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Role Specification
For the position of: Research Operations Analyst
Egon Zehnder, Knowledge Center – India (KCI)

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The Company
Egon Zehnder
Egon Zehnder (www.egonzehnder.com) is trusted advisor to many of the world’s most respected
organizations and a leading Executive Search firm, with more than 400 consultants and 69 offices in 41
countries spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our clients range
from the largest corporations to emerging growth companies, government and regulatory bodies, and
major educational and cultural institutions. The firm is a private partnership which allows us to operate
independent of any outside interests. As a result of this unique culture, Egon Zehnder has the highest
professional staff retention rate for a global firm in our profession. We have a blue chip client base
across all industries and operate at the Board and senior management level.

Knowledge Centre India (KCI)

Established in January 2005, KCI in Gurgaon, works in close collaboration with the Global offices of
Egon Zehnder. There are 5 teams that make up KCI: Research, Research Operations, Visual Solutions,
Projects/CV Capture and Global Technology Services.

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The position
Provide support to EZI’s worldwide offices on Assignment and Knowledge Management related projects
through leverage of online resources and the EZI proprietary database

Key Result Areas

Provide support to EZI’s worldwide offices on Assignment and Knowledge Management related projects
through leverage of online resources and the EZI proprietary database:

• Build and develop knowledge base of companies, candidates, and various industry sub
segments specific to practice group/vertical across the globe.
• Company Dossiers (snapshots) - Information packs on companies covering Business
overview, Financials, Management details and EZI Relationship.
• Newsletters - Proactively identify, analyze and synthesize information from global print and
electronic sources; identify new sources of information to upgrade the resource pool.
• Executive movements and board tracker - Create and maintain systematic pools of rich
people/candidate information (by function, by sub-sector, by level, by company, etc). Circulate and
capture information on appointments/movements
• Conduct company mapping exercises - identify executives holding key management roles
• Talent tracking/Long list of executives - Create biographies for “Star/Interesting” candidates
that are shared with EZI’s global clients
• Board analysis - Analyze board composition of EZI client’s by covering parameters such as age,
years of service on board, years to retirement, directorships, industry/functional experience of the
Board of Directors
• Database Management: of companies, candidates and EZI relationship in company’s propriety
database.
Candidate Profile
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The ideal candidate will have strong business acumen with an understanding of company structures.
The individual must have a very strong client service orientation while being able to meet fast-paced
demands. Timing and quality are of the utmost importance to this position.

• Work Experience of 1 to 3 years in Standard Research

• Good written and Verbal communication skills
• Ability to interact with Stakeholders from different offices
• Ability to work with colleagues from diverse geographies
• Experience in working on multiple complex projects

Location
The position is located at Plot no. 29, Institutional Area, Sector 32, Gurgaon within the offices of Egon
Zehnder Knowledge Center India (EZKCI).

Egon Zehnder is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Egon Zehnder provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without
regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship
status, age, national origin, disability, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to
advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.