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Technology Executive Search
Chiefs of Staff, Business Operations and Executive Operations leaders for technology companies and their leadership teams.
Operating leadership as the company grows
A technology company can add products, customers and teams faster than its ways of working evolve. Decisions then return to the founder, commitments lose context and projects stall between functions. WDA Careers recruits operators who help leadership build clear ownership around that work.
The search begins with the company’s stage and business model. We discuss the leadership team, its current operating cadence and the work that needs a dedicated owner.
Choosing the role the business actually needs
A Chief of Staff may turn the CEO’s priorities into coordinated decisions and follow-through. A Business Operations leader may own operating reviews, internal workflows and projects across product, commercial and support teams. Executive Operations may own the executive office and the relationships and commitments around the leader.
We separate those responsibilities from the mandates already held by product, engineering, finance and other leaders. Clear boundaries make the new hire useful to the team and give candidates an honest view of the role.
Looking beyond speed and job titles
We assess how candidates have created structure without making the organization harder to run. That includes how they establish priorities, communicate a tradeoff and change a process when the original design no longer works.
Experience in a growing business can be relevant, but the details matter: what the candidate owned, what decisions they could make and what became more reliable because of their work.
A search tied to the next operating chapter
A leadership transition, a broader product portfolio or a more complex organization may create a permanent need for operating leadership. We help define what success should look like before the search begins.
The mandate, reporting relationship and decision authority guide the search and assessment. The goal is an operator who fits the business you are building and the leader they will support.
Define the role with WDA Careers.
Tell us what the leader and business need the hire to own.
We conduct searches across Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, NYC Metro and Boston.
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