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Insights on executive hiring, career development, and leadership from Mission One.

How-To Guides

How to Negotiate Executive Compensation: A Step-by-Step Guide

Executive compensation negotiation is one of the least practiced yet most consequential skills in a senior leader's career. This guide walks through the complet...

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How to Run an Executive Job Search: The Complete Guide

Executive job searches are won through preparation, not luck. This guide consolidates Mission One's three-part series into a complete playbook for senior leader...

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How to Prepare for an Executive Interview: The Complete Playbook

Executive interviews require a different playbook than earlier-career conversations. This guide covers preparation, performance, and follow-through from both th...

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How to Hire Executive Leaders: Mission One's Complete Framework

Great executive hires start long before the first outreach message. This guide consolidates Mission One's complete hiring framework from defining the role to cl...

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How to Move from VP to the C-Suite: A Career Transition Guide

The C-suite isn't just a bigger title — it's a fundamentally different operating reality. This guide breaks down the transition from VP to C-level leadership....

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Executive Search by Role

CEO Executive Search: Finding Leaders Who Transform Companies

Mission One places CEOs who transform companies — from venture-backed startups to public enterprises across gaming, technology, and entertainment....

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CTO Executive Search: Hiring Technical Leaders Who Scale

Mission One places CTOs who build and scale world-class engineering organizations across gaming, SaaS, consumer tech, and fintech....

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CPO Executive Search: Hiring Product Leaders Who Drive Growth

Mission One places CPOs and product leaders who drive product strategy, user engagement, and revenue growth across gaming, SaaS, and consumer tech....

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VP Engineering Executive Search: Building World-Class Engineering Organizations

Mission One places VP Engineering leaders who build and scale high-performing engineering teams across gaming, SaaS, fintech, and consumer technology....

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VP Product Executive Search: Finding Product Leaders Who Scale

Mission One places VP Product leaders who drive product strategy and execution across gaming, SaaS, consumer tech, and fintech companies....

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CMO Executive Search: Hiring Marketing Leaders for Technology Companies

Mission One places CMOs and VP Marketing leaders who drive growth, brand, and user acquisition at technology companies from startup to enterprise....

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Studio Head & GM Executive Search for Gaming Companies

Mission One places Studio Heads and General Managers at the world's top gaming companies — leaders who run P&L, build teams, and ship franchises....

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Chief People Officer Executive Search for Technology Companies

Mission One places Chief People Officers and VP People leaders who build the cultures and talent strategies that drive technology companies forward....

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Director of Product Executive Search: Hiring Product Leaders Who Execute

The Director of Product role sits at the critical junction between product strategy and day-to-day execution. Mission One identifies Directors of Product who ca...

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Head of Product Executive Search: Hiring Your First Product Leader

The Head of Product is often a company's first senior product hire — the leader who builds the product function from the ground up. Mission One identifies Heads...

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Product Leadership Executive Search: CPO, VP Product, Head of Product & Director

Mission One places product leaders at every level — from Director of Product to Chief Product Officer — at the world's most innovative gaming, SaaS, and technol...

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Director of Engineering Executive Search: Hiring Engineering Leaders Who Deliver

The Director of Engineering owns the delivery machine — translating technical strategy into shipped products through high-performing engineering teams. Mission ...

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Head of Engineering Executive Search: Hiring Your First Engineering Leader

The Head of Engineering is often a company's first senior engineering hire — the leader who builds the engineering team, establishes technical standards, and cr...

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Engineering Leadership Executive Search: CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Engineering & Director

Mission One places engineering leaders at every level — from Director of Engineering to CTO — at the world's most innovative gaming, SaaS, fintech, and technolo...

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Executive Search by Sector

Gaming Executive Search: Placing Leaders at the World's Top Game Studios

Mission One places executive leaders at the world's top game studios, with placements at Epic Games, Riot Games, Activision, King, Scopely, and dozens more gami...

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SaaS & Enterprise Software Executive Search

Mission One places executive leaders at SaaS and enterprise software companies, with placements at Shutterstock, NetDocuments, CaseWare, and 15+ other B2B techn...

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Consumer Technology Executive Search

Mission One places executive leaders at consumer technology companies, with placements at Spotify, Mejuri, Sweatcoin, Pocket FM, and many more....

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Fintech Executive Search: Hiring Leaders for Financial Technology

Mission One places executive leaders at fintech companies, with CTO, CPO, and VP-level placements at Wealthsimple, KOHO, American Express, Borrowell, and ACV Au...

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