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Executive Search

The sales leader your business
needs to grow.

Every placement is built around your business, your team, and your goals. Every hire is backed by an 11-month guarantee.

Sales leadership, done right

Finding the right leader doesn't have to be a guessing game.

You've got a company to run. When the sales leader seat is open, you need someone who does one thing: find senior sales leaders. And does it well enough to stand behind the hire. That's what working with a sales-only search partner gets you.

What you might be facing

If any of this sounds familiar, you're in the right place.

  • Revenue is flat and nobody can say why.

    Your sales team is busy but not hitting the number. You cannot tell if the problem is the leader, the process, or the market. You need someone who can find out.

  • The business has outgrown its first sales leader.

    The person who got you here cannot get you there. The founder knows it. The board knows it. Nobody wants to say it.

  • The last search took too long and still got it wrong.

    You ran a process. It took months. The person looked right in every interview. Then the first quarter was soft, the second was worse, and by the time you admitted it was not working, you had lost a year. Nobody wants to do that again.

What changes for you

What a sales-only search means for your hire.

Most search firms run sales hires the same way they run any other executive search. But sales has its own ways things go right and wrong. Here's what changes when you work with a firm that only does sales.

  • Your search is handled by people who only do sales.

    No general recruiters learning your space on the fly. Every person on your search has done this before, for companies like yours.

  • Every candidate is hand-picked for your search.

    Every name on your short list was researched and found for this search. No mass lists. No recycled candidates from another company's search.

  • Your interests come first. Always.

    No one will push a candidate on you to close the search faster. The goal is the right hire, not a fast one.

  • You are covered for eleven months.

    If the leader leaves or is let go inside eleven months, the search runs again at no extra fee to you.

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Your guarantee

The right hire, not the fastest one.

Guarantee

11-month placement guarantee

If a sales leader we place leaves or is let go within eleven months, we run the search again at no additional fee. We carry the risk because we sit on one side of the table: yours.

Areas of expertise

The senior sales roles you're hiring for.

Whether it's your first sales leader or you're adding to a growing team, every senior seat in the sales org is one we know.

Chief Sales Officer

You need a leader who owns the revenue number, sets the strategy, and builds the entire sales team under them. This is the most senior sales role in the company.

VP of Sales

You need someone to run the sales team day to day. Hire reps, hold the number, and coach managers as you grow.

Director of Sales

You need your first hands-on sales leader. Someone who builds the team, sets the sales process, and can grow into the VP role.

Regional VP of Sales

You need a leader who owns a region or segment from start to finish. They carry a number and manage a team under them.

Head of Revenue Operations

You need someone to turn your sales data into better decisions. This leader owns the tools, the pipeline, and the forecast.

Head of Customer Success

You need a leader focused on keeping the revenue you already won. This role owns renewals, expansion, and the customer experience after the sale.

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How your search works

Built around your company, not a template.

No two companies need the same leader. Your search is shaped around your stage, your team, and who you actually need in the seat.

  • The search starts with your business

    How you sell, who you sell to, and what good looks like in your environment. Every search is built around the company you are right now, not a generic brief.

  • Every candidate is found by name, not by job board

    Every candidate on your list was researched and reached out to for your search. No one is there because they applied or showed up in a keyword search.

  • You are supported after the hire

    Your new leader gets support as they settle in. And the 11-month guarantee means if the hire does not work out, the search runs again at no extra cost to you.

What you get

What to expect from start to finish.

There's no handoff. You get one senior search lead who stays with you from the first call through offer, negotiation, and onboarding.

  • One dedicated search lead from start to finish. No handoffs. No rotating cast of coordinators.
  • Every candidate is found through direct research, not pulled from a list.
  • After every interview round, you get a clear update on what changed and how the search is tightening.
  • You get help putting together the right offer and support through the negotiation.
  • Your new leader gets hands-on support as they settle into the role.
  • An 11-month placement guarantee on every leader placed.
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One partner

One senior search lead. Start to finish.

Ready to find your next sales leader?

Let's talk about your search.

Tell us the role and how your sales team is built today. We'll come back with a first call, or an honest 'not a fit.'

FAQ

Executive search, answered.

A Chief Sales Officer is the most senior sales leader in a company. The CSO owns the revenue number, the sales strategy, and the sales leadership team. The role usually reports to the CEO. Not every company needs a CSO. If you are not sure whether you need a CSO, a VP, or a Director, we can help you figure that out on a first call.

A VP of Sales runs the sales team day to day: hiring reps, holding the number, coaching managers. A Chief Sales Officer sits at the executive level, owns strategy alongside the CEO, and usually has VPs reporting to them. The right role for you depends on your company's size and stage. We help founders sort this out early in every search.

A successful search starts with understanding your company, not writing a job description. The right leader has to match your stage, the shape of your sales team, and how you work as a founder. We find candidates through direct research, not job boards. And the interview process tests for the real reasons sales leaders fail in the role, not just their skills on paper.

If a sales leader we place leaves or is let go within eleven months, we run the search again at no additional fee. We carry the risk because we sit on your side of the table. The guarantee is how we show we stand behind our work, not a promise about how fast we deliver.

It depends on your stage and what the leader needs to do. If you need someone to build the first team and the first sales process, that is usually a Director. If you need someone to run a team of managers and hold a bigger number, that is a VP. If you need someone to own the entire revenue strategy and report to the CEO, that is a CSO. We help you get this right before the search starts.