Associate Programme – Executive Search

Overview

At Morgan Latif, we are a leadership search and development consultancy built to do things differently.
Search, but not as you know it. We are hiring for our Associate Programme with an upcoming Start Date of June 30th 2026
, this is a structured entry point into retained executive search. We are looking for individuals who want to build a career in a high performance, commercial and consultative environment.

This programme is designed for two routes:

• Strong academic or early professional track record
• Motivation to build a commercially focused career
• Curiosity about business, leadership and performance

• Experience in sales, SDR, AE or BDR roles
• Comfortable with outreach, pipeline building and working to KPIs
• Looking to move from transactional sales into a relationship led, advisory role

Across both routes, you will demonstrate:

• Drive, resilience and accountability
• Confidence in proactive outreach and stakeholder engagement
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving ability
• Natural curiosity and a desire to learn
• Professional communication and attention to detail
• Alignment to our values of Collaboration, Entrepreneurial, Empathy and Excellence

Your mission

This is a commercial, consultative role at its core. You will develop the skills to succeed in a relationship led sales environment, working on leadership and mission critical hires where quality and alignment matter.

As an Associate you will be trained to:

• Build market insight and map leadership talent
• Proactively engage C level and senior stakeholders through phone, video, email and face to face outreach
• Support new business generation, pipeline development and account growth
• Contribute to a structured, transparent search process
• Support delivery of retained leadership hiring projects

Our model combines data led, tech enabled search with rigorous assessment aligned to business outcomes. We assess beyond the CV, using a KPI led approach to deliver leadership hires Right First Time, On Time.

Over time, you will develop into a trusted partner, working as an extension of your clients’ teams to help future proof their leadership capability.

We have built a modern executive search model designed to improve both quality and experience.

• A structured, repeatable delivery process with clear milestones and full transparency
• Technology enabled search, including portal based shortlisting that saves client time
• Assessment focused on capability, performance and cultural alignment, not just experience
• A commitment to continuous improvement and no surprises throughout the process
• A 9/10 NPS score, reflecting the quality of our client and candidate experience
• We do not just fill roles. We build long term leadership partnerships.

• A structured pathway into retained executive search without any prior experience
• A modern, technology enabled search model focused on quality and transparency
• The opportunity to develop high value, consultative sales skills
• Early exposure to C level stakeholders and leadership hiring
• A B Corp certified, values led business with a strong sense of purpose
• A collaborative, diverse team and a culture focused on development and accountability
• Clear progression based on performance with defined career pathways from day one
• Unlimited PTO
• Personal development budget to invest in any training or development of your choice
• Employer contribution towards medical premiums scaled by level from 75%-100%:
• Access to HSA plans
• Virtual access to doctors, fertility and family-building care and mental health professionals
• Enhanced maternity and paternity policies
• Gym or Parking subsidy
• Ongoing internal and external training and

We are building long term careers for individuals who want to combine commercial performance with meaningful, lasting impact. If you are motivated by performance, learning and long term growth, we would be keen to hear from you.