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

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

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

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

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

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

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, […]