You will get Executive Search | VP, SVP & C-Suite Hires | Confidential, Founder-Led
Project details
The wrong leadership hire costs you a year. The right one repays the search ten times over.
I run discreet, founder-led executive search for senior and C-suite roles in SaaS, AI and tech, where the cost of getting it wrong is too high to leave to a generalist agency.
What's included:
• Role scoping and scorecard built with you, the board or your investors
• Confidential outbound to a passive shortlist (no job ads, no internal noise)
• Deep screening on track record, motivations, and what it would actually take to move them
• Interview coordination and structured feedback through every stage
• Candidate close, offer support, reference work and start-date handover
Who this is for:
Founders, boards and CEOs hiring a VP, SVP, C-suite leader or business-critical executive role.
What you get:
A shortlist of 4 to 6 senior candidates you'd actually hire, full context on each (why they'd move, what it would take, what the risks are), and a search process that protects your time and your reputation in the market.
Tell me the role and the brief. I'll come back with how I'd run the search and an honest read on whether I'm the right person to do it.
I run discreet, founder-led executive search for senior and C-suite roles in SaaS, AI and tech, where the cost of getting it wrong is too high to leave to a generalist agency.
What's included:
• Role scoping and scorecard built with you, the board or your investors
• Confidential outbound to a passive shortlist (no job ads, no internal noise)
• Deep screening on track record, motivations, and what it would actually take to move them
• Interview coordination and structured feedback through every stage
• Candidate close, offer support, reference work and start-date handover
Who this is for:
Founders, boards and CEOs hiring a VP, SVP, C-suite leader or business-critical executive role.
What you get:
A shortlist of 4 to 6 senior candidates you'd actually hire, full context on each (why they'd move, what it would take, what the risks are), and a search process that protects your time and your reputation in the market.
Tell me the role and the brief. I'll come back with how I'd run the search and an honest read on whether I'm the right person to do it.
Target Country
United Kingdom, United StatesWhat's included $6,000
These options are included with the project scope.
$6,000
- Delivery Time 30 days
About Aaron
#1 Senior Recruiter | Embedded Headhunter | 500 + hires
London, United Kingdom - 8:53 pm local time
I'm Aaron, a Senior Recruiter with 10 years headhunting for SaaS and tech scale-ups. I embed into your team and run hiring end-to-end, so you stop sifting CVs and start meeting the people you actually want to hire. I run Down To Recruit, a one-man-band bespoke headhunting offering.
I have embedded as a Senior Recruiter at Postman, building out their EMEA team. Same role at Grafana Labs before that, hiring across the UK, Nordics, Benelux and DACH.
My background started in sales (ex-Stryker), which is why I think about every hire in terms of your business outcome, not just job spec.
When we talk shortlist, we talk what good looks like in your business - not resume keywords.
What I take ownership of:
• Role scoping, scorecards and hiring brief
• Passive candidate sourcing (75% of my placements come from people not on the market)
• Calibrated shortlists, screened against your bar
• Interview process design, candidate prep, offer negotiation, close
• Onboarding handover and first 90 days
• 12-week free replacement guarantee on every hire
You don't get a resume-pusher. You get a hiring partner who runs your search like it matters.
Companies I've hired for:
Postman, Grafana Labs, Octopus, Stryker, plus Series B to E SaaS and tech scale-ups across the UK, US and EMEA.
Roles I cover:
Most of my work sits across commercial, GTM and operational hires for tech businesses:
• Sales (AE, SDR, BDR, Sales Leadership, VP)
• Customer Success and Account Management
• RevOps, Sales Ops, Marketing
• Founding hires and early team build-outs
• Senior and C-suite leadership
If you're a SaaS or tech business hiring, talk to me first. If it's a fit, I'll tell you. If it's not, I'll point you to someone better.
Recent Results:
• Postman: 50+ placements across go-to-market in 12 months
• Grafana Labs: built EMEA teams across UK, Nordics, Benelux and DACH
• Octopus: doubled the team from 25 to 50 (19 hires placed)
• 95% retention beyond 12 months
• Sub-30 day average time to hire
Why Clients Hire Me:
• Generalist recruiters send endless resumes with no understanding of your market or product
• Internal teams have no passive network in the niches that matter
• Founders run interviews without a scorecard
• Every open seat feels reactive, and the cost of empty seats compounds every month
I install a structured hiring process. You get a calibrated pipeline in 14 days, candidates vetted against your real bar, and one person accountable from kick-off to signed offer.
My ideal clients:
Founders, hiring leaders and HR teams at SaaS and tech businesses who:
• Are scaling in the US, UK or EMEA
• Need a recruiter who acts like part of the team, not a vendor
• Want passive talent, not job board applicants
• Want one dependable owner, not a black box
My offer:
Contingent on the first hire. Retained from there if it works. 20% of first-year salary. 12-week free replacement guarantee on every placement.
If you've got open roles you need filled in the next 90 days, send them over and I'll come back inside 24 hours with a sourcing plan and an honest read on how I'd run the search!
Steps for completing your project
After purchasing the project, send requirements so Aaron can start the project.
Delivery time starts when Aaron receives requirements from you.
Aaron works on your project following the steps below.
Revisions may occur after the delivery date.
Confidential Executive Search
I run discreet, founder-led executive search for senior and C-suite roles, where the cost of getting it wrong is too high to leave to a generalist agency.