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Technology & Product
Engineering leadership, platform and product, from Series A to listed groups.
- CTO / VP Engineering
- Principal & staff engineering
- Head of Product, Product Design
Established 2016 · London, Dubai, Dhaka
Specialist search for technology, data and finance teams.
We run every mandate as a research project: a defined market map, direct approach to named candidates, and a six-profile shortlist you can interview inside two weeks.
9 daysMedian time to shortlist
6Profiles per shortlist
68%Mandates from repeat clients
Shortlist — Director of Engineering
12 of 214 screened
| Candidate | Stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| ARAyesha Rahman | Offer | 5d |
| MKMarcus Kelly | Interview | 2d |
| JSJúlia Santos | Screening | 1d |
| TNTomás Ncube | Interview | 3d |
4 of 6 profiles · interviews held within 9 days
Client view
Selected hiring partners
Northwind
Helix Labs
Ardent Group
Cobalt Systems
Meridian Health
01 — Practice
Three practices. One method.
We work one discipline at a time and only where we already know the market. That means fewer mandates per consultant and a shortlist built from people we have spoken to before.
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Data & Analytics
Data platforms, applied machine learning and the leadership around them.
- Chief Data Officer
- Head of Data Platform
- Applied ML & analytics engineering
03
Finance & Operations
Commercial finance, transformation and interim operators for periods of change.
- CFO, Finance Director
- FP&A and commercial finance
- Interim COO, transformation leads
340Placements in the last 12 months
14Markets covered from three offices
28Consultants, all from industry
6 moReplacement guarantee on permanent hires
02 — Method
Terms of business
Five stages. Fixed dates.
You get the shortlist date before we start. If the market cannot deliver against the brief, we tell you at stage two and you pay nothing.
01
Brief
Forty-five minutes with the hiring manager. We agree the profile, the salary band, the start date and the two most likely reasons a candidate will say no.
02
Market map
Forty to sixty named candidates, written up and calibrated with you before a single approach is made. You approve the map, not just the shortlist.
03
Approach
Direct, confidential outreach by the consultant running the mandate. No job-board scraping, no mass mail, no candidate presented twice.
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Shortlist
Six profiles with written evidence, interview notes and compensation expectations, delivered on the date agreed at brief.
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Offer and close
Offer management, references, resignation support and counter-offer handling. We stay in the process until the start date is met.
For candidates
One registration. Named mandates only.
Registration takes about ten minutes and is not a CV drop. We ask for your discipline, seniority and the band you will actually move for — then we only contact you when a real mandate fits.
- Every profile is reviewed by a consultant, not a parser.
- Salary and rate bands disclosed before the first call.
- You approve which clients see your details, by name.
- No fee from candidates at any stage.
For employers
Six profiles, or no fee.
We take a small number of mandates at a time so each one gets a named consultant and a research budget. Fees are published, not negotiated case by case.
- Retained, contingent and interim engagement models.
- Published fee schedule, no retainer on contingent work.
- Six-month replacement guarantee on permanent hires.
- Full market map handed over at close.
“We had been trying to fill a VP Engineering role for seven months. NexGen sent six profiles in nine days, and we hired the second person we met. The market map alone was worth the fee.”
Start with a conversation.
Forty-five minutes, no deck. Tell us the role and we will tell you whether the market can deliver it, what it will cost and how long it will take.