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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Executive Sourcing Manager - Leadership Recruitment, Asia Pacific

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Brisbane QLD, Australia+2 moreMore locations: Melbourne VIC, Australia | Sydney NSW, Australia
In PersonRole coverage spans Australia & New Zealand, South-East Asia, Greater China and Japan; these are markets served, not additional workplaces.
People & HRGeneralist Recruiting

About the job

Requirements
  • Demonstrated experience in executive sourcing, executive search, or senior leadership recruitment, ideally across Asia Pacific.
  • Strong executive presence and confidence engaging Managing Directors, Partners, and senior business leaders.
  • A track record of developing and executing search strategies for complex or hard-to-fill leadership roles.
  • Ability to translate research into insight and influence stakeholders through a credible market point of view.
  • A proactive, externally oriented sourcing style built on personal networking, referrals, and creative talent origination.
  • Knowledge of executive talent markets across technology and consulting.
  • Strong communication skills for executive updates, candidate assessments, and market presentations.
  • Commercial acumen, intellectual curiosity, and comfort operating in ambiguity within a complex global organisation.
  • Exceptional discretion, stakeholder management, project management, and attention to detail.
  • Experience with search platforms, professional networks, and applicant tracking systems; Workday experience is advantageous.
  • At least 5 years of experience delivering executive sourcing or leadership recruitment assignments, including direct engagement with senior candidates and hiring leaders.
  • Experience in an executive search firm, specialist search environment, or in-house executive recruiting team, with exposure to technology or consulting markets across APAC.
Responsibilities
  • Act as a strategic talent advisor to Executive Recruiters and senior hiring leaders across APAC.
  • Lead executive search briefing calls, defining target profiles, markets, and search strategies with senior stakeholders.
  • Provide a market point of view on talent pools, competitors, candidate motivations, and search risks.
  • Design and execute creative sourcing strategies for Managing Director and Partner-level appointments aligned to Accenture's growth priorities.
  • Move beyond desktop research through proactive networking, referral generation, and relationship-led talent identification.
  • Apply creative thinking and initiative to uncover talent beyond traditional target companies, titles, and channels.
  • Assess executive talent, including leadership capability, market relevance, commercial impact, and motivation to join Accenture.
  • Build and sustain diverse talent pipelines for current and future leadership needs across APAC.
  • Create concise market maps, search updates, and recommendations that enable informed decision-making.
  • Partner closely with Executive Recruiters throughout the search lifecycle, maintaining momentum and delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
  • Represent Accenture's employee value proposition and leadership opportunities with credibility and discretion.
  • Contribute to the evolution of executive sourcing practices, tools, and market intelligence across the regional and global team.
Desired Qualifications
  • Workday experience is advantageous.

About the company

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Business demand grew: October 2026 results showed $74.2 billion annual revenue, up 5% in local currency.
  • Eligible US employees buy discounted stock: Accenture's purchase plan sells shares at 15% below market price.
  • Client relationships run deep: Accenture has worked with 195 of its top 200 customers for more than ten years.

What critics are saying

  • Bookings are not guaranteed revenue: most Accenture contracts let clients cancel quickly with little or no penalty.
  • Promotions require AI adoption: Accenture's CEO said in March 2026 that employees must use its tools effectively.
  • Federal hiring practices proved costly: Accenture settled discrimination allegations for $25 million in September 2026, without a liability finding.

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  • Its AI platform switches models: AI Refinery selects among prebuilt models according to cost, performance and other requirements.
  • Accenture owns specialist Microsoft expertise: it cofounded the Microsoft-focused Avanade consultancy with the software maker.
  • Consulting includes creative agencies: Accenture Song owns businesses spanning advertising, digital product design and customer engagement.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Professional Development Budget
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match

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