A senior or leadership hire sets the trajectory of a team. BizFirst runs executive and retained search directly, with an experienced recruiter representing you to a small, carefully qualified slate. We are based in Ashburn and focus on Northern Virginia and DC, and we recruit leadership talent for clients nationwide, with discretion.
Leadership hiring is different. The pool is smaller, the candidates are usually not looking, and discretion matters. BizFirst runs it directly through a senior Client Delivery Lead, not a junior coordinator, and presents a short, well-qualified slate rather than a stack of resumes.
Your Client Delivery Lead oversees the search personally and carries only three to four clients, backed by experienced recruiters, so a leadership role gets full, hands-on attention from someone who has hired at this level before.
Replacing a leader still in seat, or moving into a new market quietly, calls for a process that protects both sides. We run confidential searches with care for the client and the candidates.
Program and portfolio leaders, functional executives, and growth and capture leadership, cleared through TS/SCI, for primes and subcontractors across the DMV. GovCon recruiting
Executive roles can run as contingent DirectHire or, for confidential or hard-to-fill leadership hires, as a retained or engaged search with part of the fee committed upfront. Quoted per engagement.
Most of our executive work is in Northern Virginia and the Washington, DC metro, where leadership talent in GovCon, technology, and professional services runs deep and we know the market. But a leadership hire should reach the best person wherever they are, so we run executive and retained search for clients nationwide.
Traditional retained executive search usually costs 25 to 35 percent of first-year compensation, billed as an executive placement fee. BizFirst runs senior-led retained and executive search on a predictable, scoped engagement instead, so you get the rigor and discretion of retained search with fees you can see and plan around.
Yes. BizFirst runs executive and retained search for senior and leadership roles, including cleared executives for government contractors. A senior Client Delivery Lead leads it directly and represents you to a small, carefully qualified slate of candidates.
Executive and leadership hiring can run as contingent DirectHire or, for confidential or hard-to-fill leadership roles, as a retained or engaged search with a portion of the fee committed upfront. Fees are quoted per engagement based on the role, the market, and the level of confidentiality required.
Traditional retained executive search commonly runs 25 to 35 percent of first-year compensation. BizFirst runs senior-led retained and executive search on a predictable, scoped engagement, and many leadership roles can also run as contingent DirectHire, typically 10 to 15 percent for small and midsize companies, with enterprise programs and executive, highly complex, or high-clearance (Poly) roles quoted separately. You get retained-level rigor and discretion with fees quoted up front.
Yes. Many leadership hires are confidential, for example replacing a leader still in seat or entering a new market quietly. BizFirst runs these discreetly, protecting both the client and the candidates throughout.
Yes. BizFirst places cleared executives and senior leaders for government contractors across Northern Virginia and the DC metro, at clearance levels through TS/SCI, including program and portfolio leaders, functional executives, and growth and capture leadership.
Yes. Northern Virginia and Washington, DC are a focus, and BizFirst recruits for leadership and executive roles nationwide.
Tell us the role and what it needs to accomplish, and we will recommend the right structure and get started, with discretion from the first call.
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