Transformative Marketing Leaders
First Time Right Placement of Chief Marketing Officers Who Drive Innovation and Transform Portfolio Companies
Our Leaders in this Practice
Ryan Bonner
Partner
Head of Marketing and Technology Leader Practices
As a former business leader with 30 years’ experience with global brands Ryan has been able to immerse himself and become a trusted advisor to both PE backed and public companies trying to ignite their next phase of growth.
Is Demand for Chief Marketing Officers Signaling Market Recovery?
Marketing executive experts Ryan Bonner (Partner) and Chelsea Mansfield (Director) from Bespoke’s Go-to-Market team about the evolving role of Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs). With the market starting to show signs of bouncing back, Ryan and Chelsea dive into emerging CMO trends, the increasing focus on demand generation, and how capital-efficient growth is shaping private equity firms’ expectations.
Is Demand for Chief Marketing Officers Signaling Market Recovery?
Track Record for this Practice:
200+
Successful Placements
87
Average Days to Close
24
Number of Exits Assisted
$27B
Enterprise Value Created
9.37
NPS score
Exclusive
Exclusively for private equity portfolio companies:
Marketing Leaders who drive disruptive innovation and transform operations
Efficient
Ultra-efficient recruiting with 95% success rate
Unique
Unique network & data-driven process find transformative Marketing Leaders in half the average time
Our ultra-efficient Search and Leadership Advisory services will source, place, and accelerate onboarding of Marketing Leaders.
Our unique Search 2.0 process ties Technology leadership search to the investment thesis for a private equity-backed software or SaaS company.
Find out why Bespoke Partners was selected as the search firm of choice for Chief Marketing Officers for Tier 1 private equity firms.
Winning Results
Examples of our Marketing Leader placements
Visionary Product Leader
Bespoke-placed CPO drives innovative product strategy and development for fintech software company, winning numerous industry awards and paving route to IPO
Platform Innovator
Bespoke-placed CTO architects technology platform and vision for real estate management software firm, leading to series of high-profile acquisitions and industry leadership
Enterprise SaaS Expert
Bespoke-placed CPO crafts innovative product strategy for governance, risk and compliance SaaS company, spurring multiple acquisitions, high growth, and eventual $1 billion+ company sale
Bespoke-Placed Leaders Drive Innovation
We place Marketing Leaders with proven track records in:
- Designing and launching disruptive innovations that realign existing healthcare markets and create new ones.
- Deploying new technologies to streamline operations, booking and billing of healthcare portfolio companies.
- Crafting and articulating technology visions that shape the Healthcare industry and position a company as a leader and innovator.
- Managing roadmaps and development teams to hit aggressive targets and bring software and SaaS products to market with maximum impact.
- Mapping investment thesis and value creation plans, and translating them into clear goals and objectives for the company to act on.
Search 2.0
Data-driven:
Process finds and places candidates typically in half the time of industry average
Advanced Scorecards:
Comprehensive view of candidate’s fit with the role
Deep Validation:
Typically 20+ backchannel reference checks per candidate
FIT Profile:
Holistic view of candidate potential for success in the company, team and role