Recruitment Services · Leadership Hiring
Leaders who build teams, not just fill seats.
Search and selection for heads of function, directors and senior managers: the layer of the organisation that turns a strategy into results.
- assessed candidates on every shortlist
- 3–5
- headhunting, not job adverts
- Direct
- terms agreed before the search starts
- Written
Overview
What leadership hiring covers
A wrong appointment at this level costs a year. A strong one builds a team that outlasts them. The difference rarely shows on a CV; it shows in how someone has hired, led and delivered before.
We combine direct headhunting with structured leadership assessment, so you meet fewer candidates and every one of them is a serious contender.
Ideal for
- Heads of sales, marketing and operations
- General managers and regional heads
- Engineering and product directors
- Finance, HR and legal leads
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What is included
What we take on for you.
Included
Targeted approach to leaders who are performing well and not looking.
Included
Structured interviews on team building, commercial judgement and track record.
Included
Conversations with your team to test how a candidate will actually work with them.
Included
UAE salary, allowance and benefits data so your offer lands first time.
Included
References from former managers, peers and people who reported to them.
Included
What happens if an appointee leaves early is agreed in writing in your proposal.
Our approach
How leadership hiring works
Day 1
Step 1: Intake
A working session with the hiring manager and HR.
Week 1
Step 2: Search
A targeted approach to relevant leaders in your market.
From 5–7 business days
Step 3: Shortlist
A first shortlist of assessed candidates with written notes.
Weeks 2–6
Step 4: Interviews and offer
Scheduling, feedback and negotiation.
Until day one
Step 5: Joining
Contact through notice period and start date.
FAQ
Questions about leadership hiring
Roles that lead a team or a function, usually from senior manager to director level.
A success fee set as a percentage of annual base salary and agreed in writing before we begin. Most mandates carry no upfront fee.
Yes. We recruit across the GCC and further afield, and manage relocation and notice-period negotiations.
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Discuss leadership hiring with a senior consultant.
Tell us where things stand. We will call you within one business day and follow up with a written recommendation and a fixed quote in AED.
- We call you within one business dayA 30-minute conversation with a senior consultant.
- You get a written recommendationWithin 4 to 5 business days, with a fixed quote in AED.
- You decide, with zero pressureNo retainer to sign on the call.
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