Executive Search Partner in Slough

We are looking for an experienced Executive Search Partner to join our team and lead senior-level and mission-critical mandates across global financial services. This role offers the opportunity to operate at the most senior end of the market — partnering directly with CEOs, boards and leadership teams to solve complex talent challenges. You will lead retained executive search assignments while contributing to the continued growth and evolution of the Eames Partnership platform.

You will be joining a business that values intellectual rigour, collaboration and quality of execution, with the autonomy and support to build a successful practice within a respected global brand.

The Role

As an Executive Search Partner, you will lead end-to-end executive search and talent advisory engagements across senior leadership roles within financial services. Your responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with senior client stakeholders to define leadership hiring needs and develop clear success profiles
• Designing and executing targeted search strategies for C-suite and senior leadership appointments
• Identifying, engaging and assessing high-calibre executives through proactive market mapping and relationship networks
• Managing retained search assignments end-to-end, from briefing and longlisting through to candidate assessment, referencing and offer negotiation
• Advising clients on leadership market trends, competitor landscapes and compensation dynamics
• Ensuring a thoughtful, professional and confidential experience for candidates throughout the search process
• Building and maintaining strong, diverse networks of senior financial services leaders

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking an experienced executive search professional who combines strong commercial instincts with intellectual curiosity and a commitment to delivering high-quality work. You will bring:

• 8+ years of executive search experience, either within a search firm or in-house leadership hiring environment
• A track record of delivering senior leadership and executive appointments
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to build trusted advisor relationships
• Expertise in executive candidate assessment and structured interviewing
• High levels of professionalism, discretion and commercial judgement

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and a consultative approach to client engagement
• Strong executive presence and communication skills
• Data-led thinking and evidence-based decision making
• Resilience, accountability and a focus on outcomes

How Success is Measured

• Quality and longevity of executive placements
• Delivery and completion of retained search assignments
• Client and stakeholder satisfaction
• Strength and depth of executive leadership networks

Eames Partnership

Eames Partnership is a global financial services executive search and talent advisory firm. Our work extends well beyond traditional search. We combine rigorous market insight, deep talent intelligence and robust leadership assessment to give our clients a genuinely informed view of the leadership landscape. We are execution-led. Our reputation has been built not on selling capability, but on consistently delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Founded in 2002, Eames Partnership is the executive search arm of Eames Group, a global talent advisory and consulting firm headquartered in London with offices across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. We operate across the breadth of financial services, including public and private markets asset management, global (re)insurance, banking and markets, wealth and private banking, as well as key supporting functions.

Get in touch:

If you are an executive search professional looking to work on complex leadership mandates within financial services — and want to be part of a firm that values insight, partnership and quality of execution — we would welcome a confidential conversation.