Executive Search
Director, VP, and C-Suite Placements
You have a critical role with a hard deadline, and the wrong hire costs the program, not just the quarter.
A Defined Search, Closed Against the Clock
A fixed scope and a defined role, run from inside your stack by a specialist matched to the function rather than a generalist desk. Executive, technical, and go-to-market searches, cleared through TS/SCI or commercial. We do not present candidates we are not confident in, and we leave a documented, repeatable process behind us.
Every executive placement is backed by a replacement guarantee of up to 12 months. If the hire does not work out within that window for reasons related to performance or fit, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
Can a Leader From a Prime Thrive at Your Stage?
This is the question executive search in defense actually turns on. A VP who ran a large program at a prime, an OEM, or in uniform has managed scope most startup leaders never have. Whether they can do it with a tenth of the headcount, no program office, and decisions that land on them personally is a separate question, and it is the one we answer before a candidate reaches your calendar.
The Standard Behind Every Shortlist
Leadership searches carry the same four questions as every other ALAC search, weighted for the fact that a leadership mistake compounds across a team rather than a task.
Technical depth
Can they do the work?
Mission alignment
Do they understand and care about the mission?
Stage fit
Can they operate at the maturity you are at right now?
Staying power
Is the hire likely to endure?
Every Month the Role Stays Open Costs You
Tell us what you are building and who it will take. Within 24 hours you will know whether we are the right firm for it.