Experience:
Tania holds a dual role at Omera Partners, leading the firm’s in-house research team nationally while also serving as Operations Manager. She joined Omera Partners in 2005, bringing experience leading the research department at a boutique Sydney based financial services executive search firm, along with the diversity of thinking gained froms tudying bio-chemical engineering in her homeland of Canada.
What does your role at Omera Partners actually cover?
“I lead a team of 12 full time Research Associates nationally, who between them bring more than 100 years of combined experience in executive and board research, and I also manage the internal operations of the firm. Balancing both means I am as focused on how the business runs day today as I am on the quality of the research that supports every search and board assignment.”
What are the biggest challenges in running a research function that most search firms choose to outsource?
“We are one of the few senior executive searchfirms that does not outsource any part of the research process, and that brings real responsibility with it. My focus is on striking the right balance between using cutting edge technology, safeguarding client and candidate privacy, and keeping the team across the latest processes and systems, so the research stays rigorous and ethical at every stage.”
What are you most proud of in this role?
“I am proud that we keep research entirely inhouse, since it is one of the most critical stages of the search process and something many firms choose not to control directly. I am also proud of leading the project to define and deliver Omera’s best practice global search process,which has genuinely improved how we work.”
How do you build trust with the Partners and clients who rely on your research team?
“Trust comes from consistency, the research has to be rigorous and reliable on every assignment, not just the high profile searches,and from being transparent about how candidate and client information is handled at every stage. Partners need to know the research behind a shortlist will hold up, and that is what the team is built to deliver.”
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