Category Archives: Role & Industry Guides

How to Hire a CMO for a B2B manufacturer: An Employer’s Field Guide

This field guide reflects what we have learned placing executives into this exact role and industry, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Hiring a CMO for a B2B manufacturer demands someone who understands industrial marketing, long technical sales cycles, […]

How to Hire a VP of Finance for a PE-backed services platform: An Employer’s Field Guide

CFO Leadership Team Boardroom

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. Hiring a VP of Finance for a PE-backed services platform demands someone who can operate at the pace and rigor of private […]

How to Hire a CFO for a SaaS company: An Employer’s Field Guide

SaaS Executive Meeting

Having placed leaders into roles like this repeatedly, we wrote this field guide to give employers the practitioner’s view of what this specific hire demands. Hiring a CFO for a SaaS company is not the same as hiring a general CFO, because SaaS finance runs on metrics, dynamics, […]

How to Hire a CMO for a Franchise brand: An Employer’s Field Guide

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 CMO for a franchise brand demands someone who understands the distinctive dual-marketing challenge, building the national brand […]

How to Hire a Head of Procurement for a Aerospace supplier: An Employer’s Field Guide

Aircraft Parts Supply Chain

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 Head of Procurement for an aerospace supplier demands someone who commands aerospace’s exacting supply chain, stringent quality […]

How to Hire a CFO for a Construction company: An Employer’s Field Guide

Construction CFO

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 CFO for a construction company demands someone who understands the industry’s distinctive finance, project accounting, […]

How to Hire a CHRO for a Multi-state manufacturer: An Employer’s Field Guide

This field guide reflects what we have learned placing executives into this exact role and industry, the distinctions that matter and the mistakes that recur. Hiring a CHRO for a multi-state manufacturer demands someone who can manage a distributed manufacturing workforce across […]

How to Hire a VP of Marketing for a Consumer health brand: An Employer’s Field Guide

Executive Hiring Meeting

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 Marketing for a consumer health brand demands someone who commands consumer brand marketing while navigating the sector’s […]

How to Hire a CFO for a Healthcare services company: An Employer’s Field Guide

Hospital CFO Boardroom

Having placed leaders into roles like this repeatedly, we wrote this field guide to give employers the practitioner’s view of what this specific hire demands. Hiring a CFO for a healthcare services company demands someone fluent in the sector’s distinctive finance, […]

How to Hire a CIO for a Mid-market bank: An Employer’s Field Guide

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. Hiring a CIO for a mid-market bank demands someone who understands banking technology, core systems, digital banking, […]