Appointments in Italy 14

HR roles filled for businesses in Italy.

HR executive search / Italy

HR executive search in Italy.

MVRK runs retained searches for mid-to-senior HR roles in Italy, often roles a business is hiring for the first time. Matteo Muscio leads each search himself, from the brief to the appointment.

Founder-led / Retained search

HR roles in Italy

The roles we fill.

Many of our Italian searches are group roles at businesses that operate across several countries. Others support a post-merger integration, a move to a new operating model or complex industrial relations.

Our appointments in Italy span Financial Services, Logistics & Transportation, Media & Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical, Technology (Hardware), Technology (Health-Tech), Technology (Software) and Tourism & Hospitality.

3 appointments

HR leadership

2 appointments

HR analytics and controlling

2 appointments

Reward

2 appointments

Learning and development

5 appointments

HR business partnering

Track record

Appointments in Italy.

  1. Italy Technology (Software)

    Chief People Officer

    CPO · Leadership · Scaleup

    A growing software business needed a Chief People Officer to connect its global people strategy with its innovation plans. We found a leader to help the organisation and its culture grow with the company.

  2. Italy Financial Services

    Group Head of HR Analytics

    HR Analytics · Project Management

    A financial services business needed workforce analysis its leaders could act on. We recruited an HR analytics leader with a brief spanning workforce planning, engagement and retention.

  3. Italy Financial Services

    Group Head of Learning & Development

    Learning & Development · Project Management

    A financial services business wanted to develop more of its future leaders from within. We recruited a learning leader to shift the focus from compliance training towards skills and leadership development.

  4. Italy Financial Services

    Group Head of Rewards

    Compensation & Benefits · Rewards

    We recruited a senior rewards leader for a financial services business operating across several countries. The brief called for compensation expertise and a clear understanding of risk, regulation and governance.

  5. Italy Financial Services

    Group Head of Workforce Planning & HR Controlling

    HR Cost Controlling · Workforce Planning

    Senior leaders needed clearer workforce data to forecast staffing needs and plan resources. We placed an HR leader to bring workforce planning and analytics together for the business.

  6. Italy Pharmaceutical

    Group HR Business Partner, Industrial Relations

    HR Business Partner · Industrial Relations

    We recruited an HR Business Partner for a pharmaceutical business facing complex industrial relations and organisational restructuring. The search called for experience with unions, employment compliance and workforce negotiations.

  7. Italy Logistics & Transportation

    Group HR Manager Corporate Functions

    HR Business Partner

    A global logistics business needed more consistent HR practices across its corporate functions. We recruited a Group HR Manager for its finance, legal and compliance teams.

  8. Italy Logistics & Transportation

    Group Rewards Director

    Compensation & Benefits · Leadership · Rewards

    We recruited a rewards leader for a global logistics business looking to improve retention. The role covered compensation and employee recognition, with rewards tied more closely to performance and business results.

  9. Italy Technology (Software)

    Head of People & Culture

    HR Business Partner · Leadership

    International expansion called for a people function built from scratch. We placed an HR leader who could advise the founders and handle the practical work of setting up HR.

  10. Italy Pharmaceutical

    International HR Business Partner

    HR Business Partner

    We placed an international HR leader for a business working across pharmaceuticals and renewables. The brief was to support change and build consistent HR practices across regions with different cultures and ways of working.

  11. Brescia, Italy Tourism & Hospitality

    Learning & Development Expert Italy & Croatia

    Learning & Development · Italy · Croatia

    We placed a Learning & Development Expert for a European outdoor-hospitality business in Italy and Croatia. The brief was to make training useful to frontline teams, with a focus on service quality, compliance and day-to-day performance.

  12. Italy Technology (Hardware)

    Senior HR Business Partner Italy

    HR Business Partner · M&A

    A rapidly growing technology hardware business needed HR leadership through a complex post-merger integration. We recruited someone to guide organisational change while keeping operations stable and bringing cultures together.

  13. Reggio Emilia, Italy Technology (Health-Tech)

    Senior HR Cost Controller

    HR Cost Controlling · Workforce Planning · EMEA

    We placed a Senior HR Cost Controller for an international wellness and health-technology business. The role brought HR and finance together on workforce costs, headcount forecasts and reporting controls across EMEA.

  14. Milan, Italy Media & Telecommunications

    Senior People Partner Agile

    HR Business Partner · Agile Transformation · Organisational Design

    A media and telecommunications business was adopting a fully Agile operating model. We placed a Senior People Partner with a brief covering organisational design, leadership coaching and changes to everyday HR processes.

How a search works

From brief to appointment.

We start with what prompted the hire, what the person will own and what support they'll have. Then we approach HR professionals who have handled similar challenges, including people in other sectors and people who aren't actively looking.

Matteo explains why each candidate is worth meeting and stays involved through interviews, references and the offer. We work on a retained basis, with payments in agreed stages.

Step / 01

Work out what the role needs

Step / 02

Look beyond the job title

Step / 03

See the search through

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