Service
Leadership Hiring
Leaders who fit your vision, your culture and the next three years.
Leadership hiring at AVP Talent Solutions is a founder-led executive search service for CXO, VP, Director and Country Head roles. Every mandate is run personally by founder Vinay K N: a structured intake on what success in the role looks like, discreet outreach to leaders who aren't on the market, and rigorous assessment before any name reaches you. We hire leaders in India, and India-based leaders for the Middle East and the United States.
Founder-led · No obligation call
Who it's for
Founders, boards and CHROs hiring CXO, VP and Director roles — including searches that must stay confidential.
Founders making a first senior hire
The role that takes a founder out of the weeds — first CTO, first CFO, first Head of Sales. We help define the brief as much as fill it.
Boards and investors replacing a leader
Confidential replacement searches where the market must not know until you're ready.
CHROs building a leadership bench
Multiple senior roles across a growth phase, run as one coordinated programme.
Middle East and US employers
India-based leaders for GCC and US roles — relocation-ready, or leading distributed India teams.
Roles we hire
Senior individual leaders and whole leadership benches, across functions and sectors.
- CEO, COO, CFO
- CTO, CPO, Head of Engineering
- CHRO, Head of Talent
- CMO, CRO, Head of Sales
- Country Head, GM, Business Unit Head
- VP and Director across functions
Sectors include it & software, logistics & supply chain, bfsi, healthcare, pharma, aerospace & defence, space-tech, agri-tech, automobile, real estate, f&b.
What's included
A defined piece of work, not an open-ended CV stream.
A brief you can hire against
A structured intake produces a one-page success profile — outcomes at 90 days and 12 months, must-haves, deal-breakers, compensation range.
Market map and long list
Who holds this role at comparable companies, who is one step below and ready, who has done it before in your sector.
Discreet outreach
Personal, confidential approaches to leaders who aren't applying anywhere. No job posts, no mass mail.
Assessment before introduction
Structured conversations on track record, motivation and culture fit. Every candidate is presented with a written note.
Shortlist of 3–5
Not a stack of CVs — a shortlist you'll want to interview, with our view on fit and risk for each.
Offer and landing
Compensation benchmarking, offer negotiation, notice-period management and check-ins through the first weeks.
Discover → Assess → Engage → Hire
The same four stages as every AVP mandate.
Discover
Continuous market mapping and a structured intake on the role, team, culture and what success looks like at 90 days.
Assess
Skills, motivation and culture fit vetted before any introduction, with a written note on every profile.
Engage
Discreet outreach to people who aren't on the market, interview coordination and offer negotiation.
Hire
Close, onboard, and check in through the first weeks.
Confidential by default
Most leadership searches can't afford a market whisper. Here is how we keep it quiet.
- Searches are run under a project name until you decide otherwise.
- Outreach never names your company before a candidate has agreed to a confidential conversation.
- Candidate identities are shared only with the people you nominate.
- Replacement searches are handled with the incumbent's dignity in mind — timing and communication are planned with you.
Leadership across borders
India is the talent pool; the role may not be.
GCC leadership from India
UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar employers hiring India-based leaders: compensation structuring across currencies, relocation timing, family considerations and the realistic view on who will actually move.
US roles and India-led teams
US companies hiring leaders to run India engineering and operations, and India-based executives for US-facing roles with distributed teams.
Run by the founder, start to finish
Founder & Principal Consultant, AVP Talent Solutions
"A leadership search is the one thing I never delegate. You brief me, I search, I present."
Vinay K N has spent 18+ years in talent acquisition across in-house and agency roles, including enterprise TA leadership and recruitment for Cropin, Ola, Quikr, Commonfloor and Kale Logistics. He has hired across India, APAC, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, in sectors from IT and logistics to aerospace, pharma and BFSI. He founded AVP Talent Solutions in Bengaluru to give companies a recruitment partner who stays on the mandate personally, from the first brief to the first 90 days.
Leadership Hiring — frequently asked questions
Straight answers to what employers ask us first.
What is the difference between leadership hiring and executive search?
In practice they're the same service: a proactive, research-led search for senior roles rather than advertising and screening applicants. AVP uses "leadership hiring" to cover CXO, VP, Director and Country Head searches, run personally by the founder.
How long does a leadership search take?
A first shortlist typically lands within two to three weeks of the calibration call, depending on seniority and confidentiality. Offer to acceptance usually takes a further four to eight weeks, largely driven by notice periods in India.
Is leadership hiring retained or contingent?
Confidential and CXO searches are retained, with a fee structured across engagement, shortlist and placement. Vinay will recommend the model that fits the risk and urgency of your role during the first conversation.
How do you keep a replacement search confidential?
The search runs under a project name, your company is not named until a candidate agrees to a confidential conversation, and candidate identities are shared only with the people you nominate.
Can you hire leaders for our Middle East or US offices from India?
Yes. AVP hires India-based leaders for GCC and US roles and advises on compensation structuring, relocation and realistic timelines, as well as hiring in-market where that is the better answer.
What if the placed leader leaves early?
Ask Vinay about the replacement terms for your engagement; they are agreed in writing before the search starts.
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