Product Leadership Search
Built for VC & PE.
Retained product executive and board search. Exclusively for VC and PE investors and their portfolio companies. We place the CPOs, product leaders, and product-focused board directors who execute your value creation thesis — from day one through to exit.
Search Services Built for VC & PE
Every mandate is retained and exclusive. We don't contingency search. Our full attention, our network, and our methodology are deployed on your behalf from day one.
CPO Search
The CPO who can own a product roadmap and be accountable for the commercial outcomes that flow from it is a specific type of executive. We place CPOs who've operated at the intersection of product strategy and P&L responsibility in VC- and PE-backed businesses.
Product Director Search
Product Directors who can connect product direction to customer outcomes and commercial performance are a specific type of leader. We place product leaders who can build the function and raise the quality of product execution in VC- and PE-backed businesses.
Product Board Director Placement
An independent product director placed well adds governance credibility, functional depth, and a perspective neither the sponsor nor the management team can give themselves. We place directors who earn their seat.
Product Leadership Team Buildouts
Platform acquisitions need a coordinated product leadership programme, not a series of disconnected searches. We plan and execute multi-role buildouts aligned to your 100-day plan.
Fractional & Interim Product Leadership
When a portfolio company needs product leadership now, we place VC- and PE-ready leaders who step in at pace. No onboarding curve. No learning the investor model. Operational from the first board meeting.
The right CEO at a portfolio company is worth more than any operational improvement. We treat every search as if the entire investment depends on it — because it does.
A Process Built for High-Stakes Mandates.
Every Alder Search mandate runs through the same four-phase process. Mandate alignment. Market mapping. Rigorous assessment. Placement and onboarding. The details of each phase are calibrated to the specific service — you'll find those on each service page.
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Whether you have an active mandate, are preparing for a transaction, or want to understand how Alder Search can support your portfolio — we welcome the conversation.