Specialist technology search
Talent for complex technology markets.
HF Global helps specialist technology businesses hire senior sales, presales and leadership talent across supply chain, automation, robotics, agri tech and sustainability.
Boutique, founder-led search for narrow, passive talent pools.
Focused, confidential work for specialist senior hires where the right candidate pool is finite.
Shortlists built from competitor and adjacent-market mapping, not inbound applicant flow.
Compensation, org design, hiring pace and candidate sentiment captured throughout the search.
Why retained search
The hires that move the needle aren't on the market - and they don't respond to volume outreach.
Senior commercial talent in operational technology markets is concentrated in a small number of competitors and adjacent ecosystems. Reaching the right operators requires deep market mapping, direct relationships and a credible search story. That work doesn't fit a contingent model.
Director-led delivery
Every search is owned and worked by a director from briefing to offer. You don't get handed to a researcher after the kick-off call.
Passive market access
We build long-term relationships with the operators who run high-growth GTM, presales and product functions inside your peer set - most of whom never apply to a job advert.
Commercial intelligence
You get a real-time read on compensation, hiring patterns, churn and how competitors are organising their commercial teams - not just a shortlist.
Selected work
Anonymised examples of recent retained searches.
Names are withheld to protect commercial confidentiality. We are happy to discuss specifics under NDA on a discovery call.
VP Sales, North America
European AS/RS and robotic picking vendor opening its first commercial leadership role in the US. Required a builder who could carry a number whilst hiring out the team.
Chief Revenue Officer, EMEA
WMS/TMS platform consolidating its European go-to-market under a single commercial leader following acquisition. Brief required a CRO with both enterprise SaaS and supply chain credibility.
Head of Solutions Consulting
AMR vendor scaling its enterprise pipeline needed a presales leader who could operate as a credible technical counterpart to VPs of Operations and Engineering at large 3PL customers.
Client feedback
What hiring leaders say.
The team listened carefully, stayed focused on what we needed, and didn't throw unqualified candidates at us. Organised, accountable and a pleasure to work with.
They anticipate needs far above expectations - strategic thinking, top-calibre candidates and a natural closer through every step of the hiring process. No surprises at offer.
Diligent, professional and transparent. The best route I've found to passive talent and a real understanding of the market.
Discuss a search
If you're hiring a senior commercial, GTM or technical-commercial leader - let's have a short call.
Thirty minutes is usually enough to give you a useful read on the market, the realistic candidate pool and whether a retained search is the right next step.