The Big Search

At The Big Search, we are a privately held executive search services company, founded in 2015, and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

We are an executive search partner to 300+ happy clients, and we find Europe’s software and hardware leaders. For a decade, we’ve been trusted partners to Europe’s venture-backed scale-ups, private equity leaders, and digital transformers. From zero to €10M, €10M to €100M, €100M to IPO, we’ve hired the people who power growth.

We deliver our services by partnering with clients to understand leadership needs and by identifying and recruiting leaders for Europe-based software and hardware organizations, including venture-backed scale-ups and private equity-backed companies.

Our specialties include Executive Search, Key Talent Hiring, Market & Talent Intelligence, European Software and Hardware Leaders, Venture Capital, Private Equity, High-Growth Companies, European Tech, Growth-Stage Leadership Hiring, CEO & Board Role, Go-to-Market Role, Tech & Product Role, Corporate Functions, Investors, B2B SaaS, Digital Transformation, DeepTech, FinTech, Consumer, and Leadership Hiring.

Our geographic presence spans multiple European countries, including Austria, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Croatia.

From zero to €10M, €10M to €100M, €100M to IPO, we’ve hired the people who power growth.