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VALPEO

Leadership, culture, and organization advisory

Director

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Master's
Antwerp, Belgium
In Person
Business & Strategy

About the job

Requirements
  • A Master's degree is preferred, or equivalent relevant experience at director level within a care organization.
  • A genuine commitment to elderly care and the maturity needed to lead a care organization.
  • Strong operational management and strategic leadership ability, including identifying opportunities and making decisions about the organization's future.
  • Innovation and awareness of developments in elderly care, with the ability to strengthen care services and operations.
  • Good financial insight and the ability to maintain an appropriate level of overhead.
  • Technical insight is a plus, including understanding maintenance and infrastructure matters, asking contractors and suppliers the right questions, and making informed choices.
  • Maturity, communication, and leadership qualities sufficient to build connection and support across the organization.
  • Resilience and the ability to make decisions and develop solutions under pressure.
  • Visible presence in the organization and awareness of the concerns of residents, families, and employees.
Responsibilities
  • Take overall responsibility for the organization's operations and serve as its representative to employees and the Board.
  • Translate the organization's mission into daily practice.
  • Identify opportunities for improvement, initiate improvement programs, coordinate in advance with the Board on programs with structural or financial impact, and follow initiatives through until the results are embedded in daily operations.
  • Build strong relationships with residents, their families, employees, external partners, and care providers, keeping resident well-being and quality of life central.
  • Ensure financially healthy operations so the organization can provide quality care over the long term.
  • Participate closely in the ongoing new-build project by preparing the organization for the future care model, managing the transition, and involving residents, families, and employees; the Managing Director leads the construction dossier.
  • Help direct facilities operations, working with the Finance & Facilities Manager to monitor maintenance and building projects, budgets, progress, and effects on daily operations.
  • Prepare policy and investment dossiers and present well-supported proposals to the Board, driving the substantive work of decision-making.
Desired Qualifications
  • Technical insight into maintenance and infrastructure matters.

About the company

VALPEO provides diagnostic tools and advisory services to help leaders align leadership, culture and organizational structure with strategic direction in complex environments. Its Transformative Value Framework and proprietary Dx instruments reveal how value is created across different levels of complexity and what kind of leadership and culture are needed to sustain it. It works with multinationals, family businesses, government bodies and PE-backed firms on integration, transformation and value-creation journeys. The company aims to help organizations understand and enhance their real capacity to think, decide and act under complexity to achieve lasting value.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

City of Brussels, Belgium

Founded

2016

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What believers are saying

  • VALPEO won Best Executive Search Firm in July 2026, strengthening deal credibility.
  • The company’s multi-country footprint supports cross-border mandates without heavy fixed infrastructure.
  • LinkedIn lists 3912 followers and multiple offices, signaling brand reach beyond Belgium.

What critics are saying

  • No funding disclosure suggests a bootstrapped services business with limited growth capital.
  • Eleven to fifty employees creates key-person risk if partners leave in 2026.
  • Big consultancies and search firms can bundle offerings and compress VALPEO pricing quickly.

What makes VALPEO unique

  • VALPEO combines executive search, assessment, coaching, and organization design in one advisory shop.
  • The firm won Best Executive Search Firm at HR Excellence Awards Belgium 2026.
  • Its partner network spans Brussels, Antwerp, London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Nairobi, Paris, and Neuchâtel.

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Benefits

Performance Bonus