Functional Leadership Search
The heads of function who turn strategy into results across finance, people, operations, technology, commercial and legal, and who improve how the business works as a whole.
The model matches the consequence of the appointment.
Every level runs on the same disciplined method. What deepens with each level is the depth of assessment, the intelligence delivered and the share of our fee placed at risk.
Heads of function across six disciplines.
Finance
Heads of Finance, Financial Controllers, Heads of Treasury, Tax and Internal Audit.
People
Heads of Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Reward, and Learning and Development.
Operations and projects
Heads of Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Projects and Quality.
Technology
Heads of IT, Data, Digital, Engineering and Information Security.
Commercial
Heads of Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Key Accounts.
Legal and risk
Heads of Legal, Compliance, Risk and Company Secretarial.
Selection evidence for functional leaders.
At this level the work moves from delivering within a system to improving across functions, so selection tests judgement and problem solving.
Judgement and problem solving
How the leader diagnoses problems that cross functional boundaries, and the quality of the decisions that follow.
Functional mastery
Depth in the discipline, verified with the people who worked with the leader, not only described in the CV.
Improvement across functions
A record of improving how the function works with the rest of the business, not only within it.
Readiness for the next level
Whether the leader can grow into an executive role as the organisation scales.
Progressive: Enhanced Search.
Functional leadership roles run on our Progressive model: the full H&S Method with market mapping, a behavioural assessment for every finalist and structured references beyond those the candidate names.
The engagement architectureAn executive search firm in Dubai, working across the GCC.
Hunters and Skipper is a founder led executive search and leadership advisory firm based in Dubai. We search for chief executives, board directors and C Suite leaders across the United Arab Emirates, including Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, with reach into India, Africa, Europe and South East Asia.
We work with listed companies, family owned groups, government related entities and investor backed businesses. Where national talent programmes such as Emiratisation and Saudisation apply, qualified national leaders are built into every longlist.
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