Senior Associate

Sheffield Haworth; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Sheffield Haworth in the US Technology practice is seeking an experienced Senior Associate to partner with Practice MDs and Consultants in live searches, market mapping, sourcing, screening candidates, and maintaining data in the CRM. The role emphasizes judgment, relationship-building, and the ability to manage client expectations in a fast-changing tech landscape.

A successful candidate will bring 6–10 years in executive search, superb written and spoken communications, discretion with

Qualifications

• 6–10 years’ experience working on executive search projects.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels, verbally and in writing.
• Ability to prioritize under tight deadlines and shifting client needs.
• Discretion and professionalism with confidential information.
• Attention to detail and problem-solving orientation.
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Word and Excel for presentations and reports.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Practice MDs and Consultants to execute live searches.
• Conduct market mapping, sourcing and candidate screening.
• Take detailed notes and maintain CRM data; manage expectations.
• Assist Consultants with marketing, pitching and candidate management.
• Engage in outreach, client updates, and written client-ready materials.
• Support business development through research and presentations.

Skills

Executive search experience

Excellent communication

Prioritization under pressure

Discretion with confidential info

Detail orientation

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Technology sector knowledge

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

Sheffield Haworth is hiring an experienced executive Senior Associate for our US Technology practice.

About Sheffield Haworth

Sheffield Haworth is a global executive search firm founded in 1993. We have a history of recruiting executives in high-impact roles year after year, giving clients a competitive advantage in a fast-changing world.

Our vision is to be the leading global consultancy in people and transformational change. We specialize in executive search and interim placements, leadership advisory, change management, and information and data services. Clients benefit from deep industry insights, our wide-ranging networks, and high standards of delivery from our global team. We work with private and public companies across financial services, professional and business services, high-growth technologies, and multinational corporates.

Sheffield Haworth has undergone significant growth and expansion since inception, now employing over 180 professionals in 15 global offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and disability confident, committed employer.

Senior Associate Overview

Senior Associates at Sheffield Haworth partner with Practice MDs and Consultants to execute live searches, including market mapping, sourcing and screening candidates, taking detailed notes, maintaining data in our CRM, and proactively managing candidate and client expectations. In addition, they will be expected to assist Consultants with marketing, pitching, and candidate management.

The nature of this work is changing. AI now does in an afternoon the research that once took weeks, so the value of the role is shifting toward the parts it can't reach: reading a candidate, building the relationships, the creativity to find people others miss, and the judgment that decides a search. We want a Senior Associate who puts these tools to work and spends the time they free where it counts.

A few of the key areas of search that Senior Associates can expect to work on include:

• Knowledge management within our search database as well as within the team and firm SharePoint and other systems.
• Desk research, on LinkedIn and other research sources, as well as via our proprietary database and company websites.
• Outreach and engagement, including candidate cold calls, assessment, and ongoing relationship management.
• Written work including client-ready candidate assessments, job descriptions, client update notes, marketing materials, quarterly reports, etc.
• Candidate and client interaction.
• Business development could include company and management research as well as presentation preparation.

Sheffield Haworth is looking for a Senior Associate who is proactive and innovative. A successful applicant will have:

• 6-10 years’ experience working on executive search projects.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, both verbally and in writing.
• An ability to prioritize when faced with tight deadlines and shifting client needs.
• An ability to exercise absolute discretion and professionalism with confidential information.
• A positive attitude, a love of problem-solving, and a very close attention to detail.
• Well-developed skills in key office applications, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, to efficiently produce presentations, reports, charts, graphical analysis, and written documents.
• Familiarity with the Technology Sector and Private Markets is a plus.

Skills & Attributes

In addition to the key skills for the role, we are always looking for team members who:

• Display a consistently curious and inquisitive attitude, leading with disciplined questions rather than assumptions and probing past titles and org charts into how decisions really get made.
• Read candidates well, getting past the CV to motivation and fit and telling conviction from defensiveness in a first conversation.
• Anticipate the needs of their clients, candidates, and team members, and identify problems, whether a counter-offer, a candidate cooling, or a spec the market won't meet, in time to get ahead of them.
• Build strong relationships with team members, candidates, and clients, and continually deepen and improve them over time.
• Manage stakeholders with professionalism, keeping candidates, clients, and colleagues aligned, informed, and well represented at every level.
• Run to a process and protect momentum, closing loops with disciplined follow-up so that a search never quietly drifts.
• Show tenacity and resilience, staying warm, persistent, and accurate through the long, quiet stretches of a search, owning outcomes and never mistaking activity for progress.
• Put AI and our research tools to work on the routine parts of a search, and spend the time they free on judgment and relationships.
• Bring creativity to the search, finding candidates, angles, and approaches others miss, and testing new ideas when the obvious sources run dry.
• Seek out and deploy best practices in all that they do, and stay intrinsically motivated to sharpen their judgment over time.
• Take a real interest in how technology businesses and their leaders work, and keep a finger on the pulse of the sector, its key clients, and where talent is moving.

Salary & Benefits

This is a permanent full-time position. The salary range for this position is $90,000-$115,000. Associates are also eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and skills. We may consider higher salaries for overqualified and exceptional candidates.

Our Values

Sheffield Haworth employees adhere to the following set of values. The successful candidate will show attributes which will complement the firm’s ethos in this respect. These include Trust, Humanity, Inclusion, and Excellence.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010. We value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; color, nationality, ethnic or national origin.