Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is the world’s foremost advisor on executive leadership, driving superior client performance through premier human capital leadership advisory services. For more than 70 years, we’ve delivered value for our clients by leveraging unrivaled expertise to help organizations discover and enable outstanding leaders and teams. Learn more at

Job Description:

Who We Are

Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior-level talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. In our role as trusted leadership advisors, we partner with our clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations, bringing together our services and offerings in executive search, diversity and inclusion, leadership assessment and development, organization and team acceleration, culture shaping and on-demand, independent talent solutions.

The Private Capital Practice is the largest at Heidrick & Struggles as it includes both General Partner and Portfolio Company coverage across all industry sectors and regions. It spans alternative investment strategies including, but not limited to Private Equity, Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Credit, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Family Offices and Real Estate. The long-term trend of growth in private markets and increasing sophistication and demand for human capital services positions the Private Capital Practice as one of the highest growth areas for the Firm.

What We Do

The role of the Private Capital Analyst (PCA) is to support the Practice’s operations, strategic initiatives, and to provide the search teams with knowledge essential to business and client development, product and service evolution and project execution. Candidates can expect to gain broad exposure across the firm, interfacing substantially with Partners and Principals in the direct service of client initiatives across Search, Consulting and On-Demand Talent offerings. The PCA team will function as the central repository for practice operations and support, including but not limited to, business development coordination, account support, new product/service offering development, talent management and bespoke project design/execution.

Role Responsibilities

Business Development:

• Track and report all business development activity across the Practice; keep Practice Leadership and individual Consultants informed on a regular basis and support knowledge sharing.
• Acquire and utilize business intelligence through various online resources including Avention, BoardEx, Capital IQ, Bloomberg, Hoovers, Factiva, OneSource, MicroQuest, industry specific resources and company websites to support both proactive and reactive Business Development.
• Track new deal flow and existing client portfolio compositions.
• Support strategic client accounts through interaction with both H&S teams and client constituents.
• Assist the Practice Management Director/Manager and Practice Leadership in marketing/branding initiatives.
• Support the Practice’s competitive intelligence initiatives.
• Create and support Business Development tools and presentations with data and insights.
• Build client and network tracking tools including third party advisors/partners.
• Refine client dashboard and tracking tools for Account Managers.

Search Execution:

• Participate in discussions of research strategy and methodology with Executive Search Teams.
• Ensure Search engagement teams are apprised of Practice-specific key resources and collaboration platforms.
• Facilitate identification and capture of lessons learned.

Partnership & Teamwork:

• Collaborate with the Practice Management Director/Manager; Search Associates/Analysts and other Practice Management Analysts from other Practices; and KMC Researchers and Data Quality Analysts aligned with the Practice.
• Assist the Practice Management Director/Manager and Practice Leadership in managing target and key client accounts; support cyclic account reporting, account current awareness research, and direct support of Account Managers and Teams.
• Assist in preparing materials for Practice calls and meetings; participate in Practice calls and meetings.
• Collaborate cross-Practice and cross-firm to identify and promote the use of best Practices and knowledge sharing.
• Develop strong internal relationships and personal network through collaboration and teamwork.
• Support and facilitate proactive talent management and identification projects.
• Maintain the accuracy, quality and integrity of all information in Latitude (firm CRM).

Basic Role Qualifications

• 0-2 years of professional experience.
• An undergraduate BA/BS degree is required.
• Demonstrated capability in professional communication, including writing, speaking, and presenting information in a clear and coherent manner.
• Intellectual curiosity with critical thinking and deduction skills.
• Some project management skills with a demonstrated ability to execute deliverables with speed and quality.
• Well established and demonstrative skills with the Microsoft Suite.

Preferred Role Qualifications

• Prior exposure to professional services or private capital.
• Proven success simultaneously managing multiple projects and working across teams.
• Specific strength in prioritization managing multiple concurrent projects and completing high quality deliverables on time.
• Some experience identifying market trends and researching information effectively through various channels.
• Ability to analyze, organize and synthesize large volumes of information into insights.
• Some exposure to working with Salesforce or other CRM highly preferred.
• A team player – highly collaborative and congenial.
• Articulate and persuasive – can communicate difficult and complex matters in a straightforward, transparent manner.
• Possesses the ability to maintain professionalism and honesty while building credibility, trust, and respect with internal clients.
• Adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards.
• Entrepreneurial with a penchant for continuous improvement and reinvention.
• Proactive and self-motivated - action bias with a strong sense of urgency.
• Ability to grasp concepts quickly, think beyond traditional methods and express innovative ideas to leaders and teams.
• Strong intellectual capacity – a continuous learner, highly analytical, good conceptual thinking skills.
• Personal maturity and good judgment.
• Results oriented, resourceful, tenacious and resilient.

Pay Range Guidelines for this Position:

The salary range for this position is 65000 USD to 90000 USD. Compensation is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience and skills. In addition to your salary, Heidrick & Struggles offers discretionary bonuses (subject to eligibility requirements) and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, disability leave, parental leave, paid time off and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Heidrick & Struggles is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or citizenship status.