Build the leadership team the next stage needs.
C-suite, VP and Director appointments for technology businesses. The people who set direction, carry the number and shape the culture everyone else joins.
Roles we headhunt
The Leadership roles we cover.
C-suite, VP and Director appointments. The hires that set direction for everyone underneath them.
Not sure where your brief sits? Ask us.
C-suite
VP
Director
Why this is hard
The people you want are not applying.
The best leaders are not on the market
Strong operators are mid-cycle: equity vesting, a number they want to finish, a team they built. They are never in an applicant pool. They are reached through relationships and a conversation worth taking.
One appointment sets the next twenty
A VP hire decides who joins beneath them for two years. Getting it wrong is not one bad hire, it is a rebuild. Which is why leadership work runs on evidence, references and market comparison, not on a shortlist of the available.
Discretion is part of the brief
Most leadership searches are confidential, whether there is an incumbent in seat or a funding round that is not public yet. That rules out advertising, and it rules out anyone who cannot approach a market quietly.
How we hunt them
AI powered. Headhunter led.
Map the market first
We build the full picture of who holds the equivalent role, at what stage of company, and what they have actually delivered. AI tooling makes that mapping fast and complete rather than partial.
Approach through people, not inboxes
Leaders answer a warm introduction, a referral or a phone call. They ignore templated messages. Our headhunters use the network, the referrals and the phone.
Assess against the stage, not the CV
Series A to Series C is a different job to enterprise scale. We calibrate against comparable businesses, take references early, and tell you where the risk sits.
What the AI does
Saiyō is AI-first from the ground up. Our tooling maps a market completely, researches who exists and where they sit, and handles initial outreach at a scale a person cannot match. That is what pulls days out of time to hire.
What it does not do
Headhunting. Messaging people is not headhunting. Headhunting is a live network, cold calls, referrals, getting someone's mobile number and having the conversation that changes their mind. No tool does that. The human stays in the loop, making the judgement calls that only years in a market teach you.
How we deliver it
For individual leadership appointments, Saiyō operates a dedicated, partner-led Executive Search model. It sits outside the embedded subscription. For ongoing specialist hiring across GTM and AI, clients access the same market expertise and wider network through our embedded model.
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Let's talk about your Leadership plan.
Book a 30-minute call. We'll share market signal, comparable searches and a realistic timeline for the roles you're trying to fill.
- Shortlists in under 10 days
- 96% offer acceptance
- 100-day replacement guarantee
30 minutes. Senior partner, not an SDR. No obligation.