Senior Executive Search Consultant – Netherlands

Thank you for your interest in Birn+Partners. It means a great deal to us.

We are on an ambitious journey to establish Birn+Partners as a Top 10 Executive Search and Leadership Consulting firm across Europe. To get there, we are building a team of consultants who are not only deeply skilled in their craft, but who are commercial, client-driven, and motivated by growth both their own and our clients.

If you are someone who thrives on building relationships, opening doors, and creating real commercial impact, we want to hear from you.

The Consultant role looks slightly different from market to market, but the core is the same everywhere: you work closely with clients, you understand their business deeply, and you bring both analytical sharpness and genuine instinct to every assignment.

Executive Search · Leadership Consulting · Board Services

Do you thrive on advising C-level leaders, entrepreneurs, and private equity funds and helping them create lasting business impact?

Birn+Partners is growing in The Netherlands and looking for an experienced, business-driven Senior Executive Search Consultant to join our international team. As part of our Dutch team, you’ll:

• Advise top executives and owner-led companies on leadership, strategy, and organizational development

• Lead executive search processes for key leadership positions

• Coach leaders through their first 100 days and support team and leadership development

• Contribute to and promote our Board Services

• Build and nurture client relationships while developing your own portfolio

• Collaborate with colleagues across Europe on cross-border assignments.

You’ll be supported by a strong in-house team in research, marketing, business development, and assessment, giving you the freedom to focus on what you do best: creating value for leaders and organizations.

We imagine you have:

• A strong network at C-level or experience from leadership roles in the private sector

• Proven commercial drive and a genuine interest in business and people

• Excellent advisory and relationship-building skills

• A master’s degree or equivalent professional experience

• Strong analytical thinking and the ability to simplify complex challenges

• Fluency in Dutch and English.
  

Why Join Us? At Birn+Partners, you’ll find:

• An entrepreneurial, international culture with real autonomy and impact

• A collaborative team of senior colleagues and specialists

• Very high commission model

• Access to leading concepts, tools, and development programs

• A company passionate about leadership, learning, and growth

• We are not just consultants, we are trusted partners to the leaders shaping the future.
  

For more information about our company values and what it means to be a consultant at Birn+Partners, please visit: https://www.birn-partners.com/about/join-us

A note on our process: Every consultant applicant across all Birn+Partners entities regardless of market or brand, goes through the same initial screening. This ensures consistency, fairness, and that we get to know you from the very start. If you progress through this first stage, the relevant local Partner or Managing Director will be in touch directly to take the conversation forward.

We look forward to reading your application and thank you for the time you take.

For more information on this role:

• Bjorn de Decker, Managing Director, Benelux

• [email protected]