consistent delivery

Competency

What Strong Looks Like

C-suite stakeholder management: Comfortable in a boardroom. Challenges clients constructively. Earns trust quickly.

Search delivery quality: Structured, thorough, and fast. Knows the difference between 'available' and 'right'.

Consulting mindset: Listens before pitching. Thinks about the business problem, not just the vacancy.

Communication & influence: Articulate, compelling in writing and in person. Closes candidates and clients equally.

Sector knowledge: Understands the leadership landscape in Life Sciences, Pharma, or IT Consulting.

Assessment literacy: Either has or is eager to develop fluency in leadership assessment frameworks.

Resilience & initiative: Self-managed. Owns outcomes. Doesn't wait to be told what the next step is.

•      6–10 years of experience in executive search, leadership hiring, or management consulting with talent exposure

•      Strong track record of managing Director-to-CXO level searches or equivalent senior advisory engagements

•      Demonstrated C-suite client management capability — you have run senior stakeholder conversations independently

•      Excellent written and verbal communication — you can write a compelling candidate brief and present a shortlist with authority

•      Based in or willing to commute to New Jersey / Metro New York on a hybrid basis