SaaS

Helping SaaS Companies Hire Exceptional Commercial Leaders

Executive search for SaaS companies is a specialist retained recruitment service that helps software businesses identify, assess and hire commercial leaders, go-to-market (GTM) executives and senior individual contributors. Rather than relying on active job seekers, retained executive search combines market mapping, confidential executive engagement and structured assessment to secure exceptional talent.

Intrinsic Executive Search partners with ambitious SaaS, AI and B2B technology companies across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

For more than 20 years we have helped software companies recruit commercial leaders who drive revenue growth, customer success and international expansion through retained executive search.

Typical assignments include:

• Vice President of Sales
• Senior Sales Executives and Sales Managers
• Pre-Sales Executives and Managers
• Customer Success Managers and Directors
• Chief Customer Officers
• Chief Marketing Officers
• Marketing Directors
• Vice Presidents of Marketing
• Chief Revenue Officers
• Managing Directors
• Selected CEO and COO appointments

Whether you’re building your first commercial leadership team or strengthening an established executive function, Intrinsic combines deep SaaS market knowledge with a retained executive search methodology designed to identify leaders who create long-term commercial value.

SaaS Executive Search at a Glance

• Specialist retained executive search for SaaS, AI and B2B technology companies
• Commercial leadership and GTM recruitment specialists
• UK and European executive search capability
• Over 20 years recruiting software leaders
• Extensive network of passive SaaS executives
• International retained executive search assignments

Why SaaS Companies Choose Retained Executive Search

Hiring senior commercial leaders is different from filling operational positions.

The strongest SaaS executives are rarely active job seekers. They are typically leading high-performing sales, marketing or customer success teams and need to be identified through research and approached confidentially.

Retained executive search enables software companies to:

• Access passive executive talent
• Reduce hiring risk
• Benchmark leadership against the wider market
• Recruit confidentially
• Strengthen commercial leadership
• Build leadership teams capable of scaling recurring revenue

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