Principal – Executive Search & Leadership Acquisition

Marcus Evans is a global leader in business intelligence assisting our clients to grow by making connections, sharing knowledge, inspiring people, building relationships and creating new opportunities. With over four decades of experience and teams of highly experienced professionals across the world in 50+ office locations, we deliver impactful strategic insight and business development guidance across all sectors through a variety of media including high-level summits, conferences and online platforms, as well as through performance management coaching and the curation of key client corporate event programmes.

Based in 30+ countries, we create services that connect decision-makers, spark innovation, and drive real business growth. We bring people together to inspire them - not only by what they learn but also by who they meet.

Our success is achieved against a backdrop of specialist teams of experts, working as one global network, each of whom has built up their area of specialist knowledge and unique client access.

Our overriding approach is collaboration to maximise opportunities, and our belief is that “We’ll be our most successful when we work together.”

We recognise excellence and actively develop top performers into future leaders. Our culture promotes teamwork, continuous learning, and global career growth.

Marcus Evans is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

We are seeking a Principal – Executive Search & Leadership Acquisition to join our Strategic Talent function. In this role, you will identify senior leaders, build market intelligence, and engage in high-level conversations to support leadership in evaluating talent, partnerships, and growth opportunities. This is an in-office role based in our Hyderabad office.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct deep market mapping across industries to identify relevant companies, leadership teams, and emerging players

• Build structured industry intelligence including business models, competitive positioning, and growth dynamics

• Identify and engage senior executives (CXO / Director / VP level) through targeted outreach and high-quality conversations

• Lead exploratory discussions to understand leadership capability, organisational context, and market signals

• Develop candidate and market briefs (dossiers) that synthesize insights into clear, decision-oriented inputs for leadership

• Support early-stage evaluation of hiring, partnership, or expansion opportunities, including qualitative due diligence

• Own the progression of selected candidates from initial engagement through to offer stage, where relevant, in alignment with leadership priorities

• Partner with senior stakeholders to shape, define, and refine leadership roles based on market insights and candidate interactions

• Build and maintain a pipeline of high-potential individuals and relationships over time

• Contribute to business discussions and internal strategy conversations by linking market insights to potential opportunities

• Represent Marcus Evans professionally in external engagements with senior stakeholders

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• 8–15+ years of experience in:

• Executive search (retained search preferred), or

• Strategy consulting, or

• Leadership advisory / market intelligence roles

• Experience engaging with CXOs, founders, or senior business leaders

• Strong ability to analyze industries, companies, and leadership structures

• Experience translating research and conversations into structured insights or briefs

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

• Ability to operate independently in a high-impact environment where scope and opportunities evolve with the business

Preferred:

• Experience in retained executive search firms or advisory environments

• Exposure to multiple industries or global markets

• Prior entrepreneurial or business-building experience

Marcus Evans is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

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