[Hiring] Senior Consultant, Executive Talent @Vista Equity Partners Management

Role Description

Vista is seeking an exceptional executive talent professional to support the Endeavor portfolio by building a deep, proprietary network of high-performing software executives and translating it into outstanding leadership outcomes. The role will focus primarily on CEO, CFO, CPO, CTO, CRO and other C-suite leadership positions across high-growth enterprise software businesses $10M - $100M ARR. The mandate is deliberately focused:

• Build a deep executive bench for Endeavor companies.
• Personally deliver 12–15 successful searches each year.

The successful candidate will combine the relationship orientation of an executive recruiter with the judgment of a trusted advisor to investors, boards and management teams. This role also carries “dual citizenship” with the Vista Talent practice (which works with all companies in the Vista portfolio).

Responsibilities

• Build and Nurture the Endeavor Executive Bench:
  • Proactively identify, develop and maintain relationships with exceptional current and emerging leaders across these functions.
  • Partner with the Endeavor Fund to prioritize which benches to build, keeping them current and genuinely hireable.
  • Re-bench strong candidates who were not selected and keep them engaged for future roles.
  • Track all search and bench data in Vista’s Thrive system.
• Lead Executive Searches:
  • Personally run 12–15 successful executive searches each year.
  • Partner with Endeavor investment professionals, boards and CEOs to define leadership needs, build candidate profiles, map talent markets and drive searches from outreach through assessment, referencing and close.
  • Maintain the roster for the Vista Endeavor Team’s preferred third-party search firm partners.
• Leverage the Broader Vista Network:
  • Stay connected to Vista’s broader executive talent ecosystem.
  • Deploy proven Vista executives into Endeavor companies where there is strong fit.
• Own Referral Intake:
  • Serve as the intake point for executive referrals from Endeavor board working teams and the Vista network.
  • Bench them personally or hand off when capacity is full, so no referral goes stale.
• Develop Market Intelligence:
  • Maintain a current view of the enterprise software executive landscape: rising executives, proven operators, succession candidates, compensation dynamics and movement across the Vista ecosystem.
• AI forward with Hustle Mindset:
  • Use AI to sharpen market mapping, outreach and network intelligence.
  • Keep the bench current in Thrive, moving with urgency, creativity and ownership of a builder.

Qualifications

• An experienced executive recruiter or talent professional with strong judgment around senior software executives.
• Approximately 7–10 years of experience across executive search, private equity or growth equity talent, or senior in-house executive recruiting.
• A track record recruiting C-suite and senior functional leaders, ideally within enterprise software or technology.
• Experience building proprietary executive networks, not just running searches.
• Strong executive assessment skills, credibility with investors and boards, and a relationship-driven approach.
• A high say:do ratio and the capacity to personally carry a high volume of concurrent searches.
• Analytical and data-driven, using data to refine pipeline development and executive talent strategy.
• Hungry, humble, polished and smart; credible in front of CEOs and boards.
• Comfort operating within a shared talent practice, including established protocols.

Requirements

• Success will be measured on delivering 12–15 successful executive searches each year.
• Building a deep Endeavor bench, including strong candidates from prior searches who stay warm and in play.

Benefits

• The annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between $125,000 - $135,000.
• Actual base pay could vary based on factors including experience, subject matter expertise and the applicant's skill set.
• The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees.
• Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.