Executive Search Consultant

The Opportunity

This is a high-stakes, sophisticated recruitment role for a consultant who excels at identifying, engaging, and placing high-level leadership and specialized management talent.

As an Executive Search Consultant, you will be responsible for sourcing leaders who can help scale Australian agency operations. You will look beyond basic skills to focus deeply on strategic vision, leadership style, and long-term cultural alignment. Working as a trusted advisor to AU agency owners and founders, you will manage confidential, premium talent pipelines and guide complex employment negotiations to a successful close.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Strategic Headhunting & Market Mapping

• Targeted Outreach: Execute highly discreet, tailored headhunting campaigns aimed at top-tier industry executives and management professionals.
  
• Market Intelligence: Conduct deep market mapping and industry research to identify hidden leadership talent across global remote networks.
  
• Position Calibration: Collaborate with agency founders to dissect organizational structures and define critical leadership success factors.

Advanced Evaluation & Cultural Vetting

• Behavioral Profiling: Apply structured executive evaluation frameworks and behavioral interviewing techniques to assess strategic capabilities.
  
• Cultural Alignment: Conduct deep-dive vetting sessions to ensure candidates match the vision, values, and operational pace of Australian agencies.
  
• Portfolio & Reference Checks: Oversee thorough background verifications, leadership portfolio reviews, and multi-tier professional reference tracking.

Negotiation & Stakeholder Support

• Offer Management: Navigate high-level salary expectations, performance incentives, and contract term negotiations for executive placements.
  
• Founder Advisory: Present comprehensive candidate summaries and advisory insights to assist Australian business owners in final decision-making.
  
• Real-Time Alignment: Work in complete sync with Australian time zones (AEST/AWST) to facilitate rapid communication with busy founders.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Experience: ~4–6 years of experience in executive search, corporate recruitment, or senior management placement—ideally within global agency networks or high-growth remote setups.
  
• Business Literacy: Deep understanding of agency corporate structures, operational scaling metrics, and leadership dynamics.
  
• Sourcing Sophistication: Exceptional mastery of advanced digital sourcing networks, executive talent platforms, and data-driven mapping tools.
  
• Negotiation Mastery: Demonstrated capability in handling high-level employment discussions and complex compensation modeling.
  
• Soft Skills: Superior verbal and written English communication, absolute professional discretion, high emotional intelligence, and natural relationship-building skills.

WHY THIS ROLE

• High Strategic Impact: Place the operational leaders and decision-makers who will shape the future of fast-growing Australian digital agencies.
  
• Premium Remote Network: Work inside a structured remote ecosystem backed by reliable tracking utilities, executive tools, and account management support.
  
• Professional Sophistication: Build high-value connections with Australian agency founders and elite global management talent.

ABOUT NEXT STAFF REMOTE

We bring together elite Filipino technical talent and fast-growing Australian agencies. Our mission is to make it seamless for teams and SMEs to find the perfect specialist without the overhead of a local hire. We operate at the intersection of high performance and team integration, ensuring our specialists work in real-time sync with Australian business hours to deliver exceptional digital outcomes.