100%
of retained searches filled — every one since 2015
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Permanent · retainedPermanent technology leadership, hired once.
Retained, exclusive, dedicated search for the permanent leadership seats that decide whether the next two years go well: CTO, VP Engineering and Chief AI Officer.
96%
of 50+ placements since 2015 still in role at 12 months
30 days
typical time to a secured hire from engagement
12 months
replacement guarantee as standard, whatever the reason
Measured across 50+ retained searches Edison Hill has run since 2015.
Permanent search
When the seat has to be filled properly.
A permanent technology leadership hire is not a vacancy to be closed. It is a decision about who sets the architecture, hires the team, and carries the roadmap in front of your board. The cost of getting it wrong isn't the fee — it's the year.
We work on a retained basis: exclusively, on a dedicated basis, committed until it's filled. That is a deliberate constraint on us as much as a commitment to you — it's why every retained search we have run since 2015 has been filled.
Roles we search
- Chief Technology Officer — first-time and successor appointments
- VP Engineering — scaling delivery under investor timelines
- Chief AI Officer — often a brand-new seat on the leadership team
- Director of Engineering and the layer beneath the CTO
What's standard
- A brief agreed in writing by every stakeholder before the market is touched
- Full market mapping and competency-based screening against that brief
- A typical time to secured hire of 30 days from engagement
- A 12-month replacement guarantee, on every placement
If you’re responsible for a pivotal hire, let’s talk.
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