Executive Search - Interim Talent Acquisition Manager - Corporate Development Advisory
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Defense-Technology | Digital Security & Risk Mitigation
DELIVERING SOLUTIONS • OPTIMIZING CAPABILITIES • BOLSTERING JOURNIES
STORYLINE
S.A.SEARCH ADVISORS
Unity of purpose wins the day . . .
Stephen Spagnuolo is an operator, builder and strategic talent & growth advisor.
linkedin.com/in/stephen-spagnuolo
S.A.SEARCH ADVISORS (SAS) is a veteran-owned advisory firm established to align disciplined talent strategy and corporate development with enterprise growth objectives. Drawing on Stephen’s experience across executive search, talent acquisition leadership and sponsor-backed environments, SAS supports leadership buildout, counterparty engagement and go-to-market execution at consequential inflection points.
Stephen’s background spans the U.S. Marine Corps — serving as an infantry officer, aide de camp and USNA company officer, leadership instructor and assistant football coach — followed by leader recruitment and operator experience across Investment Banking & M&A, Digital Security & Risk Mitigation and Defense-Technology. His work has included executive search, talent acquisition leadership, corporate development advisory and go-to-market execution within sponsor-backed and mission-driven environments.
Supported by a robust network of corporate executives, investment bankers, VC/PE leaders and national security decision-makers, S.A. Search Advisors delivers tailored, practical solutions aligned to each client’s situational needs and growth objectives.
Intentional listening, seeing around corners and navigating through the fog . . .
underpin the SAS approach to client engagement.
Discernment • Candor • Clarity
EXECUTIVE
SEARCH
Bespoke high-touch offering designed to identify and recruit the ‘best fit’ leader candidate—where experience + intention + values are aligned—to drive your organization forward.
For SAS, a retainer underscores exclusivity, defined as . . . shared intent, alignment and unity of purpose.
Fees shall be flat and fixed . . . understood and agreed at pre-kickoff . . . and relatively quite attractive.
Priced always with delivery, success and long-term partnership in mind.
INTERIM TALENT ACQUISTION MANAGER
A novel approach to recruitment: Thoughtful diligence + fast, highly responsive turnaround and delivery.
Designed primarily for emerging and growth-stage companies, including VC- and PE-sponsored businesses, that a) are not yet ready to commit to a full-time, in-house Talent Acquisition Manager or b) require an adjunct talent acquisition boost.
This model can be equally effective as an additive capability for larger organizations entering a next phase of growth or transformation.
Bespoke. Up, down and across the organization. And, yes, even executive assistants.
A novel approach warrants a novel pricing model: Three (3) incidental retainer options. Multiple target recruitments bundled under one retainer. Success fees are fixed and materially below market single-hire fee structures.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
Thoughtful partner. Trusted advisor.
Advising on emerging and unexpected developments impacting your business operations, today; or, looking over the horizon, in advance of things to come . . . the anticipated and the unknown.
Leader Development. Next Level Down Leader Identification. Long/Short List Benchmarking. Quiet Market Referencing. Reputation Commentary & Reporting. Outsourced Business Development Partner. Collaborative Go-to-Market (GTM) Partner.
Collaboration is key. Saying the hard things . . . that need to be said. Discernment, candor and clarity are paramount.
Pricing is tailored to the engagement mandate . . . weighted to delivery, success and partnership.
REPRESENTATIVE
ENGAGEMENTS
Unity of purpose wins the day . . .
Executive Search ES • Interim Talent TA Manager TA • Corporate Development Advisory CD
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M&A Team Lift-out . . . 5x person team move; middle market investment bank ES, CD
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IB Sector Coverage Team Lift-out . . . 11x person team move; global financial services platform ES, CD
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Multiple CISO & Deputy CISO Recruitments . . . Across industry sectors; notably, first ever CISO hire for Tier 1 global PE firm ES, TA, CD
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Senior HR Specialist for Cybersecurity Practice . . . Tier 2 global strategy consultancy ES
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EVP & Head of Strategy . . . PE sponsored growth cybersecurity & defense-tech company; this was an opportunistic (reverse query) recruitment adjacent to a separate search . . . the position was created to take advantage of the candidate's breadth and depth of experience and wide skillset ES, CD
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Deputy CISO Mandate >>> Bottom Up Cyber Advisory Engagement . . . Regional office of Tier 2 Global Bank's newly named CISO discovered, during course of this initial overseas recruitment mandate, that her team's cyber ops capabilities were woefully inadequate . . . In effect I project-managed her self-appointed (6 months) uplift campaign ES, TA, CD
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Cyber Discovery Campaign . . . Mandated by CEO (former IB candidate 16 years prior) of market leading niche investment platform to recruit company's first CISO . . . Long and short-list discussions made apparent that he/we needed to first inform and educate the executive team & respective reports (prevailing cyber compliance & digital risk mitigation hygiene) . . . before we could effectively bring forward finalist candidates for mutual diligence discussions ES, CD
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Multiple Partner & Below Partner Recruitments . . . Tier 1 & Tier 2 Consultancies and other Business Services organizations ES
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Interim Talent Acquisition Manager . . . Multiple recruitments mandated by a Series B digital security/risk mitigation company; a range of remits, to include EA to CEO TA, CD
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Project Staff Build . . . High priority, quick turnaround staff up of 4x DARPA alumnae to support emerging defense-tech (SaaS, C2 & Autonomy) client's strategic proposal/SBIR submission(s) to DoD TA, CD
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Target Counterparty Partner Approach & Close (Third Party Business Development) . . . Multiple engagements for various clients across industry sectors CD, GTM
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Investor Approach & Close . . . Engaged by early-stage cyber and defense-tech companies at '11th hour' to source interim (bridge) emergency funding, enabling clients to carry-forward day-to-day operations, while awaiting closing Series A & B rounds CD
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Lead Business Development Partner . . . Mandated by bootstrapped defense-tech company (SaaS, C2 & Autonomy) to serve as point in approaching target market counterparties for purposes of collaborative partnerships and ultimately strategic sale (IP/asset) opportunities . . . This was 3-year campaign CD, GTM
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Advisor & Co Founder . . . Engaged by the CEO of the leading global CIO consortium . . . Initiated, planned and launched the premier global professional gathering consortium for CISOs & Deputies CD, GTM