Hanson Search’s Product Executive Search practice, part of Hanson Corporate, helps organisations hire the product leaders who decide what gets built, why it matters and how it wins in the market. We place senior product leaders who connect customer insight, commercial strategy and technical execution into the products that drive growth.

We advise FTSE 100 corporates, high-growth technology businesses, financial services institutions, consumer brands, sovereign-backed entities and private equity portfolio companies on Chief Product Officer, VP Product and Head of Product appointments where the product leader’s judgement shapes the trajectory of the business.

Senior Product Roles We Recruit

Our Product Executive Search practice covers the senior end of the product function. We place Chief Product Officers, VPs of Product, Heads of Product, Product Directors, Heads of Product Strategy and Heads of Product Management.

We also lead Product recruitment for senior appointments in product design, product marketing, product operations, platform product, technical product management and product-led growth.

Whatever the title, the brief is consistent. Our clients want a product leader who can set a clear direction, build the teams to deliver it, and turn product strategy into commercial outcomes the board can measure.

Why Chief Product Officer Hiring Has Risen Up the Agenda

The Chief Product Officer brief has grown in importance as product has become the function that most directly decides whether a business grows. Three shifts explain why.

Product is now the core competitive advantage. As technology has become available to everyone, the difference between winning and losing businesses is no longer the tech itself, it is the judgement about what to build, for whom, and in what order.

AI has rewritten what is possible. Senior product leaders are now expected to embed AI into customer experiences, decision flows and underlying products, and to do so at speed without losing focus.

The remit has expanded across the business. The strongest CPOs sit alongside the CEO and CFO, owning commercial outcomes rather than feature roadmaps, and they are increasingly expected to influence pricing, growth, customer success and even M&A.

The strongest candidates today combine deep product craft with commercial judgement, AI and data fluency, and the leadership presence to operate at board level.

How We Approach Product Executive Search and Product Recruitment

Every Product Executive Search is led personally by a senior consultant, from first briefing to final offer. We do not pass mandates down a chain or rely on databases that go stale in a market moving this fast.

The best product leader for your business is rarely the obvious one. They might be running a function in a different sector, leading product at a fast-scaling business, or building inside a platform company at the next level down. So we map widely across in-house product teams, high-growth technology businesses and consumer-facing organisations, and we assess every candidate on product craft, commercial judgement, AI and data fluency, and the influence to lead across engineering, design, marketing and revenue at the same time.

Diverse and inclusive shortlists are prioritised on every mandate. As a B Corp, responsible search is built into how we work.

Speak to Our Product Executive Search Team

If you are hiring a Chief Product Officer, VP Product or senior product leader, we would welcome a confidential conversation. We advise organisations across London, Europe, the USA and the Middle East, from FTSE 100 corporates and high-growth technology businesses to financial institutions, consumer brands, sovereign-backed entities and private equity portfolio companies.

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