Drawing on our searches for this role across the sector, this field guide lays out what employers should actually look for, and look out for. Hiring a VP of Sales for a building products company demands someone who understands the sector’s distinctive channels, contractors, […]
Category Archives: For Employers
For Employers, Role & Industry Guides
How to Hire a VP of Engineering for a Medical device company: An Employer’s Field Guide
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Drawing on our searches for this role across the sector, this field guide lays out what employers should actually look for, and look out for. Hiring a VP of Engineering for a medical device company demands someone who can lead engineering under strict regulatory and quality […]
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Drawing on our executive search work, we put this list together to give employers a practical, ranked view they can actually act on. AI is reshaping how work gets done, and leadership roles will change accordingly, some more than others. This list ranks twelve leadership roles […]
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At JRG Partners, we run searches like this across the industry, so this field guide distills what actually separates a strong hire from a costly mismatch. Choosing a recruiter for a food and beverage executive hire is consequential, and what employers need is not a ranked list […]
For Employers, Metro Hiring Guides
Healthcare Executive Recruiters in Boston: How Employers Choose the Right Partner
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Having placed executives in this market, we wrote this guide to give employers a grounded view of the local talent landscape and how to hire into it. Boston is a global center of academic medicine, research hospitals, and health innovation, with a healthcare leadership talent […]
For Employers, Metro Hiring Guides
Financial Services Executive Recruiters in New York: How Employers Choose the Right Partner
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Having placed executives in this market, we wrote this guide to give employers a grounded view of the local talent landscape and how to hire into it. New York is the financial capital of the world, home to the deepest concentration of financial services leadership anywhere, […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, this is one of the questions employers bring me most often, and my answer has been sharpened by seeing what separates the searches that succeed from the ones that don’t. Hiring executives for a nonprofit merging […]
For Employers, Reports & Surveys
The Succession Readiness Index 2026: How Prepared Are US Mid-Market Boards?
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Drawing on JRG Partners’ work across the executive search market, this report lays out the patterns and dynamics we see shaping leadership hiring. Succession readiness, how prepared a board is for the planned or unplanned departure of key leaders, is a critical governance […]
This reflects what we have learned at JRG Partners doing exactly this kind of work, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Executive searches around deal closings are compressed by circumstances that do not care about search timelines, which creates a […]
For Employers, State Hiring Guides
Executive Search in Pennsylvania: A 2026 Hiring Guide for Employers
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have written this 2026 guide for the boards, CEOs, and HR leaders responsible for executive search in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania fields two major executive markets with global specialties: Philadelphia’s cell […]