The PMD Recruiting Director - EMEA is a highly visible and critical role on AlixPartners' Executive Recruiting team. Reporting to the Global Head, Executive Recruiting, you will lead the executive recruiting team and function in EMEA, covering the UK, DACH, Italy, France, and the Middle East, focused on Partner (non-equity) and Partner & Managing Director (equity) candidates.
Requirements
- Problem solving – able to anticipate opportunities and obstacles - and react / plan accordingly in a calm and engaging manner that maintains a motivated team and engages leaders.
- A player / coach orientation, with experience leading geographically dispersed teams and colleagues through multiple, sometimes competing priorities and projects, taking on work as needed to meet goals and objectives.
- A formidable knowledge of the consulting and related candidate pool landscape, including exec consulting firms or all sizes working across Restructuring, Advisory and Risk.
- Strong understanding of the core business drivers and executive considerations within a consulting or similar professional services organization, including utilization, client management, commercials, cultural alignment, etc.
- Experience leading an executive search team / function in EMEA within a consulting or professional services organization, with depth in research, and candidate outreach and cultivation, offer negotiations, and onboarding.
- A passion for prose - a proven ability to write concise, action oriented, clear executive communications, reports, and executive / Board-ready documents.
- A strong sense of ownership - holds oneself personally accountable for the team’s success and opportunities for improvement.
- Excellent client-service orientation - able to influence, present to, and successfully collaborate with a range of executive stakeholders across a complex matrix. You understand their motivations and goals, and operate as their executive search subject matter expert.
- Ability to work independently to drive multiple, shifting priorities with a strong sense of urgency.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. Fluency in German, French and/or Italian considered a plus.
- A sense of humor and humility.
- Proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Teams, Word, and Excel.
- Ability to travel, as required.
- Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday.
- Willingness to work outside of normal business hours, as needed and in particular as unique projects/needs arise.
Benefits
- Market-leading benefits
- Flexible options to support our employee’s needs including health benefits to help prioritise their physical and emotional well-being, time-off policies to help to recharge and financial/ retirement benefits that offer income protection and support long-term planning.
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- Time-off policies
- Financial/ retirement benefits
