MAP Recruitment
Executive Search
Retained search for the senior appointments that decide whether a programme succeeds — run by people who have worked inside those programmes.
The capability
The hardest roles to fill on a major project are the ones where a wrong appointment costs a year. Executive search for those roles demands judgement about delivery, not just a database.
MAP Recruitment runs retained searches for programme directors, project directors, heads of commercial, engineering and controls, and the senior leaders around them. Because the wider firm works inside major programmes every day, our consultants can test what a candidate has genuinely delivered — and what the role genuinely needs.
Every search starts with the brief: the programme's stage, its pressures, and the specific experience that will hold up in post. Shortlists are small, evidenced and honest, including about where the market is thin.
How MAP delivers it
A retained search runs as a disciplined project, with one senior consultant accountable throughout.
Brief and market map
A written brief agreed with the hiring leadership, then a systematic map of where the right people are actually working today.
Approach and assessment
Direct, discreet approaches. Assessment against the delivery record the role demands — probed by consultants who know the work.
Evidenced shortlist
A short, honest list with the reasoning shown: strengths, gaps and the conditions each candidate would need to succeed.
Offer and landing
Support through referencing, offer and notice period, and a check-in cadence through the first months in post.
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