PierceGray

About Us

As a specialized retained executive search firm, PierceGray executes core functional leadership searches for clients operating in high growth and transformational environments. Our practitioner-led team focuses on C-suite and functional leadership roles across Supply Chain & Operations, Commercial, Finance, Technology, and Human Resources leadership roles. Starting with the C-suite and building out key functional leadership teams, we are committed to client service, delivering with the speed and accuracy that enables confident decisions aligned to value creation.
Our firm understands the impact leadership has on driving business transformation. As strategic advisors, we position ourselves as an extension of your organization, focused on building leadership teams that are primed for impact. Through our rigorous execution model, we gain quick alignment to role and organizational goals and manage a search process that brings clarity to critical hiring decisions.

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Representative Clients

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We are a growing team of dedicated, ambitious, and collaborative peers. We invest in people who are passionate about solving human capital challenges and fundamentally motivated by the impact of our work – because finding the right leader unlocks the potential of an organization and the people within it. As a result, we have built a distinctive client advisory approach, search execution process, and diverse executive network that clients trust.

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Expertise

Our clients are focused on operational excellence, top line growth, financial infrastructure, and a strong C-Suite. So are we. For our clients, this translates into speed and accuracy as we navigate known talent pools relevant to the client’s environment. From insights on how industry trends are affecting talent, to knowledge of top training academies by function, our functional and industry practice areas enable us to find the best leaders.

PierceGray’s advisory & research-intensive approach delivers elite, custom-sourced talent. We have built our project teams to combine diverse functional career experience with multi-industry executive search expertise. We employ a client-centric model where we operate as one firm, leveraging our collective network and aligning our incentives to find the best candidates to meet our clients’ needs. We employ scale and specificity to calibrate on our client’s dynamic value creation priorities and fluctuating market conditions.

Solutions
  • Executive Search
  • Recruitment Research
  • Team Builds
Industries
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Agriculture
  • Automotive
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Cloud Based
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Archit.
  • FinTech
  • Healthcare Services
  • High Tech
  • Industrial Products
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Luxury
  • Manufacturing
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Medical
  • Medical Devices
  • Natural Resources
  • Oil & Gas
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Private Equity
  • Restaurants
  • Retail
  • Software
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
  • Utilities
Functions
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Research & Develop.
  • Supply Chain

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News Briefings

PierceGray Expands Staff with New Vice President

PierceGray has expanded with the addition of Kara Hennessey as vice president in the firm’s finance practice. She will be based in the New York office. “PierceGray is excited to welcome Kara Hennessey to the team as our newest vice president,” the firm said in a LinkedIn post. “Kara brings almost 10 years of executive search

The Questions to Ask an Executive Search Firm (That Most Don’t)

Browse a handful of executive search firm websites and they quickly begin to look alike. Every firm makes the same promises about senior expertise and deep networks, a new report from PierceGray. “They all claim to have a proven process and strong track record,” the study said. “There’s just one thing missing: the information you

Executive Search Continues Its Confident Climb As Transformation Takes Center Stage

The executive search industry entered 2026 from a position of strength. According to Hunt Scanlon, fee revenue at the 50 largest executive search firms in the U.S. / Americas – the global talent sector’s largest and most dominant region – jumped 11 percent last year, topping out at $6.69 billion. Seventy-five percent of search firms

PierceGray Retained by Metglas for Senior Operations Search

PierceGray was recently retained by Metglas to lead in its search for a vice president of operations. This executive will serve as the senior on-site operational leader for Metglas’ 24/7 manufacturing facility, with responsibility for all aspects of plant performance excluding finance, HR, and IT. Reporting to the president and COO, this role represents a critical

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