
Hire the leaders your business needs next.
Leadership and executive search for companies hiring managers through the C-suite. Every candidate is interviewed in depth and presented on a private website built for your decision, at a 25% fee, not the one-third global search firms typically charge.
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From a critical management hire to your next executive leader.
Two ways to work with TAP.
Leadership & Executive Search
A focused search for management, director, vice president, and C-suite hires, run with direct outreach and structured candidate evaluation.
Explore Leadership SearchEmbedded Recruiting
Senior recruiting support that works as part of your team for companies with several hiring priorities or limited internal capacity.
Explore Embedded RecruitingThe depth you'd expect from a global search firm. Delivered personally.
An intake built around your company
The outcomes this hire must deliver, what's truly required, and the team they'll join, so we can speak to candidates like one of your own leaders.
Outreach that reaches the people others can't
Direct digital outreach, handwritten letters and, when needed, in-person approaches, including people who aren't looking.
One-to-two-hour interviews before you meet anyone
Every candidate is interviewed in depth. Only the ones who clear our bar are presented to you.
A private website on every candidate we present
A short video, a rating against each requirement with our reasoning, the practical details, and why we recommend them.
Our goal: your hire from the first two candidates we present, and a tough choice between them.
See how every search runsMost firms send a résumé. We send a website.
A private website on each candidate we present, shared only with your hiring team.
Candidate A · VP of Operations
Recommended: AdvanceVideo preview: background and experience
- Multi-site operations leadershipExceeds
Led a multi-site operation through a regional expansion.
- P&L ownershipMeets
Owned a division budget and reported results to the CEO.
- Scaling a team through growthExceeds
Built the operations team from a small core to a full leadership layer.
- Availability
- 30 days
- Location
- Open to relocation
- Relocation
- Not a factor
- Compensation target
- Within your range
- Status
- Employed, seeking a larger scope
- Background check and drug screen
- Ready to complete both
Why we recommend
Has already delivered the kind of multi-site growth your first-year plan calls for, and wants the larger scope this role offers.
- A short video of the candidate discussing their background and experience
- A rating against each requirement of the role, with the reasoning behind every rating
- Their motivations, and how they relate to this role
- How soon they could start
Candidate A · VP of Operations
Recommended: AdvanceVideo preview: background and experience
- Multi-site operations leadershipExceeds
Led a multi-site operation through a regional expansion.
- P&L ownershipMeets
Owned a division budget and reported results to the CEO.
- Scaling a team through growthExceeds
Built the operations team from a small core to a full leadership layer.
- Availability
- 30 days
- Location
- Open to relocation
- Relocation
- Not a factor
- Compensation target
- Within your range
- Status
- Employed, seeking a larger scope
- Background check and drug screen
- Ready to complete both
Why we recommend
Has already delivered the kind of multi-site growth your first-year plan calls for, and wants the larger scope this role offers.
Our founder's placements include
The White House · NASA · Google · Boeing · Lockheed Martin · Big 4 firms · Fortune 100 companies · Startups
A clear, agreement-based fee structure.
Every search uses one of four packages, each with its own engagement fee and placement terms. TAP proposes the right package once we understand the role; the signed agreement governs the details.
Our fee is 25% of first-year compensation. Global search firms typically charge one-third, plus expenses.
See what your hire would costSee the full package comparison
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Founder-led, on every search.
17 years in recruiting · Former Lead Executive Technical Recruiter at Google · Named by LinkedIn in 2021 as one of the top 10 recruiters worldwide for candidate outreach response rates
Read his LinkedIn recommendationsJonathan founded Talent Authority Partners to bring a direct, hands-on approach to leadership hiring. Every engagement gets his involvement, not a handoff to a junior team.
Meet the founderRelevant across industries
TAP has supported hiring for companies in technology and AI, manufacturing, construction, logistics, and professional services, among others. These are examples of relevant experience, not restrictions on who we work with.
- Cross-industry leadership hiring, not a single-vertical focus
- AI fluency used for research and organization; recruiters own the conversations
- Startups and established organizations alike
We recruit across the leadership org chart.
Tell us who you need to hire next.
A straight conversation about the role and whether TAP is the right fit to run it.