An Executive Search & Professional Recruitment firm connecting European companies with highly qualified, culturally compatible talent across North America — C-level to mid-management.
Five checks we hear most often from European leadership teams entering or expanding into North America.
Does your recruiting partner adequately represent your brand in the U.S. market?
Is your organization new to the U.S. market and seeking a subject-matter expert?
Have your passive methods to find talent not produced satisfactory results?
Are you looking for a trusted partner with an international mindset?
Is your HR department maxed out and overwhelmed by other tasks?
Are you looking for a transatlantic search partner — not just a vendor?
We pride ourselves in getting to know your company and who is behind it. Your brand and people are unique — we tell your story to candidates in the U.S. market.
We counsel and support European companies during startup, expansion and FDI projects to achieve their plans for the U.S. market.
We actively pursue high-caliber talent on your behalf and ensure that our candidates fit your unique company culture.
We share the same cultural upbringing and, in many cases, literally speak your language — German, English, transatlantic by default.
We act as a de facto talent acquisition department by supporting your existing HR department through any volume.
Our search continues so that yours can stop. We stay engaged from intake through onboarding and beyond.
OERTZENGroup is the answer to the industry’s tendency to deliver inconsistent results, impersonal relationships and a rigid pricing structure. Founder Matthias Oertzen built an alternative offering expertise in executive and professional recruitment, with the flexibility to adapt to current and local markets.
Our priority is to become an extension of your recruiting department — a truly one-on-one experience, catered to your needs.
Learn morePermanent placements at mid- to senior-level management across regulated and engineering-driven sectors.
CEO, President, COO, CFO, GM, Managing Director.
VP, Senior Director, Director, Manager.
HR, Sales, Finance, Engineering and more.
We help skilled professionals find roles with European companies across North America — and we stay in touch beyond the hire date. Explore current openings or introduce yourself.
All current openingsSix principles, one standard of work. They shape how we engage clients, candidates and each other.
Do the right thing when no one else is looking.
Take control and make things happen rather than adjusting to a situation.
Constantly challenge the status quo — technology, process or method.
Display a sincere interest in our client’s industry and products.
Look from the outside in, and not the other way around.
An internal and external drive to communicate better.
We understand that filling critical positions with highly suitable candidates in a timely fashion is paramount to your company achieving its goals.— OERTZENGroup
A team that genuinely understood our culture and our market — and represented our brand as if it were their own.
They acted as an extension of our HR department and made a complex U.S. search feel effortless.
Rooted in the German–American business community, with a real transatlantic mindset and network.








Our search continues so that yours can stop. Tell us about your needs and we’ll be in touch — usually within one business day.