Associate, Nordics

Spencer Stuart; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 480,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful career in a global firm

Industry-leading leadership advisory &

International opportunities

Central Nordic offices

Job summary

Spencer Stuart is seeking an Associate to support executive search and leadership advisory projects across industries. You will lead projects, engage with candidates, and collaborate with consultants to deliver end-to-end results from start to closure.

Based in one of our Nordic offices (Stockholm, Copenhagen or Oslo), you will contribute market insights, talent strategies, and business development materials while working with an international, diverse team.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business, social sciences, humanities, science or a related field.
• International mindset for global collaboration with colleagues, candidates, and clients.
• Strong interest in people, leadership and organisations with business market awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead executive search projects and advise clients on talent and market insights.
• Conduct targeted research and engage with candidates for leadership opportunities.
• Collaborate with consultants and steer project deliveries end to end.
• Support consultants with presentations and pitch-decks with market insights.

Skills

Executive search

Client engagement

Research methods

Leadership advisory

Market insights

Education

Master’s degree in business or related field

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Presentation skills

Job description

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.

For questions, contact Gosia Ostapowicz at [e-mail]

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.

For more information please visit our website: www.spencerstuart.com

To see and hear more about our organization, its culture and values, as well as what it’s like to work at Spencer Stuart, please visit https://www.spencerstuart.com/who-we-are/careers-at-spencer-stuart

Spencer Stuart is a proud equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to non-discrimination without regard to actual or perceived race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, immigration status, ancestry, age, marital status, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.