Expert Search Manager

About Hyphen

We are (re-)building the infrastructure and operating model of how cross-functional teams work together, to tackle the most challenging problems of tomorrow. To achieve this ambition, we are looking for emphatic and creative problem-solver and Expert Search Manager to join our team.

Hyphen is the leading global expertise partner that connects our clients – which include governments, top-tier consulting firms, and coveted investment funds – to world-class experts and specialists. Our own team members hail from leading technology companies, Nordic designers, top-tier consulting firms in New York, high-impact missions in Myanmar, and everything in-between. We formed Hyphen armed with curiosity, the ambition to tackle the most intriguing problems, and the conviction that work in the 21st century requires a new modus operandi.

Our goal is to connect expertise, determination, and strategic insight to solve the challenges of tomorrow through meaningful projects, enduring personal relationships, flexible ways of work, and cutting-edge technology.

Given our rapid growth and expanded client footprint across Europe and the Middle East, we are now looking for new team members from various backgrounds to fill key positions that are crucial to our future success. It’s a chance to join a rapidly growing company that allows new joiners to shape the direction and the way we conduct our business.

Expert Search Manager (full-time and remote)

Our ability to help clients find the right type of senior advisers, specialists, and consultants is at the core of Hyphen’s business. For this, we actively nurture personal relationships and build communities with experts and consultants across industries, while acting as a thought partner for them in their endeavor to find meaningful project engagements.

For this, we are now seeking a creative problem-solver with a strong desire to connect, interact and build long-lasting relationships to propel our fast-growing business as an Expert Search Manager. We are looking for candidates with excellent problem-solving skills allowing them to quickly grasp clients’ problems irrespective of industry and function. In addition, they should be go-getters capable of identifying and reaching out to suitable candidates, while having a high degree of emotional intelligence to assess their fit, technical skills, and motivation to be part of Hyphen’s expert roster. Furthermore, our ideal candidate will thrive in an environment where they are interacting with a variety of high-profile experts and consultants with diverging profiles while enjoying the process of building meaningful, long-term relationships with individuals to expand our expert community – all while managing a variety of different searches mandates at the same time. In addition, the ideal candidate will feel confident in interacting with clients as the subject matter expert who can provide insights and findings from ongoing searches.,

You will have the chance to work in a cross-functional setting and participate in developing digital solutions to build our community. This is an exciting opportunity for professionals with at least four to six years of experience working in executive search companies, management consulting firms, or other highly sophisticated HR roles and who wish to join a fast-growing startup with a global footprint and unparalleled opportunities.

What You’ll Achieve

•  Drive project execution: You will drive the entire end-to-end project execution process, including search strategy development, candidate assessment, compensation negotiation, and onboarding facilitation.
• Project coordination: You will manage a thoughtful candidate and client engagement experience to ensure a positive experience for both.
• Relationship building: You will build trust and positive relationships with new and existing Hyphen experts and consultants while engaging with the Hyphen network.
• Thought partnership: You will provide strategic direction and counsel to clients in defining their problems and their project execution in terms of strategic needs.
• Roster expansion: You will get the chance to proactively build expert rosters along emerging topics/fields where you see mid to long-term commercial opportunities
• Company development: You will shape and support internal and external systems to scale up the Hyphen community.

Ideal skills and characteristics

• Strong drive for results and a commitment to run processes and mandates with the utmost rigour and efficiency, often within tight timeframes.
• Interest in a wide array of topics to identify relevant experts capable of addressing our client’s challenges.
• Confidence and strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• A high level of emotional intelligence, with a keen interest in connecting both personally and professionally with experts and consultants from all walks of life.
• At least four to six years of relevant experience in management consulting, expert network management, and/or executive search company.
• Any additional experience in business development, a startup environment, or other business functions or industries is a plus.
• Strong project management skills and a willingness to work agile going forward.
• An interest in working in a startup environment.
• The ability to adapt to and thrive in a continually changing environment.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in any other languages is a plus.

 What we offer 

• Flexible working location and working hours.
• Competitive salary package (base salary, individual and team bonuses, and an employee stock option program) and technology allowance.
• Regular co-working weeks with the team.
• Generous holiday allowance and maternity/paternity leave policy.
• Access to coaching and mental health services (via our partner likeminded).
• Mentorship program and growth packages.

At Hyphen, we believe that a diverse workforce allows us to be more innovative, more creative and get better results.  We provide a competitive salary package (base salary, individual and team bonuses, and an employee stock option program) in line with the experiences and background.

This means that when we are recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. It also means that we are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to be successful.