C-Suite Executive Search: Securing Transformative Leaders for Your Organization

At Talent Finder Solutions (TFS), we focus exclusively on C-Suite and senior executive search. We place the CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and senior leaders who drive enterprise value — executives who transform organizations, not just fill positions. When the leadership decision is critical, organizations trust TFS to get it right.

 

Our Expertise: Full C-Suite Coverage

Our dedicated practice areas cover every C-Suite function, each led by recruiters who specialize exclusively in that role. This focus allows us to maintain deep relationships with top performers, understand market dynamics, and assess candidates with precision that generalist firms cannot match.


C-Suite Roles We Place:

  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO) — Founder replacements, PE-installed operators, turnaround leaders, succession planning, and interim CEOs
  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO) — PE-backed, pre-IPO, public company, turnaround, M&A-heavy, and capital markets CFOs
  • Chief Operating Officer (COO) — Scaling operations, post-merger integration, multi-site, and founder-complement COOs
  • Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) — Growth, performance marketing, brand rebuild, and digital transformation CMOs
  • Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) — First CRO hires, enterprise, turnaround, and go-to-market rebuild CROs
  • Chief Information Officer (CIO) — Legacy modernization, ERP transformation, infrastructure, and security-first CIOs
  • Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — Startup, scaling, platform, AI/ML, and technical co-founder replacement CTOs
  • Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) — Culture transformation, workforce scaling, compliance, and global workforce CHROs
  • Chief Product Officer (CPO) — Product-led growth, platform, enterprise, and AI product leaders
  • General Counsel (GC) — Pre-IPO, regulatory-heavy, M&A-focused, and compliance remediation legal leader

Our Approach: Situation-Specific Executive Matching

We don’t just match resumes to job descriptions. We match executives to your specific situation — understanding that a PE-backed CFO differs from a pre-IPO CFO, that a turnaround CEO requires different capabilities than a growth CEO. This precision dramatically reduces mis-hires and accelerates time-to-impact.

Every search begins with deep strategic discovery. We invest significant time understanding not just the role requirements, but your organization’s strategy, culture, board dynamics, ownership structure, and definition of success. This intelligence shapes our research, candidate engagement, and assessment.

Our research methodology combines proprietary databases with relationships cultivated over decades. We access candidates who aren’t actively looking but are open to transformative opportunities. Many of our placements come from executives we’ve tracked for years before the right opportunity emerged.


Our Commitment: Results That Last

We measure success not by placements made, but by executive impact delivered. Our extended 12-18 month guarantee exceeds industry standards because our methodology produces lasting fit. We’re willing to put significant economics behind every placement — reflecting our confidence in rigorous assessment and careful matching.

From initial consultation through candidate onboarding and beyond, we maintain complete transparency. You receive weekly progress updates, honest assessments of candidate strengths and limitations, and clear communication about market conditions. We don’t disappear between presentations.

Our guarantee replacement rate is under 3%, significantly below industry averages. This reflects our investment in thorough assessment, comprehensive reference verification, and careful culture matching — not just resume screening.


Partner with TFS for Your Executive Search

Secure the C-Suite leadership your organization needs to compete and win. Whether you’re a private equity firm building a management team, a growth-stage company hiring your first professional CFO, or an enterprise planning CEO succession, we deliver executives who have successfully navigated similar situations.

Contact Talent Finder Solutions to discuss your executive search requirements and learn how our specialized C-Suite focus delivers leaders who transform organizations.


(Search Types Complete List)

CEO — Chief Executive Officer (Search Types)

  • Founder replacement / professionalization CEO

  • Founder-to-operator transition CEO

  • PE-installed / sponsor-backed operating CEO

  • Turnaround / restructuring CEO

  • Transformation CEO (business model, digital, cost, org)

  • Growth / scale-up CEO (Series B+ to global scale)

  • Succession CEO (planned or accelerated)

  • Interim CEO / bridge CEO

  • Carve-out / spin-out CEO

  • M&A integration CEO (post-deal consolidation)

  • Divestiture / separation CEO

  • International expansion CEO (multi-region build)

  • Founder-led “adult supervision” CEO (coach/partner model)

  • Crisis-management CEO (litigation, scandal, regulatory shock)

  • Family business / closely held CEO

  • Public company CEO (public market credibility, IR readiness)

CFO — Chief Financial Officer (Search Types)

  • PE-backed CFO (value creation, leverage, covenant management)

  • Pre-IPO / IPO-readiness CFO

  • Public company / SEC-reporting CFO

  • Turnaround / restructuring CFO

  • Capital markets CFO (debt/equity, refinancing, ratings)

  • M&A-heavy CFO (buy-and-build, roll-ups)

  • Post-merger integration finance leader

  • FP&A-centric CFO (planning, unit economics, forecasting)

  • Controllership/close excellence CFO (SOX, audit, rigor)

  • Revenue recognition / ASC 606-heavy CFO (SaaS, complex rev)

  • Treasury/liquidity CFO (cash discipline, working capital)

  • International/multi-currency CFO

  • ERP/finance systems transformation CFO

  • Cost transformation CFO (margin expansion, SG&A right-sizing)

  • Strategic finance / corporate development CFO

  • CFO to build finance from scratch (first CFO hire)

  • CFO for regulated industries (banking, healthcare, energy, etc.)

COO — Chief Operating Officer (Search Types)

  • Scaling COO (process, cadence, operating system)

  • Founder-complement COO (operator paired with visionary)

  • Multi-site / distributed operations COO

  • Post-merger integration COO

  • Turnaround COO (service levels, cost, throughput)

  • Supply chain / procurement-heavy COO

  • Manufacturing/plant network COO

  • Fulfillment/logistics COO (3PL/warehouse/last-mile)

  • Customer operations COO (support, success, service delivery)

  • Professional services delivery COO (utilization, margins, PMO)

  • Global operations COO (offshore/nearshore, geo scaling)

  • Quality & compliance COO (regulated environments)

  • Safety-first COO (industrial, field services, energy)

  • Operational excellence / Lean / Six Sigma COO

  • Field operations COO (technicians, routes, dispatch)

  • COO to build operating infrastructure (first COO hire)


CMO — Chief Marketing Officer

  • Growth / demand-gen CMO (pipeline, CAC/LTV discipline)

  • Performance marketing CMO (paid media at scale)

  • Brand rebuild / repositioning CMO

  • Digital transformation CMO (MarTech stack, attribution)

  • Product marketing-led CMO (messaging, launches, pricing)

  • Enterprise marketing CMO (ABM, long-cycle, sales alignment)

  • PLG marketing leader (self-serve, activation, lifecycle)

  • Lifecycle/retention CMO (CRM, email, personalization)

  • Category creation CMO (new narrative, analyst relations)

  • International expansion CMO

  • B2C scale CMO (omnichannel, creative engine)

  • Ecommerce/DTC CMO (conversion, merchandising, CRO)

  • Partner/channel marketing CMO

  • Reputation/crisis communications CMO

  • First CMO hire (from “tactical” to strategic)

CRO — Chief Revenue Officer

  • First CRO hire (CEO-led sales → scalable revenue org)

  • Enterprise CRO (complex deals, multi-stakeholder)

  • Mid-market / velocity CRO

  • Turnaround CRO (missed number, reset execution)

  • GTM rebuild CRO (ICP, messaging, pricing, process)

  • Sales-led growth CRO (outbound, field sales, partnerships)

  • PLG-to-enterprise expansion CRO

  • Sales + CS alignment CRO (NRR, expansion motions)

  • Channel/partner-led CRO

  • International revenue expansion CRO

  • Pricing & packaging reset CRO

  • Pipeline generation discipline CRO (SDR/BDR build)

  • Revenue operations-heavy CRO (CRM hygiene, forecasting)

  • Verticalized CRO (industry specialization + playbooks)

  • Multi-product / suite-selling CRO

  • New logo hunter vs. farmer mix CRO (depending on stage)

CIO — Chief Information Officer

  • Legacy modernization CIO (apps, infrastructure, data)

  • ERP transformation CIO (SAP/Oracle/NetSuite, etc.)

  • Infrastructure & operations CIO (networks, endpoints, cloud ops)

  • Security-first CIO (cyber, IAM, incident readiness)

  • IT governance / controls CIO (risk, audit, policy)

  • Shared services / service management CIO (ITIL, SLAs)

  • Data & analytics-forward CIO (BI enablement, data platforms)

  • Cloud migration / hybrid CIO

  • M&A integration CIO (systems consolidation)

  • Carve-out/separation CIO (Day 1/Day 100 readiness)

  • Global IT CIO (multi-region, vendor management)

  • Cost optimization CIO (vendor rationalization, FinOps)

  • End-user experience CIO (productivity, collaboration)

  • Healthcare/regulated IT CIO (HIPAA, FDA, SOX-adjacent controls)

CTO — Chief Technology Officer

  • Startup CTO (0→1 architecture, hands-on builder)

  • Scaling CTO (1→N reliability, team/process)

  • Platform CTO (shared services, modularization)

  • AI/ML CTO (model strategy, MLOps, data flywheel)

  • Security-by-design CTO (secure SDLC, threat modeling)

  • Cloud-native CTO (distributed systems, DevOps)

  • Technical co-founder replacement CTO

  • Modernization CTO (monolith→microservices, tech debt)

  • Data/engineering-heavy CTO (pipelines, real-time, lakes)

  • Developer productivity CTO (tooling, CI/CD, quality)

  • Enterprise CTO (scalability, compliance, integrations)

  • API/ecosystem CTO (partners, SDKs, developer community)

  • CTO for regulated products (privacy, governance, auditability)

  • International/offshore engineering CTO

  • Post-merger integration CTO (platform consolidation)

CHRO — Chief Human Resources Officer

  • Culture transformation CHRO

  • Workforce scaling CHRO (hypergrowth, talent systems)

  • Compliance / risk CHRO (policies, investigations, ER)

  • Global workforce CHRO (multi-country employment)

  • Compensation & benefits strategy CHRO

  • Org design / reorg CHRO

  • Change management CHRO (new operating model)

  • DEI strategy CHRO (program + measurable outcomes)

  • Executive compensation / board comp committee CHRO

  • Union/labor relations CHRO

  • M&A integration CHRO

  • Carve-out / separation CHRO

  • Performance management rebuild CHRO

  • HR tech / HRIS transformation CHRO (Workday, etc.)

  • Talent development / leadership CHRO

  • Turnaround CHRO (morale, retention, workforce reduction)

CPO — Chief Product Officer

  • Product-led growth (PLG) CPO

  • Platform CPO (APIs, ecosystems, extensibility)

  • Enterprise product CPO (roadmaps, security, integrations)

  • AI product leader (AI-first UX, governance, outcomes)

  • 0→1 product CPO (discovery, MVP, PMF)

  • 1→N scaling CPO (portfolio, prioritization, process)

  • Product + design-led CPO (UX differentiation)

  • Growth product CPO (activation, conversion, retention)

  • Marketplace CPO (liquidity, trust & safety)

  • Data product CPO (analytics, insights monetization)

  • Pricing/packaging-focused product leader

  • Regulated product CPO (privacy, auditability, safety)

  • Product org rebuild CPO (team, rituals, decision rights)

  • Customer-led / voice-of-customer CPO

  • Internationalization / localization CPO

GC — General Counsel 

  • Pre-IPO / IPO readiness GC

  • Public company GC (SEC, governance, disclosure)

  • Regulatory-heavy GC (fintech, healthcare, energy, etc.)

  • M&A-focused GC (deal flow, integration, risk)

  • Compliance remediation GC (consent orders, monitorships)

  • Commercial/contracts GC (enterprise agreements, vendor risk)

  • Employment/labor-forward GC (workforce issues)

  • Privacy/data security GC (GDPR/CCPA, incident response)

  • Litigation management GC (bet-the-company, disputes)

  • IP/technology GC (patents, licensing, open source)

  • International GC (multi-jurisdiction operations)

  • Corporate governance & board advisor GC

  • Investigations/ethics GC (whistleblower, internal controls)

  • Policy/government affairs-adjacent GC (regulated lobbying interface)

  • Crisis management GC (reputation/legal containment)