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- Multi-region hyperscale Cx program leadership
- Owner-side Cx program governance
- Grew CxA bench 4x · sub-10% turnover
Hire Directors of Commissioning who own enterprise Cx program leadership — multi-project Cx-agent bench management, protocol library governance, owner-side turnover accountability, and P&L for the Cx practice. Retained executive search, confidential outreach.
Example candidateA retained search process for the enterprise Cx leadership hire — where the wrong Director stalls program growth and burns the CxA bench.
CEO / COO / Head of Operations alignment on Cx program scope, sector mix, target growth, CxA bench state, and reporting relationships.
Retained, confidential outreach across sitting Directors of Cx and adjacent VP-level candidates. Structured competency + culture assessment. Board-referenced due diligence.
Full retained lifecycle: shortlist through offer acceptance. Replacement guarantee, terms confirmed at engagement start.
Directors of Cx own enterprise program leadership + owner-facing credibility. Program-scale execution, CxA bench cultivation, and owner-relationship durability separate a Director who compounds program value from one who becomes the cost the practice pays.
Every Director candidate has verified multi-project Cx program leadership. Reference-verified from prior owner Cx programs and Cx-firm executives.
Reference-verified CxA bench development: promotion track record, retention discipline, and technical-leadership cultivation.
Referenced from owner Cx program directors on program-quality and turnover-integrity track record.
Every candidate is credential-verified, board-referenced, and matched to your program sector mix. Anonymized examples below reflect real placement profiles.
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Example candidate“Director of Cx” means different things across sector concentration and program scope. Below are the specializations we recruit for:
We’ll help you scope the search on the leadership kickoff — program sector mix, target growth, and CxA bench state.
Director of Cx retained searches live and die on program leadership scale + owner credibility. Below is what every candidate has documented before you meet them:
Reference-verified multi-project Cx program leadership across sectors matching your mix.
Reference-verified bench development: promotion track record, retention discipline, technical-leadership cultivation.
Reference-verified from owner Cx program directors on program-quality and turnover-integrity track record.
Reference-verified Cx-practice P&L discipline: utilization, project margin, backlog quality.
Referenced from prior board members and CEOs on leadership, ethics, and governance.
Director of Cx, VP of Cx comp bands + variable + LTI aligned before finalist interviews.
Retained Director of Cx searches typically take 4–6 weeks to shortlist and 60–120 days to placement (offer acceptance).
Retained executive search fee is typically 30–35% of first-year total compensation. Guarantee & replacement terms confirmed in writing at engagement start.
Director of Cx owns enterprise program leadership + P&L. Commissioning Manager owns facility-level Cx program management within a Director’s portfolio.
Yes. Retained-search discretion for Director-level Cx replacement is standard.
Yes. Reference-verify with owner Cx program directors and prior Cx-firm CEOs on program-quality and turnover-integrity.
Yes. Every Director of Cx retained placement carries a replacement guarantee. Terms confirmed in writing at engagement start.
Yes. Multi-hire Cx builds (Director + Cx Managers + CxAs + CQV Managers) route through embedded recruiting or RPO.
Generalist retained firms treat Cx leadership like any operations executive search. iRecruit.co Director of Cx retained searches verify program leadership scale, CxA bench development, and owner-facing credibility — every candidate is matched to your program sector mix.
60–90 minute leadership kickoff. We’ll review the Director of Cx role you need, program sector mix, target growth, and CxA bench state — then define the retained search plan.