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Vice President, People Advisory

Hong Kong, China

Vice President, People Advisory 

Hong Kong SAR

The Opportunity

As we continue to grow our operations in Asia-Pacific, we are looking for a high caliber candidate to join our dynamic People Advisory team as a Vice President in Hong Kong SAR. This is a unique opportunity for a driven, self-motivated candidate to develop a successful career in a dynamic, growing international advisory company.

Teneo’s People Advisory business is a global boutique offering executive search, board recruitment and advisory services. Our clients value our work because of the exclusivity of the relationship, our responsiveness, our discretion, and our track record of successful completion of assignments.

As a Vice President you will play an integral role, both culturally and commercially, in building the People Advisory business across Asia Pacific. As a Vice President, you will be expected to support your practice, through exceptional client execution, business development support, and in helping to develop the more junior members of the team.

Responsibilities

As a Vice President with People Advisory team at Teneo, your role will include:

Executive Search:

  • Proactively co-leads the execution of individual assignments through the full search process, supporting the candidate and client experience.
  • Demonstrates expertise in the research process to ensure an outcome of a well-developed and curated list of candidates for each assignment.
  • Contributes to, and participates in, the pitch process.
  • Discovers innovative ways to identify high potential talent within a given market.
  • Supports new business development and client relationship management to enable delivery of strategic goals and financial plans, contributing to ongoing, successful development of new and existing client relationships.
  • Demonstrates an increasingly commercial mindset.
  • Ensures that our commitment to diversity is embedded throughout our processes and is evident in our outcomes.
  • Is developing confidence in articulating clients’ critical issues and challenges, beginning to anticipate their evolving needs and suggesting solutions for these.
  • Accountable for writing, editing, and formatting of client-ready correspondence, including reports and proposals using appropriate, nuanced, and concise language.
  • Able to draw on a candidate brief to thoroughly assess candidates against the requirements of the role.
  • Manages and enriches data accurately and comprehensively across assignment, client and candidate records.
  • Anticipates the needs of the end user client (and internal clients) and communicates accordingly.

Business Development:

  • Supports new business development and client relationship management to enable delivery of strategic goals and financial plans, contributing to the ongoing success of new and existing client relationships.
  • Demonstrates a commercial mindset and contributes meaningfully to joint client meetings and project delivery.
  • Shares relevant market insights and candidate movements where appropriate to inform client discussions and internal planning.
  • Builds internal and external networks to bring relevant expertise and insights to clients and the team, identifying opportunities for collaboration across the business and wider group.
  • Acts as an ambassador for the business, positively engaging in initiatives that enhance our employee and client value proposition.
  • Participates in networking events and forums as appropriate.

Furthermore, you will be expected to:

  • Maintain all contact and relevant information in the database promptly and accurately throughout each stage of the assignment and business development process.
  • Apply thorough and precise coding practices within the database to preserve data integrity.
  • Collaborate effectively with the support team to optimise workflow efficiency and accuracy.
  • Conduct a high volume of general interviews to build and ensure a strong candidate pipeline.
  • Adhere to the firm’s best practice principles and uphold consistently high standards.

Requirements

  • 8–10 years of hands-on Executive Search experience, with a proven track record of identifying, assessing, and placing senior leadership talent across diverse industries and geographies.
  • Exceptional search acumen, including advanced conceptual and analytical skills, strong business insight, and the ability to translate complex organisational needs into effective search strategies.
  • Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage credibly with senior stakeholders and articulate insights clearly.
  • Superior organisational capability, demonstrating the ability to manage multiple concurrent searches, prioritise effectively, and deliver results under pressure.
  • Emerging potential to become a trusted advisor, with a deep understanding of client business models and talent needs.
  • Commitment to excellence, with meticulous attention to detail and a high-performance mindset.
  • Collaborative and inclusive approach, contributing positively across teams and leading by example in a non-hierarchical environment.
  • High emotional intelligence, sound judgement, and discretion in handling sensitive information and relationships.
    Adaptability and initiative, thriving in a dynamic environment and proactively supporting the broader goals of the Teneo People Advisory team.
  • Dedication to fostering an inclusive workplace, valuing diverse perspectives and experiences.
  • Self-awareness and accountability, understanding when to seek guidance and how to navigate complex situations with integrity.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word and PowerPoint, to support high-quality deliverables.

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,700 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Teneo is an equal opportunity employer and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace. Teneo considers all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, genetic information, or sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law.

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In some cases, we may need to process data to ensure that we are complying with our legal obligations. For example, we are required to check a successful applicant’s eligibility to work before employment starts. 

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If your application for employment is unsuccessful, we will keep your data 3 years after we have informed you that your application was unsuccessful. We keep your data for this period so that we can show that the recruitment process has been conducted in a fair and transparent way. We also retain your personal data so that we can notify you of future job opportunities if they arise.  At the end of this period, we will securely destroy your personal data.

If your application for employment is successful, personal data collected during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. Further details on this are provided in the Employee Privacy Notice.

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  • Request access to your personal information
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  • Object to processing of your personal information where there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground.
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  • Request the transfer of your personal information to another party.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact peopleconnect@teneo.com

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