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Specialist partners,
aligned to the sector you hire in.

Every Rivago partner runs one practice and has placed inside it for seven or more years. They know the comp bands, the unpublished orgs, and the people whose LinkedIn still says “Director” three years after they made VP.

Active mandates1,486
Practices10
Senior partners34
Avg. partner tenure in-practice11 years
21days
Median time-to-shortlist across all practices, last 12 months.
94%
Offer-acceptance rate. Cross-practice. Cross-seniority.
62k+
Senior operators in the Rivago private network.
91%
12-month retention of every retained placement.
TechnologyHealthcareLegalFinanceAerospace & defenceTelecomAutomotiveSupply & operationsSales & marketingPeople & HR
Practice 01 · est. 2017

Technology &
engineering leadership.

We've placed engineering leaders into thirty-two of the Fortune-500 tech orgs and forty-plus venture-backed scale-ups. From a first VP of Engineering to a CTO succession.

Typical roles · last 90 days
VP / SVP of Engineering42 placements
Chief Technology Officer8 placements
Director of Platform / SRE31 placements
Principal / Staff IC tracks54 placements
Head of Security18 placements
Head of AI / ML Platform22 placements
MW
Marcus Whelan
Partner & Head of Technology Practice · ex-Stripe, Google
11 yrs in-practice312 mandates
312
Active technology mandates this quarter
38%
Outreach reply rate (versus 9% industry baseline)
18days
Median time-to-shortlist for VP-level engineering
97%
90-day retention on technology placements
Recent placement
VP of Platform Engineering at Series C SaaS
Delaware · 22 days brief-to-offer · $345K base + 0.3% equity
Practice 02 · est. 2018

Healthcare,
clinical & biotech.

Provider, payer, and life-sciences senior hires. Our healthcare practice carries the highest credential bar in the firm — every partner has prior operating experience inside a hospital network, payer, or regulated biotech.

Typical roles · last 90 days
Chief Medical Officer14 placements
Director of Clinical Operations26 placements
VP of Regulatory Affairs11 placements
Head of Quality & 510(k)9 placements
Chief Nursing Officer7 placements
LM
Dr. Lila Mehta
Partner & Head of Healthcare Practice · ex-Mount Sinai, Genentech
9 yrs in-practiceMD · MPH
184
Active healthcare mandates this quarter
24days
Median time-to-shortlist for clinical leadership
100%
Of clinical placements pre-credentialed at submission
94%
12-month retention on physician-leader placements
Recent placement
Director of Clinical Operations · UAE hospital network
Dubai · 31 days · pre-cleared for DHA licensure
Practice 04 · est. 2017

Finance, banking
capital markets.

CFO succession, treasurer hires, quant teams, and the long bench beneath them. Heavy presence in Delaware, Ontario and Pune — markets where we know the comp committees by name.

Typical roles · last 90 days
Chief Financial Officer16 placements
Head of Treasury9 placements
VP of FP&A28 placements
Quant Research Lead14 placements
Head of Risk & Compliance22 placements
AB
Anil Bhatia
Partner & Head of Finance Practice · ex-Goldman, BlackRock
CFA14 yrs in-practice
228
Active finance mandates this quarter
19days
Median time-to-shortlist for finance leadership
11%
Counter-offer recovery rate (vs. 28% baseline)
92%
12-month retention on CFO placements
Recent placement
Head of Risk & Compliance · Tier-1 Canadian bank
Ontario · 27 days · CAD 295K + deferred
Practice 05 · est. 2020

Aerospace,
defence & cleared talent.

Tier-1 OEMs, defence primes, and the supplier ecosystem beneath. Eighty-percent of finalists arrive with active clearance — pre-vetted through Rivago's cleared-talent program.

Typical roles · last 90 days
Director of Manufacturing8 placements
Principal Systems Engineer11 placements
Head of FAR/AR & compliance4 placements
Director, Cleared Cybersecurity6 placements
JO
Cmdr. James O'Sullivan (ret.)
Partner & Head of A&D Practice · ex-Lockheed, USN
TS/SCI20 yrs USN
74
Active aerospace mandates this quarter
80%
Of finalists with active TS/SCI at submission
42days
Median time-to-shortlist (clearance constraints)
100%
Of placements pre-vetted via Rivago cleared program
Recent placement
Director of Aerospace Manufacturing · tier-1 supplier
Delaware · 49 days · $260K + relocation
Practice 06 · est. 2019

Telecom &
network infrastructure.

5G core, fibre rollout, MSO leadership. We staff inside the operator and the supplier — pricing intelligence across both sides of the table.

Typical roles · last 90 days
Principal Network Architect9 placements
VP of Network Operations6 placements
Head of 5G Core Engineering4 placements
Director, Field Operations11 placements
SC
Sarah Chen
Partner & Head of Telecom Practice · ex-Verizon, Ericsson
8 yrs in-practice
86
Active telecom mandates this quarter
23days
Median time-to-shortlist for network leadership
14
Active mandates across operator + supplier sides
88%
12-month retention on telecom placements
Practice 07 · est. 2021

Automotive &
mobility.

OEM, tier-1 supplier, and the new mobility entrants. Battery, ADAS, software-defined vehicle — we know who's hiring and who's quietly looking.

Typical roles · last 90 days
Director of Manufacturing Engineering7 placements
Head of Battery Engineering4 placements
VP of Software (SDV)5 placements
Head of Supply Quality9 placements
VJ
Vikram Joshi
Partner & Head of Automotive Practice · ex-Ford, Rivian
P.E.13 yrs in-practice
62
Active automotive mandates this quarter
28days
Median time-to-shortlist (relocation-heavy)
3.4×
Inbound interest per OEM mandate in last 90 days
89%
12-month retention on automotive placements
Practice 08 · est. 2019

Supply chain
operations.

From distribution-centre leadership to global head-of-supply roles. We staff the spine of the business — the people who keep the operation moving when everything else is on fire.

Typical roles · last 90 days
Chief Operating Officer9 placements
VP of Supply Chain14 placements
Head of Distribution11 placements
Director, S&OP18 placements
DA
Daniel Ahuja
Partner & Head of Supply Practice · ex-Amazon, Maersk
MBA Wharton
128
Active supply & ops mandates this quarter
22days
Median time-to-shortlist for VP-level supply
62%
Of supply placements involve relocation
90%
12-month retention on supply placements
Practice 09 · est. 2018

Sales,
marketing & growth.

CRO succession, first-VP-of-marketing hires, demand-gen leadership. We know the OTE patterns and we know which “100% to plan” résumé actually beat the number.

Typical roles · last 90 days
Chief Revenue Officer11 placements
VP of Marketing19 placements
Head of Demand Gen22 placements
VP of Customer Success16 placements
MR
Maya Rasmussen
Partner & Head of GTM Practice · ex-Salesforce, Datadog
10 yrs in-practice
204
Active GTM mandates this quarter
17days
Median time-to-shortlist for VP+ GTM roles
68%
Of CRO finalists beat-plan in their last role
89%
12-month retention on CRO placements
Practice 10 · est. 2018

People
& HR leadership.

The function that hires our function. CHRO succession, head-of-talent searches, total-rewards leaders. Quietly our most repeat-business practice — once a CHRO trusts you, they bring you with them.

Typical roles · last 90 days
Chief People Officer8 placements
VP of Talent Acquisition12 placements
Head of Total Rewards9 placements
Director of L&D14 placements
AK
Aisha Karim
Partner & Head of People Practice · ex-Airbnb, Unilever
SHRM-SCP9 yrs in-practice
96
Active people & HR mandates this quarter
21days
Median time-to-shortlist for CHRO searches
72%
Of mandates come from prior placement referrals
93%
12-month retention on CHRO placements
The common spine

Ten practices.
One search methodology.

Every practice runs the same five-stage process. The only thing that changes is who's on the other end of the phone — and how much they already know about your sector when they pick it up.

01 · Brief
Intake call
Sixty minutes with the hiring manager and the practice partner. We pressure-test the JD, agree must-haves, and write the scorecard before sourcing.
02 · Map
Market mapping
A longlist of 40–80 candidates from the practice partner's network, competitor cap tables, and the Rivago private database.
03 · Screen
Calibration interviews
Forty-five-minute structured screens against your scorecard. First calibration profiles by day twelve. Shortlist hardens by day eighteen.
04 · Panel
Loop & debrief
We project-manage scheduling, debriefs, calibration between rounds, references. Written brief 24 hours before each interview.
05 · Close
Offer & care
Offer negotiation, counter-offer defence, day-90 check-in. Three, six and twelve-month touch-points with both sides.
What we put in writing

Four numbers we'll stand behind
on the first call.

Same in technology as in healthcare. Same in finance as in defence. The practice lead changes; the bar doesn't.

21days
Median time-to-shortlist
From signed JD to three calibrated finalists. Worst case +5 days. We tell you on the kickoff.
94%
Offer-acceptance rate
Last twelve months. Cross-practice. Cross-seniority. Counter-offers don't count as accepts.
12mo
Retained replacement
Retained placement leaves inside twelve months, we restart the search at no charge. No questions.
1
Partner on the line
One named partner from brief to placement. No handoffs. Mobile included. Reachable on a Tuesday at 10pm.
From hiring managers

Notes from the
other side of the table.

Plain English from heads of talent, GCs, and CFOs who hired through a Rivago practice in the last eighteen months.

Practice 01 · Technology

Marcus walked into our intake with a list of seven people he'd already had coffee with. Two became finalists. The one we hired closed in twenty-three days against a brief most agencies told us would take ninety.

JS
Jamie Sokolov
VP of Talent · Series C SaaS
Practice 03 · Legal

Eleanor briefed me on three GC candidates and was honest about which one she'd hire herself. That kind of candour from a search firm is almost extinct. We took her recommendation. She was right.

PB
Priya Bhatt
CEO · pre-IPO fintech
Practice 02 · Healthcare

Lila understood the DHA licensing path better than my own ops director. Eleven clinical placements, zero compliance issues. We've stopped calling other firms.

SM
Samira Mansour
CPO · Dubai hospital group

Which practice
are you hiring into?

We'll put the practice lead on the line for a 30-minute scoping call. Tell us which sector to bring.

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