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Headhunters in Vienna — executive search for head offices and finance
Senior leadership search for corporate head offices, financial services and CEE responsibility — confidential, led by a senior partner, from our Vienna office.
Senior-level and confidential mandates across Vienna, Austria, and the wider DACH region
Cross-border search across Austria, Germany, CEE, Europe, and international leadership markets
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Vienna is where decisions are made in Austria.
Market expertise
Executive search shaped by Vienna and Austrian market understanding.
Vienna is the location where decisions are made in Austria. Corporate head offices, holdings, banks and insurers are based here, alongside the country organisations of international companies carrying responsibility for Central and Eastern Europe.
The mandates differ accordingly: CFO and finance leadership, managing directors of country organisations, regional responsibility for CEE, legal and compliance leadership. The candidate market is larger than in the federal provinces but also more mobile — anyone searching here competes with international offers.
From Vienna we cover eastern Austria and work with the offices in Graz, Linz and Düsseldorf on mandates that reach beyond the region.
C-Level
Executive mandates for strategic leadership roles in Austria and across DACH.
Board
Discreet search for governance, advisory, and ownership-related positions.
Senior Experts
Specialised profiles in complex and competitive Austrian leadership markets.
Open positions in this region
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Vienna office
Ertler Executive Search GmbHElisabethstraße 13/20
1010 Vienna, Austria
+43 660 922 87 00 · office@ertlerexecutivesearch.com
The Vienna market
Vienna is where head offices, ministries and financial institutions sit.
Vienna is home to most Austrian corporate headquarters, the federal ministries and the large financial institutions. Leadership positions are filled differently here than in the industrial regions: the mandates are for central functions — CFO, Head of Controlling, Treasury, General Counsel, Head of HR — and for managing directors of the Austrian subsidiaries of international groups. Our Vienna office on Elisabethstraße works with Raphael Kammerhofer and Georg Ertler on site and draws on the candidate network of all six locations. For defence mandates, Vienna is also the seat of procurement and of the Ministry of Defence — an environment we know from our own officer careers.
When is a headhunter in Vienna worth it instead of a job advertisement?
As soon as the person you need is probably not actively looking — for managing directors, board members, heads of division and key functions with few suitable candidates on the market.
Which positions do you fill most often in Vienna?
Finance functions (CFO, controlling, treasury), managing directors of Austrian subsidiaries, leadership roles in head offices, and sales and programme leadership in the defence sector.
How long does an executive search in Vienna take?
First qualified profiles within 14 days of the confirmed briefing; depending on the position, the placement typically takes three to four months.
Do you also work for companies outside Vienna?
Yes — Vienna is one of three Austrian offices alongside Graz (head office) and Linz; mandates are handled across locations.
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