Hanson Technology is the Hanson Search Group practice that recruits senior technical and AI leadership globally. We help businesses build the teams that turn emerging technology into commercial advantage, and we know how few people combine real technical credibility with commercial judgement.

With consultants embedded across London, Europe, the USA and the Middle East, we place Chief Technology Officers, Heads of AI, Chief Data Officers, Heads of Engineering, Machine Learning Leads and Heads of Data Science, from single senior appointments through to full team builds.

Our Technology and AI Executive Search Approach

Every mandate is led personally by a senior consultant, who takes the brief, agrees the specification and maps the market before any approach is made.

We then run systematic outreach across primary, secondary and tertiary targets, presenting four to six qualified candidates with full profiles and a clear recommendation.

Competency-based interviews and structured scorecards run through the process, with Hogan assessment available where clients want a considered read on fit. After the offer we manage negotiation to acceptance, then return at thirty, sixty and ninety days.

Why Hiring Technology and AI Leaders Has Become Harder

AI talent is scarce and demand keeps climbing in every sector we cover, so the strongest candidates have genuine choice. Boards also expect these hires to shape strategy rather than simply ship code.

Candidates now weigh culture, flexibility and purpose alongside pay, and the best of them field several approaches at once. Market intelligence and salary benchmarking come as standard with every search, which helps clients move at the speed these hires demand.

Why choose Hanson Search as your Recruitment Partner

Hanson Search Group is an independent, employee-owned consultancy built on more than twenty years of trusted relationships. Clients get the attention of a boutique alongside the networks of a global firm, with partners leading searches themselves rather than passing them down.

That experience sits behind a 100% completion rate on retained mandates, and our approach has always been advisory rather than transactional. As a certified B Corp, we hold ourselves accountable for purpose as well as profit.

Hire Technology and AI Talent

If you are hiring technical or AI leadership in the UK or internationally, we would welcome the conversation. We are equally glad to hear from senior technology leaders weighing up their next move.

Contact our specialist consultants for a confidential discussion.

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