CTOs and technical executives
Hire a CTO
Technical executives who carry the technology story to the board, the market and the balance sheet.
The remit
- Technology strategy for the company, not only for engineering
- Board and investor-facing, often customer and market-facing too
- Owns build-versus-buy, technical risk and the make-or-break architectural bets
What we calibrate for
- Has operated at exec level, with the board exposure to prove it
- Can translate technical risk into commercial terms without losing the substance
- Stage fit is decisive here, because a Series A CTO and a public-company CTO share a title and little else
- Has hired a VP Engineering, so the split of duties is understood from both sides
Comp context
Highly equity-weighted, so we benchmark the whole package rather than base alone
Market context for the level, not a quote for your mandate. We benchmark base and equity together against your stage before a shortlist goes out.
Where this level starts and stops
The confusion is always CTO versus VP Engineering. Below roughly 150 engineers these are frequently one job; above it, splitting them wrongly is one of the more expensive org mistakes available.
Hiring at this level? A calibrated shortlist lands in 5 business days, and the fee is 18% of first-year base, invoiced once they have started work.
Other levels we recruit
Hiring a CTO? Let’s fill it.
On the intake call you find out whether we already have strong leaders for your role. If we don’t, you hear that too.
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