CMO search firm in Bengaluru.
Retained Chief Marketing Officer search in Bengaluru and across Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Chennai. Marketing leadership has bifurcated into brand-led and growth-led practitioners — and most companies cannot articulate which they need until we help them shape the brief.
How we read a CMO.
Every CMO candidate we shortlist for a Bengaluru mandate is evaluated against five lenses, refined over two decades of CMO placements across India and the GCC:
- 01Brand-building at scale (consumer or B2B)
- 02Performance marketing depth — paid, owned, earned
- 03Marketing-mix modelling and attribution maturity
- 04Category-creation track record (where relevant)
- 05Founder / CEO partnership on positioning
₹2–5 Cr fixed + variable + ESOP
Typical CMO band for Bengaluru-based mandates, fixed plus variable plus long-term equity / ESOP. Adjust upward for listed-company and PE-backed roles.
10–14 weeks
Kick-off to signed offer. Add 4–6 weeks for confidential CXO replacements and cross-border briefs.
Retained
Single-firm retainer, milestone-billed at 25–33% of target compensation. 12-month replacement guarantee.
From the ground.
We run CMO searches across consumer, D2C, BFSI and B2B SaaS — and have helped clients reshape briefs when the role was misdefined.
Bengaluru is where our technology, product and AI leadership practice is centred. From this office we run CTO, Chief Product Officer, VP Engineering, Chief AI Officer and CISO mandates for unicorns, listed product companies, GCCs and growth-stage startups.
- CMO mandates in Software & SaaS
- CMO mandates in AI & Data Platforms
- CMO mandates in GCCs & Capability Centres
- CMO mandates in Cybersecurity
- CMO mandates in Biotech & Healthtech
- CMO mandates in E-commerce & Quick Commerce
Other Bengaluru search practices.
CMO search across our offices.
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