Jason Kranz

About Jason Kranz

Jason Kranz is a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles. He partners with clients to develop…

Experience

1. Partner

   Heidrick & Struggles

   Aug 2000 — Present

   Business Development – Responsible for developing relationships with new and existing clients to identify, qualify and capture new revenue. This includes positioning Heidrick & Struggles as the key supplier for executive search and leadership consulting services with a focus on technology organizations. As a functional expert, responsible for creating the business development strategy, presentation of qualifications and ultimate negotiation associated with executive search retainers. • Search Execution – As the key relationship manager during the search, responsible for understanding market dynamics and competitive landscape, definition of core search requirements and potential target companies. During the duration of the search, responsible for the day to day client management, candidate assessment and appraisal, referencing and offer negotiations. • Engineering Practice Leadership – Responsible for the management of Heidrick & Struggles Engineering Practice. Responsibilities include establishing the practice, coordination of resources, recruitment of consultants into the practice, coordination of quarterly practice calls and contributing to the business development process of new engineering search opportunities. Over the last 10 years, have successfully driven an innovative Talent Management program to develop relationships with the key leaders in the engineering function. • CIO/CTO Practice – Active in the CIO/CTO Practice and responsible for developing new business and executing searches within the technology sector. This includes talent management, attending conferences and executing CIO/CTO functional work across the technology sector globally. • Leadership Consulting – As part of the global leadership consulting practice, participate in the assessment of functional leaders within our clients including Chief Technology Officers, Chief Information Officers, Senior Vice Presidents of Engineering and their direct reports.

Education

• Washington State University

  Bachelors Degree

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Product Management
• Private Equity
• Mergers
• Vendor Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Human Resources
• Executive Search
• Manage Client Relationships
• Financial Services
• Passive Candidate Development
• Executive Management
• Business Development
• Start-Ups
• Talent Acquisition
• Recruiting
• Professional Services
• Crm
• Management Consulting
• Talent Management
• Management
• Outsourcing
• Retained Search
• E-Commerce
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Consulting
• Venture Capital
• Strategy
• Leadership
• Interviews
• Enterprise Software
• Strategic Partnerships