Executive positioning, private market intelligence and a practical campaign for senior leaders targeting the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Written advice, weekly check-ins and concrete assets built around your agreed direction, with a call when a decision needs one.
We assess your target, current approach and actual traction. The difficulty may sit in direction, positioning, access, follow-up or conversations that do not progress. We agree the priorities, establish your strongest evidence and prepare finished CV and LinkedIn copy around your target.
The problem this solves: an unclear target or presentation of your experience can make it difficult for others to assess your relevance. Diagnosis identifies the actual issue before prescribing work.
We research organisations in your agreed markets, relevant business developments, individual stakeholders and credible routes of approach. Sources, dates, interpretation and uncertainty remain visible.
A target may fit your experience without a current demand signal. A verified expansion or leadership change may justify investigation without establishing a vacancy. Confirmed requirements are recorded separately.
The problem this solves: an unfocused target list makes it difficult to decide where to invest your time and what to do next.
We prepare at least 10 individually tailored messages in total, including initial approaches and follow-ups. A live tracker keeps actions and responses organised. Relevant priority conversations receive preparation and debrief support during the engagement.
You review and normally send your own outreach and update activity at least weekly. We guide the strategy and review what happens. Introductions, replies, interviews and employment outcomes are not guaranteed.
The problem this solves: research creates no value until it becomes focused action and real market feedback.
The decision this map helps you make: who to write to first, and through whom. In this illustration the GM owns the business problem, the group CEO and board influence it, and a peer executive you already know is the warm route in. So the first message goes to the peer, asking for perspective. It does not go to the CEO asking for a job. How to approach decision-makers.
Build a clearer executive position, identify relevant organisations and approach the market with direction.
Your proposal sets out the scope, deliverables and support agreed for your engagement.
Diagnosis establishes the priority. Positioning, research and outreach then progress around your agreed target and the market’s response, rather than a fixed promise that interviews begin in a particular week.
Daniel Sterenzon leads diagnosis, positioning and strategic decisions. Specialist and AI-assisted research preparation receives human review before recommendations reach you.
The term is 60 calendar days. Your written Continuation Plan sets out priorities and actions for the next 30–60 days.
Often both, because they do different jobs. An executive recruiter is paid by the employer to fill a specific role, so they serve that employer’s brief. Talk to one when your background fits a search they are running now.
Sterenzon is paid by you. Daniel works on your search, not on a vacancy: which roles and markets to target, which organisations and people matter, and the approaches you send in your own name. That helps when recruiters have nothing that fits, when applications go quiet, or when the person who owns the business problem has not written a role yet. Either way, the employer makes the hiring decision.
Illustration, not a client case. A Riyadh-based VP of Supply Chain wants a COO role in Dubai. Two recruiters say they have no COO search that fits this quarter. That tells the VP about current briefs, not about the market. The adviser’s work is to find which UAE operators have a supply-chain or operations problem that matches the VP’s record, who owns that problem, and the order to approach them, warm routes first. The VP keeps the recruiters informed in case a brief opens.
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Fees are discussed after the fit review and set out in your proposal before you commit.
You receive one finished master CV in editable Word and matching PDF. LinkedIn copy covers the headline, About section and current and relevant previous Experience descriptions agreed during positioning, delivered in Word for you to publish. Account management, ongoing posts and additional role-specific CV versions are outside the standard rewrite.
The 60-calendar-day engagement is delivered mainly in writing. Diagnosis, positioning, research and campaign reviews reach you by email, and a call is arranged when a decision is easier to settle live. Weekly progress check-ins take place by email, WhatsApp or a call of up to 15 minutes.
Provide accurate evidence, review the work, normally send your own approaches and update activity at least weekly. We agree a realistic campaign around your target and availability. The amount of time depends on the outreach and conversations you undertake.
The CV and LinkedIn copy each include two reasonable revision rounds. Each other complete agreed written deliverable also includes two rounds, based on consolidated feedback within the agreed direction. Corrections to our errors or omissions do not use a round.
We research organisations and stakeholders, assess credible routes and prepare your approaches. A strategic-fit target, a verified business signal and a confirmed requirement are different evidence positions. Introductions, direct contact details, vacancies and responses are not promised. You normally send your own outreach.
A weekly progress check-in is included. Routine client email and WhatsApp messages receive a response within two business days. Working hours are 9 AM–6 PM Dubai time, Monday–Friday excluding UAE public holidays. Research and substantial work have agreed delivery dates.
We trace meaningful claims to sources and distinguish facts from interpretation. Before priority outreach, material roles and signals more than 30 days old are rechecked, or sooner when events move quickly. Material changes to active priorities prompt a refresh during the engagement. Daily monitoring and a weekly rebuild of the full map are not included.
We discuss fees after assessing direction and scope. Your proposal sets out the amount and payment timing before you proceed.
Day 1 is confirmed in writing after signature, cleared required upfront payment and essential onboarding inputs, unless expressly agreed otherwise. The term is 60 calendar days. Completion requires the term to end and agreed final deliverables, including the written Continuation Plan, to be delivered, accounting for agreed extensions. Further advisory support requires a separate arrangement.
Minor refinements are part of the work. A materially different role, market, seniority or positioning requires a scope review. If essential inputs are delayed, we discuss the affected work and dates under your agreement; a delay does not automatically extend every part of the service.
We agree confidentiality boundaries at the start, including organisations and people to avoid. You control your approaches. Client identities and private material are not used as public proof without permission.
No. Sterenzon provides executive advisory, not recruitment, placement or employer representation. Introductions, conversations, interviews, offers, employment, salary and visa outcomes are not guaranteed. The applicable signed agreement governs your scope and commercial terms.
Share your target role, markets and current traction. Daniel will assess whether the advisory fits the problem you need to solve.
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