2023 Talent Trends: On-Demand Talent in Europe

April 5, 2023

Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key on-demand talent trends in Europe for 2023.

Executives across Europe are increasingly recognizing the benefits that on-demand talent can offer given the fast, flexible, and cost-effective nature of project-based work. From interim financial leadership, organizational realignment, marketing and sales, ERP transformation, planning, business intelligence and analysis, and more, on-demand talent is transforming the way European companies get critical work done.

TOP INDUSTRIES FOR ON-DEMAND TALENT IN EUROPE

  1. Life Science
  2. Industrial Goods and Services
  3. Financial Services
  4. Professional Services
  5. Technology
  6. Consumer Goods
  7. Private Equity
  8. Healthcare
  9. Nonprofit and Government

TOP BUSINESS FUNCTIONS FOR ON-DEMAND TALENT IN EUROPE

  1. Human Resources
  2. CEOs and Presidents
  3. Procurement
  4. Marketing
  5. Strategy and Internal Consulting Groups
  6. Operations
  7. Digital, Data, and IT
  8. General Managers and P&L Leaders
  9. Finance

IN-DEMAND PROJECTS FOR ON-DEMAND TALENT IN EUROPE

  1. Interim Leadership
  2. Marketing and Sales
  3. IT and Tech Transformation
  4. Planning
  5. Business Intelligence and Analytics
  6. Business Processes
  7. Organizational Effectiveness
  8. Product Strategy and Launch
  9. Supply Chain
  10. HR and Culture Transformation

IN-DEMAND SKILLS FOR ON-DEMAND TALENT IN EUROPE

  1. Project Management
  2. Advanced Analytics
  3. Financial Planning, Analysis, and Modeling
  4. Organizational Design and Workforce Planning
  5. Global Human Resources
  6. Innovation Strategy
  7. Financial Controls, Accounting, and Audit

SAMPLE CONSUMER GOODS PROJECTS

  • Serve as an interim Chief People Officer to shape the organization
  • Develop the pricing and contracting strategy for a flagship product
  • Build a data strategy framework as part of a data transformation to better leverage data to inform business decisions
  • Drive continuous improvement of end-to-end processes in omnichannel customer engagement and digital operations
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