Executive Recruiting Director – EMEA
HybridDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Job Summary
Lead the EMEA executive recruiting team across the UK, DACH, Italy, France, and the Middle East by setting strategy, managing multiple searches, and building trusted relationships with global leadership and candidates. Own end-to-end candidate experiences from initial outreach through onboarding, including writing long-form business cases for final-stage PMD candidates evaluated by the Board. Mentor the recruiting team, optimize the Greenhouse CRM, and vet external search firm partnerships while ensuring data collection remains compliant with local laws. Collaborate with the Global Head on performance, budget, and workflow, and facilitate seamless, inclusive recruitment processes for Partner and Partner & Managing Director roles.
Required Qualifications
- 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.
- A strong orientation to develop and motivate a team; creative, consultative, constructive, collegial, and skilled at providing feedback and praise.
- An eye to detail, especially in written communications, reports, and presentations.
- 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.
- Excellent organization and time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and adapt to changing circumstances.
- Ability to work independently to drive multiple, shifting priorities with a strong sense of urgency.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
- 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.
- Must become familiar with, and promote and abide by, our Core Values as defined by the AlixPartners' Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization.
- It is located in London, Munich, Dusseldorf, or Berlin.
- Paid relocation is not available.
- Occasional travel may be expected.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience working in an executive search firm is strongly preferred.
- Fluency in German, French and/or Italian considered a plus.
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