Senior Search & Market Intelligence Analyst

Hatch Asia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hatch Asia is seeking a Senior Search & Market Intelligence Analyst to lead end-to-end executive search delivery and to produce high-quality market intelligence that supports retained search, leadership assessment, and advisory work.

You will enable senior partners to operate at higher strategic and commercial leverage by mapping talent flows, benchmarking compensation, coordinating client engagements, and contributing insights to client proposals.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and structured thinking required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable engaging senior candidates professionally.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams with discipline and prioritisation.
• High attention to detail with strong execution standards.
• Commercial awareness of how search and advisory work creates value.

Responsibilities

• Execute end-to-end delivery for retained and selected contingent search assignments.
• Conduct market mapping across defined sectors, functions, and geographies.
• Build and maintain longlists and shortlists; conduct outreach and pre-interviews.
• Prepare client-ready candidate profiles, interview notes, and summaries.
• Coordinate interview logistics, feedback loops and timelines.
• Contribute market intelligence briefs to pitches and leadership projects.
• Maintain up-to-date intelligence on target companies and leadership trends.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Structured thinking

Strong communication

Candidate engagement

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Job description

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

About the job Senior Search & Market Intelligence Analyst

Our Vision is to be the preferred talent partner in Asia to accurately identify and integrate high potential talents for our clients and accomplish our candidates' career success.

The Senior Search & Market Intelligence Analyst is a core delivery and intelligence role within Hatch Asia's search and leadership advisory platform.

This role is responsible for:

• End-to-end execution of executive search engagements (delivery excellence)
• Producing high-quality market and talent intelligence to support retained search, leadership assessment, and advisory work
• Enabling senior partners to operate at higher strategic and commercial leverage

It is a professional services role with clear progression into a client engagementrole.

The Challenges

Executive Search Delivery

• Execute end-to-end delivery for retained and selected contingent search assignments
• Conduct market mapping across defined sectors, functions, and geographies
• Build and maintain high-quality longlists and shortlists
  Conduct structured candidate outreach, qualification, and pre-interviews
• Prepare client-ready candidate profiles, interview notes, and assessment summaries
• Manage interview logistics, feedback loops, and stakeholder coordination
• Track engagement timelines and ensure delivery milestones are met
• Produce market intelligence briefs to support, retained search pitches andleadership assessment projects
• Map talent flows, leadership movements, and competitor hiring patterns
• Support compensation and role benchmarking where required
• Maintain up-to-date intelligence on, target companies, key leadership profiles, sector trends impacting talent decisions
• Contribute insight and data to client POVs and proposal materials

Engagement & Quality Management

• Act as the operational backbone of assigned engagements
• Ensure consistency and quality across client deliverables
• Identify risks early (timeline, candidate quality, client alignment) and escalated proactively
• Support post-search reviews and internal debriefs to improve future delivery

Platform & Capability Building

• Contribute to the development of Hatch Asia's search and assessment playbooks
• Improve internal processes, templates, and intelligence frameworks
• Maintain structured records in CRM and internal knowledge systems

What It Takes

• 3 years of experience inExecutive search research or delivery, management consulting (analyst / associate level), corporate strategy, HR analytics, or talent intelligence roles
• Experience supporting senior-level or leadership hires is strongly preferred
• Strong analytical and structured thinking
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable engaging senior candidates professionally
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams with discipline and prioritisation
• High attention to detail with strong execution standards
• Commercial awareness of how search and advisory work creates value