Executive Search
for Private Equity Portcos
Placing VP, Director, and Head of Revenue Operations into PE-backed and high-growth SaaS companies across Europe.
200+ RevOps placements since 2021
Trusted by leading Private Equity firms and SaaS companies across Europe
Built for RevOps executive search
We combine deep RevOps expertise with an unmatched European network to place exceptional leadership talent.
RevOps Specialists
Europe's only dedicated RevOps executive search firm — we understand the talent landscape better than anyone.
EMEA-Wide Network
Successfully placed 50+ senior RevOps roles across the UK, DACH, Nordics, Benelux, and Southern Europe.
Fast Time-to-Shortlist
Average time-to-shortlist of 2 weeks. We move fast without compromising on quality or cultural fit.
200+ Placements
A proven track record of successful RevOps placements since 2021 across PE-backed and high-growth SaaS companies.
Diverse Talent
65% of our placements are women. We are committed to building diverse, high-performing leadership teams.
PE & VC Trusted
Trusted by Private Equity and VC firms to build high-performing RevOps functions in their portfolio companies.
Where We've Delivered
Our process
01
Brief & Discovery
We take time to deeply understand your business, culture, team dynamics, and the specific RevOps leadership profile you need.
02
Market Mapping
We leverage our EMEA-wide network of 15,000+ RevOps professionals to identify and engage the best RevOps talent across Europe.
03
Shortlist & Assessment
We present a curated shortlist of thoroughly vetted candidates, complete with detailed assessments and cultural fit analysis.
04
Offer & Onboarding
We manage the offer negotiation and support both sides through the onboarding process to ensure a successful placement.
Proven track record in RevOps hiring
Numbers that demonstrate our commitment to placing exceptional Revenue Operations talent across Europe.
- 200+
- RevOps placements
- 50+
- Exec search roles filled
- 65%
- Women placed
- 12
- Countries covered
Specialist placements since 2021 across Revenue Operations roles.
Executive search roles filled across the UK, DACH, Nordics and beyond.
Of our placements are women — building diverse, high-performing teams.
Deep coverage across Europe including UK, DACH, Nordics and Benelux.
Every search is run by a RevOps specialist
I'm Jack — I've spent years placing Revenue Operations talent across Europe, and I run every search personally. You'll never be handed to a junior recruiter halfway through.
Jack Hargett · Founder
LinkedInWhat Do PE Firms Need from RevOps Leadership?
For Private Equity firms, Revenue Operations leadership is a critical lever in the value creation playbook. A strong VP or Head of Revenue Operations brings structure to the go-to-market engine — unifying sales, marketing, and customer success data into a single source of truth that drives board-ready reporting and accurate forecasting.
Portfolio Operations and Operations Excellence teams increasingly recognise that RevOps leadership accelerates time to value in portfolio companies. Whether it is building scalable processes post-acquisition, rationalising a fragmented tech stack after a carve-out, or standing up a data infrastructure that supports rapid growth, the right RevOps hire transforms how a portco operates.
Why Does Specialist Executive Search Matter for RevOps?
Revenue Operations is a discipline that has grown rapidly across Europe, but the talent pool for genuine leadership experience remains thin. The best VP and Director-level RevOps candidates are rarely on job boards — they are embedded in high-performing organisations and need to be identified, engaged, and assessed through proactive headhunting.
Generalist recruiters often lack the domain knowledge to distinguish between a strong systems administrator and a true RevOps strategist. A specialist executive search firm understands the difference between someone who can configure Salesforce and someone who can design a revenue architecture that scales through hypergrowth. At BisonRS, every search is run personally by founder Jack Hargett, who lives and breathes Revenue Operations recruitment.
What Leadership Roles Does BisonRS Place?
Since 2021, BisonRS has completed 200+ Revenue Operations placements across Europe, including 50+ at executive level. We deliver initial shortlists in an average of two weeks, with 65% of our placements being women. Roles we place include:
- VP Revenue Operations
- Director of Revenue Operations
- Head of Revenue Operations
- VP Sales Operations
- VP Go-to-Market Operations
- Head of GTM Systems
- Director of CS Operations
- Head of GTM Engineering
We are trusted by Private Equity firms, Venture Capital-backed scale-ups, and public SaaS companies across the UK, DACH, Nordics, Benelux, and Southern Europe.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from Portfolio Operations and Talent teams exploring RevOps executive search.
Executive search for Revenue Operations is a specialist retained recruitment service focused on placing senior RevOps leaders — VP, Director, and Head of Revenue Operations — into organisations. Unlike contingent recruitment, executive search involves proactive market mapping, confidential headhunting, and thorough assessment to identify the best candidates, not just those actively looking for a role.
A typical RevOps executive search takes 6 to 10 weeks from brief to accepted offer. At BisonRS, we deliver an initial shortlist within 2 weeks thanks to our specialist EMEA network. The timeline depends on factors such as role seniority, location requirements, and the complexity of the RevOps function being built.
PE firms use specialist RevOps executive search because Revenue Operations leadership is critical to the value creation thesis in portfolio companies. A strong VP or Head of RevOps drives data-driven decision-making, improves forecasting accuracy, and accelerates revenue growth — all essential for PE-backed companies targeting exits. Generalist recruiters often lack the network and domain expertise to assess RevOps candidates effectively.
BisonRS places VP Revenue Operations, Director of Revenue Operations, Head of Revenue Operations, VP Sales Operations, and VP Go-to-Market Operations. We also place senior leaders in adjacent functions including GTM Systems, GTM Engineering, and Customer Success Operations. Our focus is on leadership roles at companies ranging from Series B startups to PE-backed businesses with up to $900M ARR.
BisonRS covers executive search across United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, Italy. Our network of 15,000+ RevOps professionals spans the entire EMEA region, allowing us to source RevOps leaders across borders and support PE portfolio companies with multi-country operations.
RevOps executive search is a retained, research-driven approach that proactively identifies and engages passive candidates — the top 10–15% of talent who are not actively job searching. It includes in-depth briefing, confidential market mapping, thorough candidate assessment including cultural fit analysis, and managed offer negotiation. Standard recruitment typically relies on job boards and active candidate databases, which limits access to the best RevOps leaders.
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