President, Executive Search

Executive Search & Leadership Advisory Growth Leader

About the Firm

Our client is a premier executive search and leadership advisory firm that partners with Fortune 500 companies, private equity-backed enterprises, founder-led high-growth companies, and global brands. The firm delivers high-touch leadership solutions that go far beyond traditional search, blending executive search, leadership assessment, coaching, organizational design, and succession planning into fully integrated solutions for the boardroom and C-suite.

The team is composed of nearly a a dozen consulting partners and senior business executives, including former CEOs of private and PE-backed companies, former Fortune 500 executives, senior HR leaders from iconic global brands, elite management consultants from top-tier firms, and former partners from global executive search powerhouses.

The firm has completed more than 180 leadership development engagements over the past 36 months while continuing to execute retained search assignments for clients across industries. The next phase of growth requires expanding the firm’s business development engine and market presence — and finding a leader to tie it all together.

The Opportunity

The President, Executive Search will serve as the senior growth leader for the firm’s executive search business, taking over operational responsibilities from the Founder in order to expand the firm’s market presence, accelerate business development, strengthen client relationships, and drive long-term revenue growth.

The Founder will remain actively engaged with the business, focusing his time and energy on client engagement — both driving new client relationships and continuing to deliver on client-facing mandates.

The successful candidate will bring a proven executive search track record, an established network of senior decision makers, and ideally an existing book of retained search business. The President will leverage the firm’s existing platform, intellectual capital, leadership advisory offerings, and consulting team to significantly expand the firm’s impact and scale.

Key Objectives

• Drive business development and revenue growth
• Expand retained executive search market presence
• Leverage and cross-sell leadership advisory services
• Help build the next generation leadership structure of the firm
• Serve as a strategic partner to the Founder and Advisory Board
• Work in partnership to hire and retain new and existing Partners

Professional Accountabilities \& Responsibilities

Business Growth \& Revenue Leadership

• Develop and execute a growth strategy for the executive search practice.
• Inspire the Partners to get the most out of everyone; expand existing client relationships while originating new business opportunities.
• Lead by example: bring or develop a meaningful retained executive search book of business.
• Build relationships with CEOs, Boards, CHROs, Private Equity sponsors, and senior business leaders.
• Partner with leadership advisory colleagues to expand wallet share across clients; actively engage other partners to do the same.
• Drive sustainable revenue growth and increase market visibility.

Executive Search Leadership

• Lead strategic retained executive search engagements.
• Advise clients on executive talent, succession planning, and organizational needs.
• Maintain and measure exceptional client satisfaction and long-term partnerships.
• Ensure high-quality search execution is achieved across assignments.

Firm Leadership

• Partner with the Founder and Advisory Board on growth initiatives.
• Help shape the future direction of the firm.
• Contribute to recruiting, mentoring, and developing future partners.
• Support ongoing expansion of the firm’s capabilities and market reach.
• Manage a business development fund and deploy it to achieve objectives.

Thought Leadership

• Represent the firm externally.
• Develop thought leadership content through direct authorship or collaboration with editorial and content development teams.
• Serve as a visible ambassador for the firm’s brand.

Additional responsibilities, priorities, and success metrics will be developed and formalized through the creation and execution of the firm’s short- and long-term strategic and operating plans.

The Ideal Candidate

Required Characteristics

• Proven executive search leader with a demonstrated history of business development success.
• Prior Experience leading within a corporate or services organization.
• Existing network of senior executive decision makers.
• Experience operating within a retained executive search environment.
• Demonstrated ability to generate significant annual search revenue.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with leadership capability.
• Comfortable building and scaling organizations.
• Collaborative style and low-ego approach.
• Excited by the opportunity to build something larger than an individual practice.

Preferred Backgrounds

• Partner or Managing Partner at a major executive search firm.
• Founder or owner of a successful boutique search firm.
• Practice leader with responsibility for revenue growth and client acquisition.

You may currently be a Partner, Managing Partner, Practice Leader, or Office Leader within a major executive search firm; the founder of a boutique search firm seeking greater scale; or a senior executive search professional with the capability to build and lead a business.

The President will inherit a respected platform with proven client delivery capabilities while gaining the opportunity to shape strategy, drive growth, and lead the organization. Unlike traditional firms, this platform provides a broad leadership advisory offering that creates deeper client relationships and additional revenue opportunities beyond retained search.

Why This Opportunity?

• Help define and lead the next chapter of the firm, with significant influence over growth strategy, market focus, and future direction.
• Build on an established platform while bringing your own vision, ideas, relationships, and approach to scaling a premier executive search and leadership advisory business.
• Operate as a true business leader, not simply a producer, with the opportunity to shape services, drive innovation, and expand market presence.
• Partner with an accomplished team of former CEOs, Fortune 500 executives, CHROs, and advisors while maintaining the autonomy to build and grow your own business within the platform.
• Partner with a Founder who has successfully built the business and is intentionally creating space for the next generation of leadership — his greatest passion today is client impact rather than firm operations.
• For the right individual, this represents a rare opportunity to help create the future leadership structure of the firm and potentially become its long-term leader.

Culture

The firm fosters a highly collaborative, client-focused, and results-driven culture where transparency and trust drive success.

• Flexible, Entrepreneurial Model – Partners set their own schedules and work autonomously.
• Client-Centric Approach – Focus is on delivering results, not micromanaging time.
• Supportive Leadership – Partners are provided with mentorship, research tools, and business development resources to grow their practice.
• Peer-to-Peer Growth – A collaborative culture that leverages each other’s expertise, network, and grit to deliver stronger results than working solo or within a massive corporate environment.
• Thought Leadership Focus – Active investment in content marketing and brand-building efforts to strengthen credibility.
• Growth Stage Opportunity – Join at a pivotal moment as the firm invests behind transformational growth.
• Build Without Bureaucracy – Access the resources, capabilities, and reputation of an established platform without the politics often found in larger firms.
• Entrepreneurial Leadership – Opportunity to shape strategy, influence firm direction, and potentially become the future leader of the organization.

Location

Partners are positioned across the country, ensuring strong market connectivity and seamless client access. The firm embraces a flexible, remote-first approach.

The President can be located anywhere within the United States.

Compensation \& Benefits

The firm is committed to finding the right leader and is open to structuring compensation around the candidate’s background, business portfolio, and growth potential. Potential components include:

• Competitive base/draw compensation
• Commission and bonus tied to individual and team revenue growth and business development
• Long-term equity participation
• Business development budget
• Marketing support
• Research and execution resources
• Industry-leading technology and tools

This document is intended for candidate review and discussion purposes.

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