Human Resources Executive Search

Retained search for CHROs and senior HR leadership across industries. We place HR executives at the inflection points where culture, structure, and talent strategy define what comes next.

HR Leadership at the Moments That Matter

HR is decisive when companies are scaling, restructuring, integrating, or preparing for an exit. We place CHROs and senior HR leadership for organizations modernizing the people function, building talent strategy, integrating post-acquisition, or rebuilding the operating model. Founder-led, retained, one search at a time per function.

From the CHRO Seat Down

An HR executive recruiter that operates across the full senior HR bench. CHRO is the lead role; the rest are placed under the same retained, founder-led model.

VP People / VP HR

Senior HR leadership below the CHRO seat: HR business partnering, organizational design, and operational HR for companies adding scale or complexity.

Head of Talent Acquisition

Strategic recruiting leadership for companies in hyper-growth, executive build-out, or post-acquisition integration phases.

Head of Total Rewards

Compensation, benefits, and equity leadership for companies preparing for board-level reporting, sale processes, or IPO readiness.

Head of Learning & Development

Senior leaders who design learning architecture, leadership development, and capability-building for organizations entering new growth phases.

Head of People Operations

People technology, HR data, and operational excellence for companies modernizing or scaling the HR function.

Head of HR Business Partners

Senior HRBP leadership for companies building partnership models that align people strategy to business outcomes.

HR Through Transition

Senior HR leadership is most decisive at inflection. We place CHROs and HR leaders during the moments where the people function has to evolve faster than business as usual.

Post-Acquisition Integration

Two HR functions become one. Culture, systems, and policy alignment become urgent decisions, not future projects.

Restructuring & Reorganization

When organizational change demands HR leaders who can manage with empathy and execute with precision.

Sale Preparation

Months before a sale process opens, the HR function has to be in order: comp benchmarking, employee data, retention strategy.

Scale-Up Phase

When companies pass the 100, 500, or 1000-employee threshold, the HR operating model has to evolve before the business outpaces it.

A Different Kind of CHRO Recruiter

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CHRO-Led Practice

Senior HR leadership is one of our core practices. We place CHROs and Chief People Officers across PE-backed, public, and growth-stage private companies.

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Founder-Led Searches

The founder personally manages every CHRO engagement, from intake call through offer acceptance. No hand-offs to junior associates.

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Cross-Industry Reach

We place senior HR leadership across industries, from financial services to industrial, healthcare, technology, and real estate. Our candidate network reflects that breadth.

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A Wider Candidate Pool

The largest firms in our industry operate under recruiting restrictions that limit where they can source. We do not. Your search reaches further.

Hiring for the Future

Our placements aren't just role-fillers. They're matched to your culture and built for where the organization is heading next.

HR Search Questions

Yes. CHRO and senior HR leadership is one of our core practices. The founder personally leads every CHRO search, from PE-backed growth companies to public companies modernizing the people function.

We work across industries: small-to-mid-cap private equity portfolio companies, public companies, and growth-stage private companies. Most engagements come during transition events: post-acquisition integration, restructuring, sale preparation, IPO readiness, or scale-up.

Most retained CHRO engagements close within 90 to 120 days. Searches in regulated industries, or for first-time CHROs with specific transformation experience, can take longer. We prioritize the right cultural and strategic fit over speed.

Yes. We place VPs of HR, Heads of Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards leaders, Learning and Development leaders, People Operations leads, and senior HR Business Partners. Each search is led by the founder, not delegated to associates.

Yes. Many of our HR placements happen inside PE-backed companies during integration, restructuring, sale preparation, and IPO readiness. We understand the cadence and demands of PE-backed environments.

Across the United States and Europe. Our practice spans saturated metros and regional markets alike, with particular strength in companies operating outside the largest urban centers.

Yes. MGP operates exclusively on a retained model: one search at a time per function. You will not compete with another client for the same candidate pool.

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