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Board and CEO Practice Researcher, Executive Search

Full-time

Egon Zehnder

Description

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated and proactive Senior Business Analyst to join our Research team serving North America based in Montreal. In this fast-paced role, the Researcher will be responsible for guiding internal client teams of consultants and other Researchers in the execution of Executive Search, Board, and Advisory projects for multiple clients within an industry or function. Primary responsibilities include project planning, market and candidate research, the production of high-quality client deliverables, business development, and knowledge management.


The Researcher provides specialized market insight, strategic guidance, and client engagement support as a crucial member of the client engagement team. In conjunction with internal consultant stakeholders, you will operate as part of a team that delivers powerful, effective human capital solutions to our clients. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to balance multiple projects at the same time.

 

Practice Group Summary

The CEO and Board Consulting Practice works closely with some of the world’s most respected boards, and maintains close ties within multiple industries and geographies. As a trusted adviser to leading company boards, the Practice connects leaders to the most advanced insights into board effectiveness, helps them craft creative solutions and strategies grounded in deep knowledge of best practice, and brings ready global access to top directors. Candidates for the Senior Business Analyst role should have relevant experience in (or a high desire to learn about) building highly functioning teams at the “top of the house”. Building processes and tools that aid our consultants in expanding and deepening their CEO and Board relationships. This person should be comfortable working in a heavily collaborative environment where questions, ideas, and solutions are not only expected, but are embraced and encouraged by colleagues.

What You'll Do

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  Research & Project Planning

  • Serve as the lead expert for multiple simultaneous client projects in collaboration with Consultants and other Researchers
  • Act as a thought partner to the team on all aspects of projects by identifying and developing a rigorous approach and strategy (e.g., priority targets through market research, utilizing data tools, and scoping out parameters to deliver client solutions at scale and scope)
  • Guide the project team throughout the search processes to drive strategy, candidate solutions and supporting client materials with a consistent focus on quality and speed
  • Identify, calibrate and prioritize potential candidates through a thorough research process, the internal Firm network and external resources
  • Conduct information and data synthesis (written and verbal) from interviews, discussions, and working sessions to identify the needs and wants of a diverse set of stakeholders
  • Work broadly across different Firm offerings to continue developing a well-rounded understanding of our solutions to identify the best solutions for individual client needs
  • Create high-quality client documentation (e.g., candidate profiles, role specifications, search strategies, assessment and client progress reports, etc.)

 

Business Development

  • Partner with client teams to develop pitch presentations and business development materials, adapting deliverables and solutions to address specific client needs
  • Proactively initiate, shape, and drive effective business development activities and other business-related projects, including monitoring relevant market shifts in a segment or function, company updates, and people moves
  • Act as a partner with consultants to build targeted event lists for business development-related dinners, conferences, and other points of connection

Knowledge Management

  • Contribute to the Firm’s knowledge management activities by looking for opportunities to share expertise and best practices, developing a network of people within an industry or functional area and recording pertinent information
  • Develop an area of subject matter expertise, providing strategic guidance and high-quality insights on important trends and topics to support client teams

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • A minimum of 3 years’ professional work experience (post-undergrad)
  • Demonstrated functional experience of a similar nature (e.g., market research, qualitative or legal research, professional services/consulting, project planning)
  • Previous project-based experience working effectively on multiple mandates simultaneously
  • Ability to effectively operate in a fast-paced, client-driven environment
  • Exceptional critical thinking and analytical skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication ability
  • Demonstrates very strong attention to detail

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • A general baseline knowledge of governance and management, with additional industry exposure in some professional setting, is preferred
  • Affinity and interest in the executive search industry
  • Superior engagement management abilities and initiative to lead projects with minimal guidance or supervision
  • Demonstrated ability to push back constructively and offer solutions
  • Forward-thinking, structured, and process-oriented thinker
  • Self-starter mentality with good business judgment

About Egon Zehnder

Egon Zehnder is the world’s preeminent leadership advisory firm, inspiring leaders to navigate complex questions with human answers. We help organizations get to the heart of their leadership challenges and offer honest feedback and insights to help leaders realize their true being and purpose.

We are built on a foundation that supports partnership in the truest sense of the word and aligns our interests with the interests of our clients. Our 560 consultants across 64 offices and 36 countries are former industry and functional leaders who collaborate seamlessly across geographies, industries and functions to deliver the full power of the Firm to every client, every time.

We partner closely with public and private corporations, family-owned enterprises, and non-profit and government agencies to provide executive search, leadership solutions, CEO search and succession, and board advisory.

We believe that together we can transform people, organizations and the world through leadership.

Due to high volume, we will only be contacting applicants who meet all of the minimum requirements listed in the job description. Only those applicants who align most closely with our minimum and preferred qualifications will be contacted for an interview. The Recruiting team at Egon Zehnder will retain your application materials and may contact you regarding future opportunities.

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*Please submit application materials in English*

Analyste d’affaires principal

Sommaire du poste

Nous sommes à la recherche d’une personne motivée et proactive qui se joindra, à titre d’analyste d’entreprise principal, à notre équipe d’experts de l’Amérique du Nord dans nos bureaux de Montréal. Dans le cadre de ses fonctions dynamiques, l’analyste d’entreprise principal sera responsable de guider des équipes clients internes, composées de consultants et d’autres experts, dans l’exécution de projets de recrutement de cadres, d’administrateurs et de services-conseils pour plusieurs clients d’une industrie ou d’une fonction donnée. Ses principales responsabilités comprennent la planification de projets, les études de marché, le recrutement de candidats, la production de livrables de grande qualité pour les clients, la prospection de clientèle et la gestion des connaissances.

L’analyste d’entreprise principal fournit des renseignements spécialisés sur le marché, une orientation stratégique et un soutien à l’équipe client en tant que membre essentiel de cette équipe. De concert avec les consultants internes, vous travaillerez au sein d’une équipe qui offre des solutions solides et efficaces de gestion du capital humain à nos clients. Le candidat idéal possède de solides compétences en résolution de problèmes, d’excellentes aptitudes en communication et en relations interpersonnelles, ainsi que la capacité de concilier plusieurs projets en même temps.

Résumé des fonctions du groupe

Le groupe Chefs de la direction et conseils d’administration œuvre en étroite collaboration avec des conseils d’administration qui figurent parmi les plus respectés au monde et il entretient des liens étroits avec une multitude d’acteurs du secteur privé aux quatre coins du globe. En tant que conseiller de confiance auprès de conseils d’administration de premier plan, le groupe transmet aux dirigeants les dernières informations et connaissances sur l’efficacité des conseils d’administration, en plus de les aider à concevoir des solutions et des stratégies créatives fondées sur une connaissance approfondie des pratiques exemplaires et de leur offrir un accès facile aux meilleurs administrateurs à l’échelle mondiale. Les candidats au poste d’analyste d’entreprise principal doivent posséder une expérience pertinente — ou un grand désir d’en savoir plus — en matière de création d’équipes hautement fonctionnelles au sommet d’une entreprise. Ils doivent savoir élaborer des processus et des outils qui aident nos conseillers à développer et à approfondir les relations qu’ils entretiennent avec les chefs de la direction et les conseils d’administration. Ces personnes doivent être à l’aise de travailler dans un environnement très collaboratif où les questions, les idées et les solutions sont non seulement attendues, mais souhaitables et encouragées de la part des collègues.

Tâches et responsabilités essentielles

Planification de recherche et de projet

  • Agir à titre d’expert principal pour de multiples projets clients simultanés en collaboration avec les consultants et d’autres experts.
  • Agir à titre de partenaire de réflexion auprès de l’équipe dans tous les aspects des projets en déterminant et en élaborant des approches et des stratégies rigoureuses (p. ex., déterminer des cibles prioritaires au moyen d’études de marché, utiliser des outils de données et établir des paramètres pour offrir des solutions aux clients selon l’échelle et la portée).
  • Guider l’équipe de projet tout au long des processus de recherche afin d’orienter les stratégies, la sélection des candidats et les documents à l’appui des clients en mettant constamment l’accent sur la qualité et l’efficacité.
  • Déterminer, évaluer et classer les candidats potentiels au moyen d’un processus de recherche approfondi, du réseau interne du cabinet et des ressources externes.
  • Réalisation de synthèses d’informations et de données, écrites et verbales, à partir d’entretiens, de discussions et de séances de travail, afin de cerner les besoins et les désirs d’un ensemble diversifié de parties prenantes.
  • Saisir les différentes occasions offertes par le cabinet pour continuer à acquérir une compréhension profonde de nos solutions afin d’en élaborer des nouvelles qui répondront aux besoins individuels des clients.
  • Créer des documents de grande qualité pour les clients (p. ex., profils des candidats, listes des caractéristiques des rôles, stratégies de recherche, rapports d’évaluation et d’avancement à l’intention des clients, etc.)

Prospection de clientèle

  • Collaborer avec les équipes clients pour élaborer des présentations et des documents de prospection de clientèle, et adapter les livrables et les solutions pour répondre aux besoins particuliers des clients.
  • Amorcer, façonner et diriger de façon proactive des activités de prospection de clientèle et d’autres projets liés aux affaires, y compris surveiller les changements pertinents du marché dans un segment ou une fonction, les nouvelles des entreprises et les changements de personnel.
  • En collaboration avec les consultants, établir des listes de soupers, de conférences et autres événements ciblés se prêtant à la prospection de clientèle.

Gestion des connaissances

  • Contribuer aux activités de gestion des connaissances du cabinet en cherchant des occasions de mettre en commun l’expertise et les pratiques exemplaires, en créant un réseau de personnes au sein d’un secteur d’activité ou d’un secteur fonctionnel et en consignant l’information pertinente.
  • Approfondir un domaine d’expertise afin de fournir aux équipes clients des conseils stratégiques et des renseignements de grande qualité sur les tendances et les sujets importants. 

Qualifications minimales

  • Baccalauréat requis.
  • Minimum de trois années d’expérience professionnelle (après les études de premier cycle).
  • Expérience fonctionnelle avérée dans un domaine similaire (p. ex., étude de marché, recherche qualitative ou juridique, services-conseils professionnels, planification de projets).
  • Expérience antérieure de projets demandant de travailler efficacement sur plusieurs mandats simultanément.
  • Capacité à travailler efficacement dans un environnement dynamique et axé sur les clients.
  • Esprit critique et esprit d’analyse exceptionnels.
  • Excellentes aptitudes en communication orale et écrite.
  • Très grand souci du détail.

Qualifications privilégiées

  • Affinité et intérêt pour le secteur du recrutement de cadres.
  • Une connaissance de base générale des notions de gouvernance et de gestion, jumelée à une expérience additionnelle du secteur privé dans un contexte professionnel, constituerait un atout.
  • Excellentes compétences en gestion des mandats et capacité à diriger des projets avec un minimum d’orientation ou de supervision.
  • Capacité éprouvée à présenter des contre-arguments constructifs et à proposer des solutions.
  • Pensée avant-gardiste, structurée et axée sur les processus.
  • Sens de l’initiative et bon jugement professionnel.

À propos d’Egon Zehnder 

Egon Zehnder est le plus important cabinet-conseil en leadership au monde, inspirant les dirigeants d’entreprise à résoudre des questions complexes avec des réponses humaines. Nous aidons les organisations à prendre le dessus sur leurs défis de leadership et leur offrons des commentaires et des idées honnêtes pour amener les dirigeants à réaliser leur plein potentiel tout en ciblant leurs objectifs.

Nous nous appuyons sur une base qui soutient le partenariat au sens le plus pur et qui harmonise nos intérêts avec ceux de nos clients. Nos 560 consultants répartis dans 64 bureaux et 36 pays sont d’anciens dirigeants fonctionnels et sectoriels qui collaborent de façon transparente dans une multitude de régions, de secteurs d’activité et de fonctions afin de toujours offrir la pleine valeur de l’entreprise à chaque client.

Nous collaborons étroitement avec des sociétés publiques et privées, des entreprises familiales et des organismes sans but lucratif et gouvernementaux pour offrir des solutions de direction ainsi que des services de recrutement de cadres, de recrutement et de relève de chefs de la direction, et de consultation pour les conseils d’administration.

Nous croyons qu’ensemble, nous pouvons façonner un leadership qui transformera les gens, les entreprises et le monde.

En raison du volume élevé de candidatures, nous communiquerons uniquement avec les candidats qui satisfont à toutes les exigences minimales énumérées dans la description de poste. Seuls les candidats qui correspondent le plus aux qualifications minimales et privilégiées seront convoqués pour une entrevue. L’équipe de recrutement d’Egon Zehnder conservera vos documents de candidature et pourrait communiquer avec vous au sujet de possibilités futures.

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