Transformative
Marketing Leaders
First Time Right Placement of Chief Marketing Officers Who Drive Innovation and Transform Portfolio Companies
Bespoke Partners is the leading recruiter of software and SaaS CMOs in the United States, drawing from our network of more than 700,000 successful software executives.
Find out why Bespoke Partners was selected as the search firm of choice for Chief Marketing Officers for fast growing software and SaaS companies.
Track record for this Practice:
55+
Number of Executive Placements
<112
average days to close
9.2
client satisfaction
Private equity talent report:
Technology Leadership Trends
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Our leaders in this practice
Ryan Bonner
Partner
Product & Tech Practice Lead
Go-to-Market Practice Expert
CMO Practice Expert
Ryan Bonner is a Partner leading the Marketing and Technology Leader Practices with Bespoke Partners. Based in Boston, he joined the firm in 2024. Prior to Bespoke, he spent the previous decade with Spencer Stuart focused on supporting both PE backed and public companies recruit B2B Technology Marketers, Product leaders and digital transformation teams.
News & Insights
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.
The Bespoke Experience:
Unmatched results
The reach of a large firm, the grit and hustle of a boutique.
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Cap on searches
Recruiters capped at 6 searches for intensive attention on your search.
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Speed
Tech-enabled, data-driven search cuts days-to-close in half.
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Deep validation
10+ backchannel reference checks on every search, for comprehensive candidate backgrounds.
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placement guarantee
Placed candidates will be in the role for at least 1 year or we redo the search.
Bespoke-placed Marketing Leaders drive innovation
We place marketing leaders with proven track records in:
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Designing and launching disruptive innovations that realign existing markets and create new ones.
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Deploying new technologies to streamline operations, booking and billing of portfolio companies.
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Crafting and articulating technology visions that position a company as a leader and innovator.
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Managing roadmaps and development teams to hit aggressive targets and bring software and SaaS products to market with maximum impact.
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Mapping investment thesis and value creation plans, and translating them into clear goals and objectives for the company to act on.
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 network & data-driven process find transformative Marketing Leaders in half the average time
Your full-spectrum human capital partner
Bespoke Partners is the leading software executive search firm and the top private equity recruiter. We have transformed hundreds of companies with our recruiting expertise in: CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CSOs, CCOs, CCSOs, CHROs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales, VPs of Product, VPs of Customer Success, VPs of HR, VPs of Operations, Controllers, VPs of FP&A, Presidents, GMs, Board Members, Operating Partners and many more.