Associate

Spencer Stuart; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Spencer Stuart Nordics seeks an Associate to support executive search and leadership advisory projects across industries. This role can be based in Stockholm, Copenhagen or Oslo and will involve leading search work, researching candidates and coordinating with consultants.

You will develop market insights, craft candidate pipelines, and help prepare presentations and pitch-decks. The right candidate has a Master’s degree and a global mindset, strong analytical skills and excellent interpersonal

Qualifications

• Master’s degree and relevant experience from research, consulting, executive search or analytical client-facing environment.
• International mindset enabling collaboration with colleagues, candidates and clients globally.
• Profound interest in people, leadership and organisations with curiosity about business and markets.
• Strong mix of analytical skills and business understanding for processing diverse data sources.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for engaging with people at all levels in an international setting.
• Self-driven personality and entrepreneurial mindset fitting a collaborative, diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Lead executive search projects and advise clients on talent and market insights, candidate pools and pipelines.
• Conduct targeted research and engage candidates to assess relevance for leadership opportunities.
• Collaborate with consultants and steer project deliveries end to end.
• Support consultants with presentations and pitch-decks adding market insights and talent strategies for business development purposes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

International mindset

Self-driven

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Master’s degree (business, social sciences, humanities, science or related field)

Job description

Spencer Stuart is hiring: Associate, Spencer Stuart Nordics Are you passionate about leadership and business? Do you want to work with leaders who shape organisations and make critical people decisions? Do you want to help clients address complex leadership, talent and organisational challenges across industries and functions? Spencer Stuart is a global leadership advisory firm with deep industry and functional expertise. We advise clients on senior-level executive search, board advisory, succession planning, leadership assessment, CEO succession and organisational culture. Based on the belief that leadership is critical in an ever-changing global world, we work with rigor, discipline, insight and technology to help clients make wise people decisions.

Our Nordic team is growing, and we are looking to recruit an Associate to support executive search and leadership advisory projects across industries and functions. This role can be based in any of our Nordic offices: Stockholm, Copenhagen, or Oslo.

You will:

• Lead executive search projects and advise clients on talent and market insights, relevant candidate pools and candidate pipeline for specific projects.
• Conduct targeted research and engage with candidates to explore and assess their relevance for specific leadership opportunities.
• Collaborate with consultants and act as project leader steering project deliveries end to end from project start to project closure.
• Support consultants with presentations and pitch-decks adding market insights and talent strategies for business development purposes.

You bring:

• A master’s degree in business, social sciences, humanities, science or a related field, and relevant experience from research, consulting, executive search, talent advisory or another analytical client‑facing environment.
• An international mindset, enabling you to collaborate effectively with colleagues, candidates, and clients in a truly global setting.
• Profound interest in people, leadership and organisations, combined with curiosity about business, markets and the factors that shape effective leadership.
• Strong mix of analytical skills and business understanding allowing easy and fast absorption of a multitude of different data points and information sources.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, which permit you to engage and communicate effectively with people at all levels in an international business environment.
• Self-driven personality and entrepreneurial mindset which fit our collaborative and diverse work environment.

We offer:

• A meaningful career in a people-centric global firm with a strong purpose and high ethics and professional standards.
• Top‑tier development opportunities anchored in our industry-leading leadership advisory and executive search practice and superior scientific insights and IT infrastructure and applications.
• International career opportunities through our global firm and office network and our international industry practices.
• Beautiful home office/work location in central Stockholm, Copenhagen or Oslo together with our collaborative, international and diverse team of Consultants, Leadership Advisors, Associates, Analysts and EAs.

Next Steps:

Please apply by September 30, 2026. For questions, contact Gosia Ostapowicz at [e-mail] As we interview candidates continuously, we encourage early applications.

About us

Spencer Stuart is a global leader in executive search and leadership consulting, applying extensive knowledge of industries, functions and talent to advise clients, ranging from the world’s largest companies to entrepreneurial startups to nonprofit organizations.

Founded in Chicago in 1956 with 60 offices in 30+ countries, we specialize in senior-level executive search, board advisory, succession planning, executive assessments and organizational culture.

Founded in 1956 and privately owned, Spencer Stuart is one of the world’s leading executive search and leadership advisory firms.

With 70 offices in 31 countries, the firm is considered to be the advisor of choice among top companies seeking guidance and counsel on senior leadership needs, and has unrivaled access to leading executives around the world.

Spencer Stuart works with a wide range of clients, including multinational corporations, entrepreneurial businesses, private equity firms, family‑owned companies, and nonprofit organizations.

Achieving Excellence

As a leading professional services firm, Spencer Stuart prides itself on having a unique culture—a company culture made up of extremely results‑oriented individuals, who also have strong relationship and collaboration orientations.

Spencer Stuart strives for excellence in all that it does, and in all of its teams.

Looking For Leaders

Spencer Stuart consultants apply real insight into clients’ strategic requirements and proven assessment tools to recruit leaders who have the necessary skill, experience, and personal qualities to advance company strategies and achieve outstanding results.

Teams are organized into industry and functional practices to maximize sector specialization and knowledge sharing across the firm.

These client service teams are supported by first‑rate associates and research analysts, working across international borders and backed by state‑of‑the‑art technology.

Problem Solvers

Spencer Stuart is not only matching the right management with the right business missions, it’s also creating incredibly meaningful Leadership Teams that add long‑term value, solve a wide range of important problems across organizations, and help candidates further exceptional careers.

Professionally, employees also learn multinational businesses inside out by working side‑by‑side with the world’s most phenomenal clients and leaders.

Website Accessibility

Disability Accommodation for Individuals Applying to Spencer Stuart U.S.

Spencer Stuart is an Equal Employment Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures.

Disability Accommodation for Individuals Applying to Spencer Stuart U.K.

Spencer Stuart UK is an equal opportunities employer whereby all employment decisions are based on job requirements, business needs and individual qualifications, with no attention to any protected characteristic.

We are also a Level1 Disability Confident Employer and will therefore provide reasonable adjustments to individuals in job application processes and ensure the process is fully inclusive and accessible.

If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the alternative email address below to contact us about your interest in employment in the United States or United Kingdom: [e-mail].

Only resumes for current open positions can be accepted.

Employee Privacy Policy To view our Employee Privacy Policy, click here.

EEO is the Law Applicants to and employees of this company are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. Click here to learn more.