The Value You Bring to Our Firm
- As a Senior Principal at ghSMART you will:
- Partner with private equity and corporate clients to assess, develop, and coach fund-level investors, CEOs, C-suite executives, and leadership teams across portfolios, functions, and geographies.
- Deliver actionable insights and high-impact recommendations on leadership challenges, organisational effectiveness, and team capability building.
- Advise clients on critical priorities such as CEO succession, leadership development, and team effectiveness.
- Cultivate and sustain trusted, long-term relationships with executive level clients, with an ability to influence through data, empathy, and a deep understanding of their motivations.
- Lead engagements by analysing qualitative data, identifying key solutions, and driving strategic outcomes that shape client strategies.
- Empower teams and drive actionable outcomes that enhance leadership and organisational performance.
When You Join ghSMART, You’re Joining a Firm Where Your Impact Matters
- As a Senior Principal, you will experience:
- Personalised Development: Ongoing coaching and mentoring from experienced colleagues to help you learn and achieve your career goals.
- Freedom to shape your career with purpose: Life is short, and a career at ghSMART empowers you with the flexibility to truly thrive. With the support of your colleagues, you’ll have the freedom to make choices that shape a career aligned with your aspirations and lifestyle, while earning top-tier rewards. Take control, keep growing, and become the best version of yourself — both at work and at home.
- World Class Capabilities: Work with a global team of diverse, extraordinary people who are dedicated to delivering exceptional results for clients.
- Meaningful impact, every day. We believe leadership is the greatest force for good. At ghSMART, you’ll experience both the challenge and the privilege of becoming a trusted advisor - often a confidant - to some of the world’s most influential leaders. Together, we tackle their number one challenge: hiring and developing talented, diverse teams that deliver exceptional value. Our work helps make leaders great - and great leaders make the world a better place.
- Career Autonomy: Have your voice and talents recognised. You’ll thrive in our “flat” organisation, where proactivity and ability are valued over bureaucracy and tenure. Every decision and action you take will be guided by our Values and Credo: “We exist to help leaders amplify their positive impact on the world.”
- Comprehensive Benefits: top remuneration, flexible leave throughout the year, paid parental leave and private health insurance.
Your Qualifications and Skills
- Your Qualifications and Skills
- MBA with relevant strategy consulting experience, PHD, or registered organisational psychologist (typically 7+ years of experience) preferred.
- Exceptional ability to build and sustain relationships with senior-level clients.
- Strong analytical capabilities to generate insights from complex data sets.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and manage multiple client projects.
- A strong track record of success in leadership advisory, management consulting, or a related field.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present complex ideas clearly to executive audiences.
- An entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for how leadership can elevate the performance of organisations
- Fluency in English and German is required
What We Do
ghSMART is always hiring A-Players, for more information on current openings visit ghsmart.com/careers.
Since our founding in 1995, our mission has always been to use our expertise in business and human behavior to help CEOs, boards, and investors build valuable organizations. Because we work with those who share our belief that leadership is the ultimate lever for positive change and value creation, we regularly serve the largest private equity firms, leading investment management firms, Fortune 500 companies, and highly respected non-profits.
We are proud of the fact that, over the past decade, 97% of our clients have told us they are highly satisfied with our work. We bring a high touch and bespoke approach to every client engagement. We consistently exceed client expectations by leveraging:
--Unmatched experience: We have executed over 21,000 assessments with over 550 organizations across every major industry; and in every major economic region of the world. As a result, we have the largest relevant database in existence on leadership performance.
--Top caliber talent: We combine senior PhD psychologists with top 1% business talent from academy companies like McKinsey, Bain, Boston Consulting Group, GE, etc.
--Robust, proprietary methods: We advise on high stakes people decisions using a rigorous, fact-based approach. Our research has been the basis for two bestselling books (Who: The A Method for Hiring and Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success) and a Harvard Business Review cover article (What Sets Successful CEOs Apart).
--Independent perspective: Our clients appreciate our objective perspective due to our 100% employee-owned structure and our singular focus on leadership advisory.
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