Technology leadership search
CTO, CIO, CISO, VP engineering, heads of function and senior architects. Fewer searches, run quietly, with references and a longer conversation before anyone’s name is written down.
Roles we place
Executive
CTO · CIO · CISO · CDO · VP Engineering
Heads of function
Head of Engineering · Head of Data · Head of AI · Head of Infrastructure · IT Director
Management
Engineering manager · delivery manager · programme manager
Architecture
Enterprise architect · solution architect · principal & staff engineers
How these searches differ
- Discretion by default. We agree who may be told what before we approach anyone.
- Longer process, fewer candidates, and references taken seriously rather than as a formality.
- We interview the mandate as much as the market: a leadership role that nobody internally agrees on cannot be filled.
- Referral-led rather than search-engine-led. This page exists to explain the service, not to rank for it.
What we now ask leaders
How they expect their team’s work to change, what they have already changed in their own, and how they would judge whether it worked. A technology leader with no position on this in 2026 is a risk, whatever the CV says.
Our position on that