Summary

This is a great opportunity to be part of our successful Research and Business Development Team, which helps our clients to gain the knowledge and expertise they require as part of their expansion projects, dealmaking workflow or investment analysis. You will be exposed to a broad range of sectors (including artificial intelligence, self driving cars, cloud technology, robotics,...). As part of your role, you will talk with business leaders in each sector, and also learn about clients' requirements and business strategies. The diversity of projects and tasks will ensure a steep learning curve and an exciting job role. The right candidate gets the chance to learn from a highly experienced team of entrepreneurs who mentor and teach their staff. You will receive detailed training with regards to business, negotiation skills and relationship management.

The role is full-time (3-month probation) and based in Hong Kong.

Your responsibilities

• As a member of our business leaders facing team, you will be acting as the intermediary between our clients, and targeted business leaders / experts in various sectors.

• Your role is to focus on our clients' knowledge gaps and define the specialist knowledge required to address them. You then research companies and industries in order to identify and engage leading subject-matter specialists, and connect them with our clients for short term engagements (e.g. global group video calls, executive roundtable discussions, keynote presentations at large client conferences, etc.). The engagements take place globally, offering you unique perspectives.

• Once you excel at the core requirements of the business leaders facing role, you will take on additional responsibilities, including overall project management, relationship management, and coaching of junior colleagues. You will receive on-and-off-the-desk training along the core dimensions it takes to become a self-sufficient commercial leader, including business development, negotiation, leadership, recruitment, and talent development.

• The role will involve:

• Resourcing live client requirements, following a full brief from a senior team member. Identify, screen and qualify candidates, and pitch the candidates to the relevant client.

• Generating candidates through research and headhunting

• Connecting selected candidates with clients for short term projects

• Maintaining a strong relationship with the candidates, ensuring their availability and activity in the market is kept up to date and tracked at all times

• Building a strong network and database of relevant candidate contacts

Profile: Who you are

This is a position for someone with high emotional intelligence who enjoys connecting with people, is an exemplar of professionalism, and is highly motivated by exceeding targets. Our most successful people embrace a whatever-it-takes mantra and relish the opportunity to roll up their sleeves to achieve their goals.

• Innate personal confidence able to thrive in an environment that at times can be volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA). Flexible and able to think on your feet and respond to last minute changes calmly.

• People-oriented, emotionally intelligent team player, can-do attitude and passion for making a tangible impact.

• A very high degree of literacy and excellent communication skills, both in emails, over the telephone and in person. Confident yet friendly and warm personality with tact and diplomacy.

• confidence to initiate conversations with senior executives in diverse sectors and functions.

• Being a self-starter, highly motivated with a high degree of flexibility, and a pro-active personality.

• Outgoing personality, and able to work well with different types of people.

• Must be very detail oriented, and possess strong logical and problem solving skills.

• Punctual, reliable and capable of working independently as well as part of a busy team.

• Exceptional time management and organisational skills. Ability to handle multiple priorities while meeting deadlines and targets.

• Positive thinking, ability to work under pressure, and a team player attitude rather than an individual contributor.

• Ability to achieve project goals, rather than just fulfilling job duties.

• Previous experience in executive search is advantage.

• Willing to learn new skills and work hard to progress your career.

• Entirely fluent in both written and spoken Mandarin and English.

• Previous relevant work experience in a western company environment is preferred.

What we offer you

• Exposure to diverse sectors, clients and business leaders' insights.

• Clients require very regular access to executives for such short projects, allowing you to generate a high level of revenues each month.

• Diversity of projects and tasks will ensure a steep learning curve and an exciting job role.

• Become part of a fast-growing international business and learn from a highly experienced team of entrepreneurs who mentor and teach their Staff.

• You will interact with the Senior Management Team of the company, from whom you can learn about business, negotiation skills and relationship management. You will also be working closely with a highly successful Research team and Sales & Business Development Team.

• Monthly Commission System without upper limit.

• Competitive salary will be offered to the successful candidate.

• We offer public holidays, a 5 day work week and a great team.

How you can apply

Please note that no visa sponsorship will be provided.

To apply, please:

• send your CV and covering letter (which explains in detail your relevant skills for the above mentioned position

• indicate your current and expected salary.

• your earliest start date.

* All personal data collected will be kept in strict confidence and only for employment-related purposes.

* If you do not receive a response within 4 weeks then your Application has not been successful.

Zebra Insights Group serves clients in financial services, law, insurance, diverse corporate sectors, and strategy consulting. We design innovative and differentiated content ideas for our clients' worldwide conferences and events of all sizes. 

On behalf of our clients, we build relationships with senior executives, experts and speakers across diverse sectors. We invite them to share their strategic insights and knowledge at our clients' events globally.