Researcher, Executive Search

Researcher, Executive Search

US Market

Location: London (Hybrid)

Start date: October 2025

Qurated is a rapidly scaling executive search firm working with industry-leading clients across Financial Services and Legal Services. We partner with the businesses shaping the future of their industries, helping them hire exceptional leaders and build high-impact teams.

We’re looking for an ambitious recent Researcher to join our executive search team, supporting the delivery of senior leadership and executive mandates across the US. Based in London, you’ll be working closely with our Partners, Consultants, and Researchers to identify, engage, and assess exceptional candidates for leadership roles across our key US clients.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone early in their career who’s smart, curious, and ready to work hard. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to high-level hiring, learning directly from experienced search professionals while playing a meaningful role in executing real-time mandates.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting live executive searches focused on senior US-based roles
• Mapping relevant markets, building longlists, and researching organisations and industry moves.
• Using LinkedIn and other tools to identify senior talent aligned to client briefs.
• Supporting candidate outreach and engagement alongside senior team members.
• Preparing research packs, candidate summaries, and market intelligence.
• Collaborating with experienced Consultants and Researchers to ensure timely and high-quality project delivery.

What we’re looking for:

• A sharp, detail-oriented recent graduate or early career professional with strong people skills
• Comfortable working flexible hours to support the US market
• Strong organisational skills - someone who can stay on top of moving pieces and proactively get things done.
• Curious and commercially minded - someone who enjoys researching businesses and understanding what good leadership looks like.
• A strong work ethic, willingness to learn, and readiness to be part of a fast-moving, high-performing team.

What we offer:

• Competitive base salary + bonus
• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
• Vitality healthcare, enhanced mental health support, and half-price gym
• Life assurance (2x salary) and People’s Pension Scheme
• Regular team incentives and social events
• Clear development pathway in an ambitious, growing search team

If you're interested in building a career in executive search, want to understand how businesses hire their most senior people, and are ready to learn and grow, we’d love to hear from you.