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Careers at Heidrick

Discover career opportunities at Heidrick where your expertise, perspective, and ambition can make a difference.

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Make your mark

The work you do shapes what happens next

The perspective you bring. The judgment you develop. The expertise you build. The decisions you inform. Doing work that matters calls for people who think deeply, stay curious, and bring a point of view.

At Heidrick, that work sits alongside our clients' moments of consequence and the leadership decisions that shape organizations for years to come.

Why Heidrick

A career around work that matters

People join Heidrick at various points in their careers and with different kinds of expertise. What connects them is not one background or one ambition. It is a desire to have impact, to be surrounded by people who expand how they think, and to keep growing toward what comes next. That is what a career here is built around.  

  • Work that matters

    You see possibilities before they become obvious. You want room to leave your mark. You are comfortable forming a point of view, exercising judgment, and deciding what should happen next.

    At Heidrick, there is room to act on that instinct. Many of the businesses and capabilities that define the firm today began with someone who saw an opportunity and built it.

  • Community of experts

    You believe the best thinking is rarely yours alone. You seek out expertise. You value perspectives that sharpen your own and offer your expertise to strengthen others'.

    At Heidrick, collective expertise is part of how the work gets done. There is a culture of picking up the phone, asking the question, and bringing the right expertise together

  • Pathways forward

    You are driven to keep getting better at what you do. You value growth in all the forms it can take: a new role, a broader remit, a promotion, deeper expertise or simply knowing more tomorrow than you do today.

    At Heidrick, moving forward means having opportunities to keep growing and the support to thrive as you do. That means room to develop, flexibility in how you work, and benefits that support life beyond it.

The exchange

The opportunity is here. What you make of it is yours to decide.

The freedom to shape how you work. Access to expertise that expands how you think. Investment in your growth so you can keep moving forward.

Heidrick creates the conditions: trust, access, high standards, opportunity, and room to build. Our people make those conditions consequential through the judgment, initiative, expertise, and generosity they bring everyday.

You bring the expertise. We create the space to do more with it.

Find your path

More than one way forward

Whether you’re starting your career or bringing years of experience, there are many ways to put what you know to work at Heidrick. Explore opportunities across our businesses and functions and see where your experience could take you next.  

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Life at Heidrick

Build a career that grows with you

Heidrick invests in development at every stage of a career, through formal programs and the work itself. Build expertise, broaden your perspective, take on greater responsibility, and learn from colleagues across the firm.

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Joining Heidrick

Your next step starts here

Thinking about a career at Heidrick? Get to know our hiring process, what to expect at each stage, and how we’ll help you determine whether the opportunity is right for you.

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Bring your perspective. Grow your potential. Make an impact.

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