Senior Associate, Investor-Backed Healthcare

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Oversee the initial candidate identification and development procedure

• Support Consultants, Principals, and Senior Partners in generating, managing, and executing search assignments

• Identify, screen, and present potential candidates to clients

• Foster and sustain relationships with both clients and candidates

• Evaluate candidates' skills in relation to client requirements

• Engage in or lead search processes, including work with clients and search committees, sourcing, interviewing, referencing, negotiating, and finalizing assignments

• Develop, maintain, and enhance client and candidate relationships to generate repeat business

• Participate in or lead client calls and meetings

• Prepare materials for client meetings and presentations

• Formulate search engagement strategies and implement candidate identification and profiling using both primary and secondary sources

• Create persuasive presentations to promote roles and client companies to potential candidates

• Reach out, identify, and evaluate candidates for position suitability

• Guide candidates through interviews, presentations, and references when applicable

• Perform preliminary telephone screening assessments

• Actively network and efficiently seek out candidates

• Collaborate with lead consultants, Research, and Data Management

• Manage a full search load of approximately 10 searches

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire search process, the Senior Associate role, and the relevant industry practice

• Embody WittKieffer values and exhibit collaboration

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree is required

• Master's degree is strongly preferred

• 5+ years of experience in executive search, research roles, recruitment, or related industry experience

• Significant previous experience and proficiency with computer systems, databases, email, etc.

• Strong assessment capabilities

• Excellent verbal, written, and listening communication skills

• Willingness to travel as necessary

• Ability to appropriately evaluate potential candidate eligibility through telephone screening

• Capacity to build and sustain strong client relationships

• Strong work ethic

• Team-oriented and collaborative mindset

• Action and results-driven orientation

• Customer-focused approach

• Skills in priority-setting and time management

• Talent assessment expertise

• Process management proficiency

• Ethics and values in alignment with the firm

• Active listening skills

• Self-motivated with initiative

🏝️ Benefits

• Semi-annual bonus opportunity through a production-based incentive program

• No earnings cap

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• 401(k)

• Life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Generous paid time off