By stageWhere you are
Fractional Executive Search.
The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.
San Diego companies compete for a narrow pool of specialists who understand regulated science and defence programmes, and few of them can keep such a person busy five days a week. We run executive search fractionally, so that scarcity becomes something you buy by the share of time rather than by the year.
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.
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
By momentWhat you are facing
For investorsBehind the capital
The San Diego 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 is exactly how a specialist function should be bought when the requirement is real but not full time.
Brief a search01
No permanent headcount
The engagement is a company-to-company contract. No salary on the payroll and no headcount to carry.
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No benefits burden
No medical cover, no benefits administration, none of the overhead a permanent hire brings.
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No recruitment cost
No search fees and no onboarding lag. Your leader is matched from a vetted collective and embeds within weeks.
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One month's notice
Scale the engagement up or down, or step away, on one month. You keep the optionality.
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Business to business
A company-to-company arrangement, invoiced cleanly. Senior leadership without the employment.
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Tell us the moment
Share where you need leadership: a finance lead departing, a raise ahead, operations outgrowing the founder.
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A working conversation
We talk through the brief and sharpen the requirement together, so the match is right.
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The match
We search our collective of 350+ curated and vetted executives for the closest fit, and you choose.
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Deployment
Your leader embeds within weeks, holds the decisions in their domain, and gets to work.
Common questions
