Technology search.
Commercial results.

Our model

Most search firms work in one layer of the organisation.
We work from the leadership through to the delivery capability.
That end-to-end view means our advice on structure, sequencing and hiring is based on commercial reality.

Why clients bring us in

We start with the real problem

Most search failures are scoping failures. We embed early, meet the stakeholders and pressure-test the role before we run a single search. If the brief is wrong, we will tell you.

We’re proven operators in this market

Deep networks, repeat outcomes, and a track record across the full technology organisation, from leadership to delivery capability.

We build for both performance and culture

We have a strong track record building technology teams that perform and stick. That includes consistently improving gender diversity in engineering and product, in talent pools where most firms do not reach.

Trusted by top candidates

How a firm runs its search process is the first signal a candidate reads, executive or not. We help you build the narrative to attract the best people. Every interaction from first conversation to start date reflects on you. We manage it deliberately.

Hiring partnerships that scale

For organisations building capability at pace or navigating change, we partner closely to build teams quickly and properly, delivering impact faster.

Advisory before execution

We define the role scope, success measures and team context upfront so the search reflects what the business actually needs.

Technology executive search

Executive and senior technology hires across engineering, product, data and AI, with leaders who are built to deliver commercially, with the technical depth to back it up. That includes AI executive search and the leadership appointments that sit around it.

What we do

Executive search

Retained search for CIO, CTO, CDO, CPO and senior technology leadership roles across Australia, partnering with boards, investors and executive teams on the appointments that shape commercial performance.

Capability Build

Working with technology leaders to build their teams across software engineering, product, data, AI, enterprise systems, architecture, cloud, platform and cyber.

Interim & Contract

Contract and interim technology professionals across every level, placed into critical technology, product, data and AI work.

Transformation & Value Creation

Supporting investors and leadership teams through M&A, carve-outs, divestments and major technology transformations with the leadership and talent to get it done.

The Founders

Founder & Technology Leadership Search Partner

Jake Rose

Jake leads executive search for technology leadership roles across private equity, ASX-listed and high-growth technology businesses.

Founder & Product and Engineering Search Partner

Marie Higgins

Marie is a market leader in software engineering and product hiring, known for building high-performing and genuinely diverse technology teams.

Founder & Data, AI and Platform Search Partner

Lewis Heeks

Lewis covers the full data and AI organisation, from Chief Data Officer through to platform and engineering, across some of Australia's most complex technology environments.

Who we work with

Investors & private equity

Technology leadership aligned to the investment thesis, from diligence through to exit readiness. We understand what a portfolio business needs at each stage of the value creation cycle, working across Sydney and Australia.

CEOs & boards

Most boards only engage a search firm when the role is already defined. We work best when the conversation starts before the role is locked in.

Technology leaders

We work directly with CTOs, CIOs and heads of engineering on structure, sequencing and the people decisions that determine whether the function actually delivers.

Hiring decisions compound. Getting them right early changes everything.

Innova

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Eve CrawfordCEO at ZYX

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Jack GrahamProject Manager, Coffee Inc

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Zak ReidCTO at Envato

Insights

Technology due diligence and post-merger integration

Technology due diligence and post-merger integration

Perspectives on technology hiring, transformation and value creation

Perspectives on technology hiring, transformation and value creation

Building high-performance and diverse engineering teams

Building high-performance and diverse engineering teams

Org design for scale

Org design for scale

Product as a growth engine

Product as a growth engine

AI as operating leverage

AI as operating leverage