Fractional Executive Search.

The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.

Boston companies are usually short of one specific kind of leader: someone who has already taken a science or software business through the regulatory, clinical or funding milestone in front of them. We run executive search fractionally, embedding that operator for the share of time the milestone needs rather than the years a permanent appointment assumes.

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350+Curated and vetted executives

2–3 weeksFrom brief to deployment

30–60%Less than a comparable full-time hire, on our engagements

Governance as a service

We do not make an introduction and step away

Hire one leader and the perspective of the whole collective comes with them. We provide the support, structure and governance that keep the engagement working. The executive holds the decisions in their domain and owns the outcomes.

An operator, not an adviserYour leader embeds in the team, executes, and is measured on business outcomes, not on deliverables or decks.

A collective behind every placementOur collective of 350+ curated and vetted executives stands behind the engagement, across finance, operations, technology and more.

The roles we place

A full C-suite, on the terms a growing business needs

We focus on the leadership functions that move a company forward. Start with one, or draw on the whole collective.

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COO

Chief Operating Officer

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

CRO

Chief Revenue Officer

CMO

Chief Marketing Officer

CHRO

Chief Human Resources Officer

Proven leadership

Our executives have led at the companies you know

Where we are brought in

A leader for the moment in front of you

Most engagements begin with a moment: a departure to cover, a raise to close, a market to enter, a business to turn around. Find the one that fits.

By stage

Where you are

By moment

What you are facing

For investors

Behind the capital

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The Boston commercial case

Senior leadership, without the permanent cost

An engagement is company to company. You get board-level capability for the share of time the work actually needs, which matters most when the requirement is a milestone rather than a permanent seat.

Brief a search

No permanent headcount

The engagement is a company-to-company contract. No salary on the payroll and no headcount to carry.

No benefits burden

No medical cover, no benefits administration, none of the overhead a permanent hire brings.

No recruitment cost

No search fees and no onboarding lag. Your leader is matched from a vetted collective and embeds within weeks.

One month's notice

Scale the engagement up or down, or step away, on one month. You keep the optionality.

Business to business

A company-to-company arrangement, invoiced cleanly. Senior leadership without the employment.

How an engagement works

From the moment to the match, in weeks

Tell us where you need leadership and we handle the rest. The first conversation does most of the work.

Tell us the moment

Share where you need leadership: a finance lead departing, a raise ahead, operations outgrowing the founder.

A working conversation

We talk through the brief and sharpen the requirement together, so the match is right.

The match

We search our collective of 350+ curated and vetted executives for the closest fit, and you choose.

Deployment

Your leader embeds within weeks, holds the decisions in their domain, and gets to work.

Common questions

The questions founders ask first

A senior C-suite leader who embeds directly into your business on a part-time or retained basis. They do not just advise. They hold the decisions in their domain and stay accountable to the outcomes, without the cost of a full-time hire.

Engagements are business to business and typically run six to twenty-four months. Start with one leader or a micro-team, and scale either way on one month's notice as your priorities shift.

A consultant advises and steps away. A fractional executive embeds and executes. We provide the support, structure and governance that keep the engagement working; the executive owns the outcomes.

Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time executive appointment. You pay for the seniority and the time you need, not idle headcount, and there are no recruitment fees, benefits or severance costs.

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The home of fractional leadership.

Tell us where you need leadership in Boston: the milestone, the round, the operating team that has outgrown its first structure. We will match a vetted executive from our collective of 350+ in weeks, with no permanent headcount and one month notice.

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