Chief Commercial Officer

CCO Executive Search & Headhunting Services

Our CCO executive search service delivers high-impact Chief Commercial Officers to technology, SaaS and FinTech companies across the UK, EMEA & US.

CCO Executive Search

A Chief Commercial Officer’s primary mission is to oversee the objectives and implementation of all commercial strategies. 

Oakstone’s CCO executive search and headhunting services involve conducting extensive searches to target passive candidates with proven experience in the specified sector.

We recruit high-impact CCOs for start-ups, Scale-Up, SMEs and larger Enterprises.

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Building Your Business

Executive leadership is essential; however, no individual can independently drive a company.

Oakstone can make key leadership hires and support leaders to hire entire sales, marketing and technical teams.

Oakstone has been assisting leading companies in hiring talent since 1995. Our history spans from making key hires such as the CEO, CRO and CMO to hiring account managers and Java developers.

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Our Experience

Case Study: CCO, Smart Communications

Smart Communications™ is the only provider of a customer conversations management platform. Built from the cloud up, we help enterprises deliver SMARTER conversations across the entire customer lifecycle – and at scale – and empower them to succeed in today’s digital-focused, customer-driven world while also simplifying processes and operating more efficiently.

  • Founded in 1991 by Gary O’Brien

  • HQ London, UK. Approx 400 employees

  • Cloud-enabled customer communications management services (SaaS)

Search Background

  • Hiring manager: CEO

  • This was a brand-new role

  • Looking for someone to come in and automate their entire customer journey

  • Passion for delivering customer outcomes, success, and retention strategies

The Challenge

  • As a brand-new role, there was little knowledge of the potential success of the position.

  • They needed someone with professional services experience and the capability of customer success management at an executive level.

Result

  • The successful candidate had first-hand experience in each of the critical requirements from Smart Communications

  • The hire had executive-level credibility with hands-on experience

  • Hire time - 12 weeks

  • Exclusive Retained agreement

Hire Challenge

  • The successful candidate was in a very senior role at EMC and in the middle of an investment cycle when Oakstone approached him. Oakstone had to persuade him to walk away from his stock. Smart Communications were able to offer him a stock incentive when joining.

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Get in touch.

Are you looking for executive search assistance or more specifically looking to hire a CCO? Contact Oakstone to organise a no-obligation discovery call with one of our experienced Divisional Directors.