The Challenge | Executive Search
When leadership transitions test focus and continuity
Leadership changes, whether planned or sudden, can destabilize momentum. Internal teams often face urgency without clear strategy, resulting in reactive hires or prolonged vacancies. The wrong hire costs time, culture, and investor confidence, yet the pressure to move quickly rarely allows a thoughtful search.
Common patterns we see:
- Searches rely on network referrals instead of structured outreach.
- Evaluation focuses on experience, not context or cultural fit.
- Hiring committees lose alignment mid process, slowing decisions.
- Interim leaders overstay, or teams stretch without clear accountability.
Without a disciplined search strategy and operational rigor, leadership hiring becomes a risk event instead of a growth catalyst.
What We Deliver
C Suite and Executive Placement
Targeted searches for CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, and functional leaders, balancing urgency with precision to identify proven executives who match context, capability, and culture.
Assessment and Alignment
Structured evaluation frameworks and stakeholder calibration sessions that replace subjective hiring with evidence based decision making and team alignment.
Market Mapping and Outreach
Comprehensive research, outreach, and benchmarking that expand the field beyond active candidates, revealing the leaders you should know, not just the ones you already do.
Search Process and Candidate Experience
A transparent, data driven process that protects confidentiality, keeps stakeholders aligned, and delivers an exceptional candidate experience that reflects your brand.
The SIZE Difference
Operator Led Search
Every engagement is driven by partners who have led teams, scaled organizations, and hired executives themselves, not just career recruiters.
Pattern Recognition at Scale
Our experience across hundreds of leadership searches reveals what works, what fails, and why, turning intuition into a repeatable, data informed process.
Alignment Beyond the Offer
We stay involved through onboarding and early integration to ensure the new leader lands with clarity, connection, and measurable impact.