Category Archives: Role & Industry Guides

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 Chief Growth Officer for a home services platform demands someone who can drive growth across the full funnel, […]

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 distribution company demands someone who understands the sector’s distinctive finance, inventory, […]

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 family-owned business is as much about fit with family dynamics and governance as about financial […]

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 General Counsel for a fintech company demands someone who can navigate the complex, evolving intersection of […]

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 VP of Sales for an industrial products company demands someone who understands long, technical, […]

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 VP of Operations for a food manufacturer demands someone who commands food-specific operations, food safety and […]

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 Sales for a SaaS company demands someone who understands recurring-revenue sales, the metrics that govern it, […]

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 VP of Operations for a packaging company demands someone who commands high-volume, capital-intensive […]

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, […]