Executive Search Lead

About AESG

Job purpose

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management or equivalent.
• More than six years of related Talent Acquisition and/or Executive Search experience supporting organizations with a large staff population.
• Expected to bring substantial specialist expertise and provide expert guidance and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead executive search mandates from brief to placement and deliver senior appointments to schedule and quality standards.
• Support succession planning, identify critical roles, assess internal talent, and map credible successors.
• Use search insights, market intelligence, and internal talent data to maintain leadership pipelines across regions.
• Research, approach, and engage passive senior candidates and build a strong leadership talent network.
• Meet clients and stakeholders in person; coordinate search needs, timelines, and communications across regions.
• Conduct market mapping, talent benchmarking, and candidate research; provide data-driven recommendations.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders, recruitment agencies, and third-party partners; advise leaders on search strategy and best practice.
• Maintain ATS and CRM tools, manage pipelines and metrics, and identify process improvements.
• Support offers, negotiations, and onboarding for senior hires.
• Stand in for the Head of Talent Acquisition, coordinate talent activity, and maintain key stakeholder relationships.
• Ensure recruitment activity complies with relevant legislation and company policies across regions.
• Participate in process optimization and data-driven search initiatives.

Competencies and professional skills

• Communicate and collaborate diplomatically with internal and external stakeholders; use negotiation skills.
• Build executive search and market intelligence expertise and apply analytical research and data-driven decision-making.
• Independently manage mandates, build lasting client and candidate relationships, and execute strategic plans within budgets.
• Improve search approaches and use software and automation to enhance efficiency.
• Plan schedules, prioritize urgent work, resolve complex issues, and deliver independently.
• Contribute to division operations and develop procedures that improve efficiency.