Marketplace Technology
Segment Expertise
Bespoke Partners is the leading executive search firm recruiting value-creating leaders for software and SaaS companies in marketplace technology.
Sub-Sectors Include:
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Product-Based Marketplaces
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Service-Based marketplaces
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Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces
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B2B Marketplaces
Track record for this Practice:
20+
Executive Placements
$300M
Average Company Scale
107
Average Days to Close
150%+
Average Revenue Growth Rate
9
Years Covering this Segment
Functions placed – CEO, Finance, Product & Tech, GTM, HR
Our ultra-efficient Search and Leadership Advisory services will source, place, and accelerate the onboarding of marketplace technology leaders.
Our unique Search 2.0 process ties your search for marketplace technology leaders back to your investment thesis, resulting in enhanced value for private equity backed software or SaaS companies.
Find out why Bespoke is the search firm of choice for marketplace technology, and why our candidates excel at driving technology adoption, scaling Marketplace companies, and M&A within Marketplace Technology companies.
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Winning results
Examples of our marketplace technology leader placements
Fleets Rising to the Top
Bespoke placed 4+ C-level leaders for a growing Fleet Management marketplace company. These executives went on to complete two impactful acquisitions during challenging markets and introduced a new product to market increasing margins and decreasing risk for brokers.
Team Build Magic
Bespoke placed 6+ executives for a shipping marketplace portfolio company, resulting in an acquisition to expand customer base, the launch of an innovative mobile app with cutting edge technology, and a global expansion into the EU market.
CTO Turned CEO
Bespoke appointed CTO leads shipping-focused marketplace portfolio company through impressive cloud migration efforts and took multiple new products to market, resulting in their promotion to Chief Executive Officer after only two years. Under that title this executive went on to grow revenue 67% YoY as a first time CEO.
Bespoke-placed Leaders drive innovation
We place marketplace technology leaders with proven track records in:
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Strong product orientation in a B2C or marketplace environment.
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Understanding the consumer experience and the ability to utilize that knowledge to drive a GTM strategy.
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Designing and launching disruptive innovations that realign existing Marketplace markets and create new ones.
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Embrace change management to keep up with the ever-evolving processes and technologies in Marketplaces.
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Creating a strong vision that ties to the value creation plan, and powerfully communicating that vision.
Search 2.0™
Data-Driven Executive Recruiting Mapped to Value Creations Plan, Cutting Human Capital Risk.
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Data-driven
Search based on management science finding leaders who create value, typically in half industry average time
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Advanced Scorecarding
Comprehensive view of the candidate fit with the role
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Deep Validation
Typically 10+ backchannel references per candidate
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.