Product Recruitment.That's It.From IC to CPO.
We serve VC and PE investors and their portfolio companies through two practices, both focused on one thing: product. Alder Search places CPOs and product-focused board directors. Alder Talent places the senior product practitioners who deliver beneath and beside them — Head of Product, VP Product, and senior IC operators. Retained. VC- and PE-exclusive. Both practices.
Two Practices. One Standard.
C-Suite & Board
We place CPOs and Board Directors with product expertise at VC- and PE-backed companies. Every mandate is retained and exclusive. No contingency. No compromises.
Head of, VP & Senior IC Level
We place the specialist product operators and senior individual contributors who sit beneath and beside the C-suite. Head of Product, VP Product, and senior IC practitioners including Staff, Principal, and Lead Product Managers in VC- and PE-backed businesses. The same retained standard as every Alder Search mandate.
Deep Expertise Across
Every VC & PE Sector
Our partners have spent careers building networks within these sectors. We know who the best operators are and we know how to reach them.
Technology & Software
SaaS, enterprise software, cybersecurity, data & analytics, and infrastructure technology backed by venture, growth, and buyout sponsors.
Financial Services & Fintech
Fintech, payments infrastructure, insurance, wealth management, and specialty finance at every stage from VC to PE ownership.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare services, medical devices, biopharma, digital health, and healthcare IT across venture-backed, mid-market, and large-cap PE.
Consumer & Retail
Consumer brands, specialty retail, e-commerce, food & beverage, and direct-to-consumer businesses undergoing VC- and PE-driven transformation.
Principal Product Manager
The Person Behind
Alder Search
Ryan Ollerenshaw
Alder is named for a tree known for one thing above all else: its roots hold ground that would otherwise give way. Ryan has spent 16 years applying that same principle to product leadership recruitment for VC and PE — placing the product leaders who stabilise, scale, and deliver returns for investors and their portfolio companies.
Across hundreds of mandates spanning CPO, Head of Product, VP Product, and Principal Product Manager searches, he has become embedded in the VC and PE product ecosystem — not as an advisor, but as someone who understands the pace, the pressure, and the precision these environments demand.
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