Associate

Spencer Stuart is hiring:

Associate, Spencer Stuart Nordics

Are you passionate about leadership and business? Do you want to work with leaders who shape organisations and make critical people decisions? Do you want to help clients address complex leadership, talent and organisational challenges across industries and functions?

Spencer Stuart is a global leadership advisory firm with deep industry and functional expertise. We advise clients on senior-level executive search, board advisory, succession planning, leadership assessment, CEO succession and organisational culture. Based on the belief that leadership is critical in an ever-changing global world, we work with rigor, discipline, insight and technology to help clients make wise people decisions.

Our Nordic team is growing, and we are looking to recruit an Associate to support executive search and leadership advisory projects across industries and functions. This role can be based in any of our Nordic offices: Stockholm, Copenhagen, or Oslo.

You will:

• Lead executive search projects and advise clients on talent and market insights, relevant candidate pools and candidate pipeline for specific projects.

• Conduct targeted research and engage with candidates to explore and assess their relevance for specific leadership opportunities.

• Collaborate with consultants and act as project leader steering project deliveries end to end from project start to project closure.

• Support consultants with presentations and pitch-decks adding market insights and talent strategies for business development purposes.

You bring:

• A master’s degree in business, social sciences, humanities, science or a related field, and relevant experience from research, consulting, executive search, talent advisory or another analytical client-facing environment.

• An international mindset, enabling you to collaborate effectively with colleagues, candidates, and clients in a truly global setting.

• Profound interest in people, leadership and organisations, combined with curiosity about business, markets and the factors that shape effective leadership.

• Strong mix of analytical skills and business understanding allowing easy and fast absorption of a multitude of different data points and information sources.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, which permit you to engage and communicate effectively with people at all levels in an international business environment.

• Self-driven personality and entrepreneurial mindset which fit our collaborative and diverse work environment.

We offer:

• A meaningful career in a people-centric global firm with a strong purpose and high ethics and professional standards.

• Top-tier development opportunities anchored in our industry-leading leadership advisory and executive search practice and superior scientific insights and IT infrastructure and applications. 

• International career opportunities through our global firm and office network and our international industry practices.

• Beautiful home office/work location in central Stockholm, Copenhagen or Oslo together with our collaborative, international and diverse team of Consultants, Leadership Advisors, Associates, Analysts and EAs.

Next Steps:

Please apply by September 30, 2026.

For questions, contact Gosia Ostapowicz at [email protected]

As we interview candidates continuously, we encourage early applications.

About us

Spencer Stuart is a global leader in executive search and leadership consulting, applying extensive knowledge of industries, functions and talent to advise clients, ranging from the world’s largest companies to entrepreneurial startups to nonprofit organizations. Founded in Chicago in 1956 with 60 offices in 30+ countries, we specialize in senior-level executive search, board advisory, succession planning, executive assessments and organizational culture.

For more information please visit our website: www.spencerstuart.com