ASAP: Executive Search Research Specialist (m/w/d)

• Deliver talent mapping, competitor analysis and market intelligence to support leadership hiring.
• Identify, assess and engage senior-level and executive talent through direct search methodologies.
• Build and maintain leadership talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Produce market mapping reports, candidate insights and talent intelligence summaries.
• Support search strategy development through research-driven recommendations and market data.
• Monitor talent movements, industry trends and competitor activity.
• Partner with stakeholders to refine target profiles and identify relevant talent pools.
• Maintain accurate candidate and market intelligence data within internal systems.

• Experience within Executive Search, Executive Research, Talent Intelligence or leadership hiring environments.
• Strong track record in talent mapping, market research, sourcing and executive-level candidate identification.
• Passionate researcher and proactive sourcer with the ability to identify and engage passive talent.
• Agile recruitment generalist capable of supporting a broad range of corporate and business function searches.
• Experience supporting senior leadership or executive search assignments; executive search exposure is highly desirable.
• Strong business acumen, intellectual curiosity and the ability to quickly understand new markets, functions and talent landscapes.
• Data-driven approach to sourcing, using market intelligence, pipeline metrics and talent insights to shape search strategies.
• Excellent analytical, research and information-gathering capabilities.
• Confident communicator with strong candidate assessment and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to represent the organisation professionally when engaging senior-level and executive talent.
• Structured, resilient and resourceful, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent English is required; German and/or French would be advantageous.

Our client is a well established and fast growing company based in Zürich. To support their sustained growth plans we are looking for an experienced and strong researcher/sourcer to join their executive TA team asap for at least 6 months (longer outlook) with a focus on a broad range of corporate functions.

• High-profile assignment within an international organisation
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and leadership hiring decisions
• Challenging and intellectually stimulating research work
• Broad international market exposure
• Opportunity to influence strategic talent acquisition initiatives
• Immediate impact in a specialist executive search function