Executive Search Firms In Pune

Hiring a CXO in Pune is hard because of competition, not scarcity. The city’s automotive and engineering base, its IT and SaaS employers and its multinational capability centres all draw on the same small pool of proven leaders, and the people you want are employed, well paid and not reading job ads. Alliance Recruitment Agency runs confidential executive search for Pune employers. With 16+ years in recruitment and 9,000+ organisations served, we work the way a retained search firm works: we map the market, approach passive candidates directly and present a shortlist you can actually interview.

Our Executive Search Services in Pune

• Retained executive search: board, CXO and VP appointments run as a dedicated, confidential search, with the market mapped before anyone is approached.
• Senior functional leadership: plant heads, country managers, directors and general managers for automotive, IT, BFSI, manufacturing and pharma employers.
• Project-based hiring: contract leaders and specialists for new or ongoing projects, sourced to the project timeline.

Our Executive Search Process

1. Role Calibration

What success in the role looks like in 12 months, the reporting line, and why previous hires did or did not work.

2. Market Mapping

Every organisation in and around Pune that employs someone doing this job today, including competitors, adjacent sectors and capability centres, alongside our executive database of 20,000+ senior leaders.

3. Passive Candidate Engagement

Direct, confidential approaches to people who are not applying for anything.

4. Confidential Outreach

Sensitive searches run under our name, not yours, until you choose to disclose.

5. Assessment

Structured competency interviews against the calibration brief, with reference and background checks and a written assessment for each shortlisted candidate.

6. Offer and Onboarding

We manage notice periods, counter-offers and negotiation, and stay in contact through the first weeks in post.

Shortlists typically arrive within 10 to 21 days of an agreed brief, and every permanent placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee, counted from offer acceptance. For leadership hiring outside Pune, see our executive search firms practice; for mid-level and volume roles in the city, our placement consultants in Pune team handles the brief, and for headhunting specialists see our headhunters in Pune.

Executive Search in Pune: FAQs

Q1. What does an executive search firm in Pune do?

Answer: It finds and approaches leaders who are not looking for a job. Rather than advertising a role and screening applications, we map every organisation in the region employing that skill set, approach the individuals directly and confidentially, assess them against your brief and manage the offer. It suits CXO, VP, plant head and country manager roles where the best candidates are already employed.

Q2. How much do executive search firms in Pune charge?

Answer: Executive search is usually charged as a percentage of the hire’s first-year compensation. Senior and confidential searches are typically retained, while less senior roles can run on a contingency basis. Alliance agrees the fee and how it is billed in writing before any search begins.

Q3. How long does an executive search in Pune take?

Answer: Shortlists for executive and C-suite searches typically take 10 to 21 days from an agreed brief. Every permanent placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee, counted from the day the candidate accepts the offer.

Q4. What is the difference between executive search and a recruitment agency?

Answer: A recruitment agency works mainly from applications and existing databases and is paid when a candidate is placed. Executive search works from a market map and direct approaches to passive candidates, and is usually retained. For roles below senior management a recruitment agency is often the right answer, and we will tell you so when a brief does not need executive search.

Q5. Is an executive search in Pune confidential?

Answer: Yes. When you are replacing a serving executive, restructuring a leadership team or entering a new market, we approach candidates under Alliance’s name and disclose yours only when you decide to. Candidates learn the employer’s identity at the point they are engaged and under confidentiality, which protects your business and keeps the search from becoming market gossip in a connected city.

Planning a senior hire in Pune? Submit your hiring brief or book a call with our executive search team.