Leadership desk
Heads of marketing who can set the pile, not just attend it.
Leadership hires who pick priorities, build the team, and connect marketing to revenue. We screen for decisions, not gravitas.
What this hire is for
The seat decides the questions.
A head of marketing who cannot choose is just an expensive reporter. We look for people who have killed work, hired specialists, and lived with a number they owned.
We ask what they can do on Monday. Titles are a filing system.
Head of marketingHead of growthMarketing directorVP marketingCMO track
What we need to see
- A P&L, pipeline or clearly owned commercial outcome.
- Hiring and firing judgement they can talk about calmly.
- Enough craft literacy to brief search, paid and content without bluffing.
In the room
Probes we actually use
Not a quiz. A conversation that should sound like the work.
- What did you stop?Leadership without subtraction is calendar management.
- How is the team built?Specialists versus generalists, in-house versus desk — they should have a view.
- What number did you lose sleep over?If they cannot name it, they were not in the seat.
Cuts
What does not make the shortlist
- Speakers with no operating history.
- People who still want to ‘do a bit of everything’.
- Leaders who have never sat in the data.
Start the search
Open a leadership vacancy.
Role, salary, working model, must-haves. One form, one intended hire. Terms and deposit before sourcing.