De-risk Your Leadership Hiring.
Most search firms are built around transactions.
We’re built around outcomes.
Global expertise across:
AI Infrastructure | Data | Cloud
Transformational leadership is more critical than ever.
But hiring leaders who truly deliver is hard.
So we built Third Circle Partners differently.
Executive Search re-designed for growth-stage and investor-backed technology companies.
Building impactful leadership teams in the US and EMEA across:
AI Infrastructure
GPU clouds, inference platforms and orchestration-heavy AI runtime environments powering AI in production.
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AI Infrastructure
We work with companies that build and deliver the platforms taking AI from experimentation into production. This includes organisations responsible for training and inference infrastructure, model serving and orchestration, and solving the performance, cost, reliability, and scale challenges that come with GPU- and accelerator-intensive workloads.
Roles We Recruit
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CXO: CTO, Chief Product Officer, Chief AI Officer, Chief Revenue Officer
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Platform / Product: VP Product (AI Platform / Compute), Head of AI Platform, VP Platform, Head of ML Platform / MLOps
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Technical: VP Engineering (Infrastructure / Distributed Systems), Head of AI Infrastructure, Head of Runtime / Orchestration, Principal Architect (AI / Compute)
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GTM: CRO, VP Sales (AI Infrastructure), VP Solutions / Field Engineering, Head of Strategic Accounts (AI Platforms)
Data
Operators who can bridge research and production; scaling AI and data capability into measurable value.
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Data
Streaming architectures and production data platforms enabling real-time, AI-driven environments.
Roles We Recruit
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CXO: Chief Data Officer, CTO, Chief Product Officer, Chief Revenue Officer
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Platform / Product: VP Product (Data Platform / Streaming), Head of Data Platform, VP Platform Product, Head of Real-Time Data Products
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Technical: VP Engineering (Data / Streaming), Head of Data Infrastructure, Head of Data Engineering, Principal Architect (Data Platforms)
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GTM: CRO, VP Sales (Data Platform / Streaming), VP Solutions Engineering, Head of Data Partnerships / Alliances
Cloud
Performance-oriented, cloud-native compute substrates that run large-scale AI and data workloads in production.
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Cloud
Performance-oriented, cloud-native compute platforms running large-scale AI and data workloads.
Roles We Recruit
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CXO: CTO, Chief Product Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Revenue Officer
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Platform / Product: VP Product (Cloud Platform / Compute), Head of Cloud Platform, VP Infrastructure Product, GM Cloud / Compute
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Technical: VP Infrastructure Engineering, Head of Cloud Engineering, Head of Compute / Core Platform, Principal Architect (Cloud / Distributed Systems)
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GTM: CRO, VP Sales (Cloud / Infrastructure), VP Global Accounts, Head of Cloud GTM / Strategic Partnerships
How we support leadership success
The Third Circle Model:
Intelligence. Search. Impact.
One aligned model built forlong-term outcomes.
Talent Intelligence
Pre-search intelligence to define the role, calibrate the market and set clear success criteria before we go to market.
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Executive Search
Market-wide search, structured assessments and comprehensive referencing, supported by clear reporting and careful negotiation management.
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Leadership Impact
Our 12-month Impact and Integration Framework defines milestones, maintains alignment and links half our fee to successful year-one outcomes.
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Intelligence
Alignment before commitment.
Search
Search driven by outcomes.
Impact
Success proven over time.
Alignment Drives Outcomes
De-risking leadership hiring requires more than process.
It requires commercial alignment, accountability beyond start dates and experienced judgement.
All three are built within our model.
Financial Alignment
Half of our fee remains contingent on the appointed leader delivering agreed year-one outcomes. Our economics are directly tied to their performance in role, not simply the appointment.
Year-One Accountability
Our Impact and Integration Framework spans a structured 12-month period following appointment. Milestones remain visible, progress is reviewed and alignment is maintained beyond start date.
Founder-Led Partnership
You work directly with an experienced executive search partner from mandate through to year-one review. Judgement, calibration and stakeholder alignment remain personal throughout.
Most search firms are built around transactions.
We're built aroundoutcomes.
Half our fee depends on how your leader performs
Choosing your next leader is hard enough.
Choosing your search partner shouldn’t be.
Start the conversation.
Every growth story depends on leadership. Let's talk about yours.