Manager of Recruitment Consulting business (Executive Search & High-Level Placement)

ITviec is Vietnam’s leading IT job platform with the vision to “Excite the IT in Vietnam by Great Hiring.” We connect thousands of tech professionals with top companies every year. Now, we are expanding our services by launching a new Recruitment Consulting domain, aiming to deliver high-level, consultative hiring solutions for IT talents and employers.

As the Manager of Recruitment Consulting business, you will build and lead this new business domain from scratch—defining strategies, setting processes, and driving growth. You will provide professional, end-to-end recruitment and advisory services to both IT professionals (solely focusing on management level and high-level experts) and employers seeking specialized tech talent.

Report directly to the General Director.

Key Responsibilities

Business Strategy & Development

• Formulate and execute a strategic plan to launch ITviec’s Executive Search & High-Level Placement services.

• Identify target segments (C-level, Directors, Senior Tech Experts), value propositions, and go-to-market strategies to achieve revenue and profit goals.

• Establish and monitor metrics (KPIs) for tracking business performance.

Client Engagement & Consultation

• Collaborate closely with employers to understand their strategic hiring needs at the management, executive and expert levels.

• Provide insights on organizational design and compensation benchmarks for high-impact roles.

• Foster long-term partnerships through expert consultation and trust-building.

Candidate Outreach & Advisory

• Source, evaluate, and place senior managers, executives, and top-level experts (e.g., CTO, VP of Engineering, Senior Solutions Architect, AI Lead).

• Offer confidential career consulting to high-caliber IT professionals, positioning ITviec as the go-to partner for advancement in leadership and specialized roles.

Team Building & Leadership

• Recruit, mentor, and manage a specialized team of consultants and researchers focusing on executive search best practices.

• Drive a culture of excellence, high-quality service, and continuous learning in alignment with ITviec’s vision (“Excite the IT in Vietnam by Great Hiring”).

Market Insights & Thought Leadership

• Conduct research with the Marketing team on tech leadership trends, salary benchmarks, and emerging competencies in high-level IT roles.

• Represent ITviec at industry events, roundtables, and executive forums to bolster brand visibility and network with potential clients and senior candidates.

Collaborate with other teams

• Collaborate with the Job Board Sales team to support various types of customer demands.

• Collaborate with the Product team to improve ITviec.com user experience

• Collaborate with the Marketing team to conduct market research, engagement activities and company branding activities.

Age: 29 to 39

Location: Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi

Education: Bachelor’s degree in any field

Gender: Any

MUST HAVE

Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in tech executive search or placement

• 2+ years of people management in the tech recruitment domain

• Multiple successful placements of tech executive positions (e.g., CTO, VPoE)

• Experience in managing profit and loss (P&L) within an executive search business

Skill Set & Attributes:

• Business English communication (spoken & written)

• Strong communication skills for technical discussions with high-level professionals

• Leadership and team management capabilities

• Presentation skills for pitching to clients and stakeholders

• Strong people skills for relationship-building and stakeholder management

• Results-driven / goal-oriented mindset

• High adaptability & resilience in a dynamic market

• Collaborative leadership style that promotes teamwork and shared success

NICE TO HAVE

Education (Tech Major): Computer Science, Business Information Technology, or related fields

New Business Establishment: Experience setting up a new recruitment business line from scratch

Consulting Expertise: Experience in Compensation & Benefits Consulting, Talent Mapping solutions, or RPO

Technical Background: Software development or IT project management experience, including the following skills:

• Software development

• Data analysis

• IT project management

Additional Characteristics:

• Cultural sensitivity (working with diverse stakeholders)

• Analytical mindset (ability to interpret data and make evidence-based decisions)

• Innovative & visionary (creating new solutions, driving innovation)

Networks:

• Established network in the tech & startup community in Vietnam

• Network in the tech & startup community overseas

Why you'll love working here

We have a fun, straight talk, action oriented and transparent culture. We call our employees "VIPs" because each of our people is a Very Important Person.

And you will be a pioneer of ITviec Recruitment Consulting domain!

Our benefits for VIPs:

• 13th month salary

• Salary and Performance Review twice per year: April & October 

• Yearly health check-up

• Hybrid working model: 1 day to work from home per week

• Shorter working hours: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (1:30 hour for lunch)

• Laptop and screen provided

• Quarterly team building budget

• Yearly company trip (inside & outside Vietnam)

• Gifts on special occasions: Mid-autumn, Christmas, Tet holiday…

And others:

• Free fruits, snacks & parking fee

• Full insurances regarding to Labor law

• Special gifts & dinner with General Director for Old-timers (VIPs works over 5 years)

• Soft skills training & career coaching

• Growth-focused environment

If you want to learn, if you have fire in your heart and hunger in your eyes, if you want all the responsibility you can handle (and then more), if you want to make a difference in IT in Vietnam -- then ITviec may be for you.