Senior Executive Search Talent Partner

Nemetschek SE2; City Of London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemetschek Group is seeking a senior/executive recruitment specialist to lead global executive hiring across the portfolio. This high‑impact role blends retained executive search with fast direct sourcing, aligned to seniority, urgency and complexity.

You will partner with the Executive Board and brand leaders to shape strategy, build talent maps and close top‑level roles across EMEA, the Americas and APAC, delivering an in‑house, high‑touch experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in senior/executive recruitment, combining retained executive search with contingency/direct-hire methods.
• Experience recruiting in software/technology — SaaS, enterprise software, AEC/O or related B2B tech strongly preferred.
• Track record of closing Senior Director, VP and C-suite appointments across GTM, Engineering/Product, Finance and HR/People.
• Global search experience across multiple regions, with a grasp of international hiring practices and compensation structures.
• Proven ability to build talent-mapping and competitor-intelligence projects from scratch.
• Expert sourcing and headhunting capability, strong executive presence, and skill in structured senior-level assessment.
• Commercial judgement on compensation benchmarking and executive offer construction, plus discretion with confidential searches.
• Comfort operating autonomously in a matrixed, multi-brand global organisation.
• Familiarity with modern recruitment technology (LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms such as SuccessFactors/SmartRecruiters, AI-enabled sourcing and research tools).
• Nice to have: In-house TA experience in a multi-brand holding company or PE/portfolio structure.
• Partnering with Executive or Supervisory Boards on leadership hiring and succession planning.
• Exposure to AEC/O, construction technology, media/entertainment technology or vertical software markets.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end senior, executive and leadership searches across the Group’s global brands and functions — from intake and search strategy through offer and close.
• Build talent maps, competitor mapping and market intelligence across enterprise software, SaaS, AEC/O technology and media technology.
• Headhunt proactively, engaging passive senior talent through executive search research techniques and modern tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/X-ray, ATS, AI-enabled sourcing).
• Deliver senior hires across GTM (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, RevOps), Technical (Engineering, Product, R&D, Data/AI), Finance and HR/People — for both individual brands and corporate leadership.
• Advise hiring leaders and Board-level stakeholders on market conditions, talent availability, compensation positioning and search strategy.
• Run structured intake briefings and produce executive-ready shortlists, market maps and hiring committee materials.
• Deliver a high-touch, confidential candidate experience; design competency-based assessment and coach panels on structured, bias-aware interviewing.
• Maintain accurate pipeline and reporting data in our ATS, and champion AI-enabled sourcing and assessment tools to raise speed and quality.
• Share talent intelligence with the wider People team to inform workforce planning and succession pipelines.

Skills

Executive search

Global recruitment

Talent mapping

GTM knowledge

Stakeholder management

Candidate assessment

LinkedIn Recruiter

AI sourcing tools

Global organization

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

SuccessFactors

SmartRecruiters

Boolean search

Job description

The Nemetschek Group is a leading global vertical software and AI provider driving the digital transformation of the AEC/O and media industries. With our deep domain expertise and intelligent, connected software solutions, we enable customers to turn data into real-time insights and smarter decisions throughout the entire lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure from ideation through planning, visualization, construction, operation, and renovation.

Our AI-powered technologies and open standards approach boost productivity, collaboration, and sustainability for architects, engineers, contractors, building operators, and creative professionals. Over 7 million users worldwide rely on our customer-centric, human-led AI solutions. Founded by Professor Georg Nemetschek in 1963, today we employ over 4,000 experts globally across 14 subsidiaries.

Job Description

You will join our internal Global Talent Acquisition team as the specialist who leads senior and executive hiring across the entire Group, globally. This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who can flex between retained-style executive search methodology and fast-paced direct sourcing, depending on the seniority, urgency and complexity of each mandate.

You will partner directly with Executive Board members, Segment Managers, brand CEOs/GMs and senior functional leaders to shape hiring strategy, build talent maps and close outstanding senior hires across EMEA, the Americas and APAC — bringing an executive search mindset in-house, with the speed and stakeholder proximity of an internal team.

What You Will Do

Own end-to-end senior, executive and leadership searches across the Group’s global brands and functions — from intake and search strategy through offer and close.

Build talent maps, competitor mapping and market intelligence across enterprise software, SaaS, AEC/O technology and media technology.

Headhunt proactively, engaging passive senior talent through executive search research techniques and modern tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/X-ray, ATS, AI-enabled sourcing).

Deliver senior hires across GTM (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, RevOps), Technical (Engineering, Product, R&D, Data/AI), Finance and HR/People — for both individual brands and corporate leadership.

Advise hiring leaders and Board-level stakeholders on market conditions, talent availability, compensation positioning and search strategy.

Run structured intake briefings and produce executive-ready shortlists, market maps and hiring committee materials.

Deliver a high-touch, confidential candidate experience; design competency-based assessment and coach panels on structured, bias-aware interviewing.

Maintain accurate pipeline and reporting data in our ATS, and champion AI-enabled sourcing and assessment tools to raise speed and quality.

Share talent intelligence with the wider People team to inform workforce planning and succession pipelines.

Qualifications

Typically 8+ years in senior/executive recruitment, combining retained executive search (in-house or agency) with contingency/direct-hire methods.

Experience recruiting in software/technology — SaaS, enterprise software, AEC/O or related B2B tech strongly preferred — with credibility on product, GTM and technical topics.

A track record of closing Senior Director, VP and C-suite appointments across several of: GTM, Engineering/Product, Finance and HR/People.

Global search experience across multiple regions, with a grasp of international hiring practices and compensation structures.

Proven ability to build talent-mapping and competitor-intelligence projects from scratch.

Expert sourcing and headhunting capability, strong executive presence, and skill in structured senior-level assessment.

Commercial judgement on compensation benchmarking and executive offer construction, plus discretion with confidential searches.

Comfort operating autonomously in a matrixed, multi-brand global organisation

Familiarity with modern recruitment technology (LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS platforms such as SuccessFactors/SmartRecruiters, AI-enabled sourcing and research tools).

Nice to have

In-house TA experience in a multi-brand, holding company or PE/portfolio structure.

Partnering with Executive or Supervisory Boards on leadership hiring and succession planning.

Exposure to AEC/O, construction technology, media/entertainment technology or vertical software markets.

Additional Information

Diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion are essential parts of our company culture and key drivers of our collective success. We therefore welcome applications from people of all genders, nationalities, ethnic and social backgrounds, religions and beliefs, sexual orientations and identities, age groups, and people with disabilities. Regardless of marital status or any other legally protected characteristic, we provide equal employment opportunities for all.