Research Associate

We are looking for an Associate/ Consultant to join our Executive Search Practice to help our business grow by identifying and recruiting top talent for executive level positions for our clients.

This is a position that offers significant opportunity to drive impact at the most senior levels within a client organization. Associate/ Consultant in our Executive Search Practice Group will drive search strategy and execution for executive level roles. They will conduct extensive market research, competitive intelligence and talent mapping to find and engage top talent across top Indian business houses, pharmaceutical sector and technology sector.

This role will drive comprehensive search insights by:

- Conducting research to map markets and generate candidate names and profiles

- Creating robust search strategies that will attract the best and brightest leaders for our clients

- Engaging and building relationships with executive level

- Building out talent networks in certain functions/industries and tapping industry sources to develop an initial pool of candidates

- Participating in client update meetings on active searches and preparing reports

- Providing strategic guidance and advice in a true partnership with clients

A successful candidate will need to exhibit the following qualities :

- Curiosity; a strong desire to learn

- Articulate; able to convey complex arguments and engage with senior level executives in a polished and professional manner

- Assured and self-confident; not easily thrown, able to think on your feet

- Entrepreneurial; can keep up with the fast paced recruiting culture

- Qualitative Research; the ability to synthesize data from multiple sources and quickly learn new spaces

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- Master's degree

- 6+ years of experience in executive search preferably in a client facing role

- Experience of dealing with senior stakeholders

ABOUT US

OUR VALUES AT SHHYFFT:

Attitude along with skill - We synergize positive attitude with right skills of every team member, to build a steady momentum and drive breakthrough results.

Excellence with urgency - We have an uncompromising focus on exceptional results delivered with a sense of urgency.

Obsession with adding value to clients - We are only successful if our customers are - and that drives everything we do.

OUR CULTURE AT SHHYFFT:

"At Shhyfft, we strive to be heroes together."

We are a diverse set of professionals with the craft, mindset, and appetite to drive ground-breaking results. Our team is built on four pillars - making sense of the present environment, relating deeply with our clients, envisioning feasible yet disruptive future, and inventing creative ways to steer us and our clients forward.

Our individualities-when embraced with humility and respect-yield sharp decisions, increased innovation, stronger performance, and a culture where everyone can be heroes in their own right.

We are growing and would love to welcome you to our team of heroes.

Interested candidates can apply to this job post with clarity on why they feel their profile or personality is suitable for this role. Our compensation philosophy is based on paying per merit and in line with market standards. The pay-mix for this role will be a combination fixed compensation, revenue sharing and equity over time.