Responsible AI Leadership Search

Hire the AI Governance Leader Who Can Actually Build the Program

The EU AI Act enforcement deadline is here. The person who owns your compliance can't be an afterthought.

60+ executive placements · 98% completion rate · 92% two-year retention

Credentials Alone Won't Protect You

AI governance is new enough that many candidates have the vocabulary but not the operating experience. They can describe a framework on a whiteboard, but they've never built one inside a regulated organization — never defended it to a board, never kept it running through a product launch. The wrong hire creates a compliance function that exists on paper and fails under scrutiny. You need someone who has done the work, not just studied it.

What You Get

Retained search for Heads of AI Governance, AI Ethics Officers, AI Risk Directors We know the difference between a candidate who can talk about responsible AI and one who has shipped the program.
Candidates vetted for operational governance experience We assess for the hardest thing to find: leaders who have actually built and defended a governance function inside an organization.
Deep network across healthcare, financial services, and regulated industries The sectors where governance isn't optional — it's existential. Our team has spent decades in these environments.
Flat-fee model starting at $35,000 Enterprise-caliber search, mid-market accessible. No percentage of compensation, no surprise inflation.

How We Run a Search

Calibrate

Define success in your context — role, environment, non-negotiables.

Map

Map the market against your brief — obvious candidates and non-obvious ones.

Assess

Every candidate measured on the same rubric: technical, leadership, governance.

Place & Onboard

We stay engaged through the first 180 days — when retention is won or lost.

Flat-fee retained search. Traditional search firms charge 25–35% of first-year comp. We charge a flat fee starting at $35,000 — the same retained methodology, without the misaligned incentive.

Leaders placed across: healthcare systems, financial services, biotech & pharma, PE-backed firms, foundations, universities, government agencies, and mission-driven organizations.

What Clients Say About Our Team

“Their team provided us with a robust and thoroughly vetted candidacy pool that reflected a strong, nuanced understanding of our needs. Given their timeliness, high quality of work and reasonable price point, we would gladly hire them again.”
— Ashley

“Incredibly helpful, quick to respond, and attentive to my questions and concerns. I felt very valued as an individual and that they truly wanted me to succeed.”
— Maggie

Reviews from clients of the same founding team, via Charity Search Group.