CPO search firm in Bengaluru.
Retained Chief Product Officer search in Bengaluru and across Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Chennai. Product leadership is one of the hardest roles to evaluate from a CV. We rely on craft references, portfolio reviews and structured product-judgement interviews rather than role-title pattern matching.
How we read a CPO.
Every CPO candidate we shortlist for a Bengaluru mandate is evaluated against five lenses, refined over two decades of CPO placements across India and the GCC:
- 01Product judgement — strategic and tactical
- 02Discovery and research practice maturity
- 03Cross-functional partnership with design and engineering
- 04Pricing, packaging and monetisation instincts
- 05Org design for product at scale
₹2.5–7 Cr fixed + variable + significant ESOP
Typical CPO 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.
Our product-leadership practice has placed Heads of Product, CPOs and first-product hires across India's most-watched SaaS and consumer-tech businesses.
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.
- CPO mandates in Software & SaaS
- CPO mandates in AI & Data Platforms
- CPO mandates in GCCs & Capability Centres
- CPO mandates in Cybersecurity
- CPO mandates in Biotech & Healthtech
- CPO mandates in E-commerce & Quick Commerce
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