Growth Driving Go-to-Market Leaders
First Time Right Placement of Sales, Marketing, Customer Success Leaders Who Drive Growth to Achieve the Investment Thesis
Our Leaders in this Practice
Tess Fischer
Head of Go-to-Market Practice
Tess brings over 18 years of experience building and managing networks, clients and teams in private equity executive recruiting and human capital management.
More About Tess
She has held senior executive search roles at Vista Consulting Group & Morgan Samuels, where she led the firm’s Software and Tech-enabled Services practice.
Alexandra Bossetta
Partner
Head of People & Talent Leadership Practice;
Go-to-Market Practice Expert
As Partner, Alex is currently the practice lead for the firm’s HR, People and Talent practice; co-lead of the firm’s Go-To-Market practice and Head of the Austin office.
More About Alex
She leads executive recruitment and assessment for high-growth, PE-backed and public software organizations, placing leaders in CEO, President/ COO, Sales and Marketing, and HR/ Talent leadership roles. During her tenure, she has successfully completed 80+ searches including multiple team builds.
Tailored Talent:
2024 Talent Outlook with GTM Practice Leader Tess Fischer
Eric Interviews GTM Practice Leader Tess Fischer
Track Record for this Practice:
290+
Successful GTM Placements
96
Average Days to Close
23+
Number of Exits Assisted
$43B
Enterprise Value Created
9.65
NPS score
Exclusive
Exclusively for private equity portfolio companies: Go-to-Market leader search driven by value creation plans
Efficient
Ultra-efficient recruiting with 95% success rate
Unique
Unique network & data-driven process find transformative Go-to-Market leaders in half the average time
Our ultra-efficient Search and Leadership Advisory services will source, place, and accelerate onboarding of Sales, Marketing, Customer Success and other revenue- and growth-driving leaders.
Our unique Search 2.0 process ties Go-to-Market leadership search to the specific value creation plan for achieving 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 over 120 Sales, Marketing and other Go-to-Market leader searches for Tier 1 private equity firms.
Winning Results
Examples of our Go-To-Market Leader placements
Rainmaker
Bespoke-placed CRO leads blistering 300% year-over-year growth for financial services software firm
Branding Wizard
Bespoke-placed CMO drives rebrand of workforce management software company, winning widespread industry recognition and awards
Growth Driver
Bespoke-placed CRO accelerates growth past $100 million for enterprise software company, paving the path to eventual IPO
Bespoke-Placed Leaders Create Value
We place Go-to-Market leaders with proven track records in:
- Expanding addressable markets to capture additional market share
- Launching products and services that maximize company value
- Driving revenue growth and ramp up pipeline with direct and indirect sales
- Deploying state-of-the-art marketing and sales discipline, processes and automation
- Creating channel partnerships to scale routes to market and drive incremental revenue
- Building, leading, inspiring sales and marketing teams that outperform the plan
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 10+ backchannel reference checks per candidate