Senior Principal – Assessment & Succession

Korn Ferry
📍 london, england, United-Kingdom 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted July 01, 2026

Job Description

Role Overview

The Senior Principal – Assessment & Succession is a senior delivery and advisory leader, accountable for leading complex assessment and succession engagements and acting as a trusted advisor to C‑suite, board, and senior talent leaders.

The role combines hands‑on delivery leadership, senior client advisory capability, and internal leadership across the A&S practice. Engagements may include elements of executive assessment, succession planning, leadership potential and readiness, talent strategy, and the design of assessment frameworks, depending on client need. The primary emphasis of the role is on delivery excellence, assessment rigour, client impact, and senior advisory leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Senior Client Leadership

  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, including CEOs, CHROs, Heads of Talent, and Boards, on assessment, succession, and leadership capability.
  • Lead senior‑level client dis...

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Job Details

  • Location london, england
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Human Resources
  • Posted Date July 01, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 10, 2026