Vice President, Executive Search Delivery & Business Development

As a commercially sharp and operationally fluent leader, your role at Peepal Consulting will involve building and owning the Executive Search vertical. This genuine P&L role requires you to originate business, deliver exceptional searches, and scale this practice into a high-margin, brand-defining line of revenue.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• **Business Acquisition**
• Own the full BD cycle from lead generation to mandate closure for the Executive Search vertical.
• Independently build and work a high-quality client pipeline.
• Identify, pitch, and convert new-to-firm clients while growing wallet share with existing accounts.
• Hire, coach, and drive a BD team as the vertical scales.
• Represent Peepal at CXO forums, industry events, and peer networks to enhance our positioning in executive hiring.
• **Business Servicing**
• Demonstrate deep working knowledge of executive search methodology at the CXO/Director level.
• Lead mandates at the most senior levels ensuring quality delivery.
• Build structured candidate pipelines to reduce mandate turnaround time.
• Act as the primary relationship owner for key accounts with proactive client communication.
• Uphold Peepal's standards for discretion, accuracy, and speed in executive hiring.
• **Building the Vertical**
• Own the P&L, set revenue targets, manage cost, and drive profitability.
• Define the go-to-market positioning for Peepal's Executive Search offering.
• Develop playbooks, processes, and tools to make the vertical scalable.
• Provide monthly reporting on pipeline health, mandate conversion, revenue forecast, and team productivity.
• Partner with the Founder's Office on long-term strategy, vertical investments, and growth planning.
• *Qualifications Required:**
• 1018 years in executive search or CXO-level hiring with a track record of origination.
• Strong commercial instincts, comfortable with managing revenue numbers and costs.
• Experience in building or leading a small team.
• Warm network at CHRO, CFO, and CEO level translating into mandates.
• Executive-level gravitas for comfortable operation at the C-suite.
• Bias for action, structured thinking, and discipline in running parallel mandates without dropping standards.

In this role, you will be measured on quarterly revenue & P&L targets met, mandate conversion rates, and client retention metrics. As a commercially sharp and operationally fluent leader, your role at Peepal Consulting will involve building and owning the Executive Search vertical. This genuine P&L role requires you to originate business, deliver exceptional searches, and scale this practice into a high-margin, brand-defining line of revenue.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• **Business Acquisition**
• Own the full BD cycle from lead generation to mandate closure for the Executive Search vertical.
• Independently build and work a high-quality client pipeline.
• Identify, pitch, and convert new-to-firm clients while growing wallet share with existing accounts.
• Hire, coach, and drive a BD team as the vertical scales.
• Represent Peepal at CXO forums, industry events, and peer networks to enhance our positioning in executive hiring.
• **Business Servicing**
• Demonstrate deep working knowledge of executive search methodology at the CXO/Director level.
• Lead mandates at the most senior levels ensuring quality delivery.
• Build structured candidate pipelines to reduce mandate turnaround time.
• Act as the primary relationship owner for key accounts with proactive client communication.
• Uphold Peepal's standards for discretion, accuracy, and speed in executive hiring.
• **Building the Vertical**
• Own the P&L, set revenue targets, manage cost, and drive profitability.
• Define the go-to-market positioning for Peepal's Executive Search offering.
• Develop playbooks, processes, and tools to make the vertical scalable.
• Provide monthly reporting on pipeline health, mandate conversion, revenue forecast, and team productivity.
• Partner with the Founder's Office on long-term strategy, vertical investments, and growth planning.
• *Qualifications Required:**
• 1018 years in executive search or CXO-level hiring with a track record of origination.
• Strong commercial instincts, comfortable with managing revenue numbers and costs.
• Experience in building or leading a small team.
• Warm network at CHRO, CFO, and CEO level translating into mandates.
• Executive-level gravitas for comfortable operation at the C-suite.
• Bias for action, structured thinking, and discipline in running parallel mandates without dropping standards.

In this role, you will be measured on quarterly revenue & P&L targets met, mandate conversion rates, and client retention metrics.