Product management recruitment for VC and PE.
Alder Search recruits product leaders for VC and PE investors and their portfolio companies. Alder Search covers CPOs and product board directors. Alder Talent covers Head of Product, VP Product and senior product managers. Every search is retained.
Two Practices. One Standard.
C-Suite & Board
Every search is retained and exclusive. We do not work on contingency.
Head of, VP & Senior IC Level
We place the specialist product operators and senior individual contributors who sit beneath and beside the C-suite. Head of Product, VP Product, and senior IC practitioners including Staff, Principal, and Lead Product Managers in VC- and PE-backed businesses. The same retained standard as every Alder Search mandate.
Deep Expertise Across
Every VC & PE Sector
We recruit product people in four sectors: technology and software, financial services and fintech, healthcare and life sciences, and energy and commodities.
Technology & Software
SaaS, enterprise software, cybersecurity, data & analytics, and infrastructure technology backed by venture, growth, and buyout sponsors.
Financial Services & Fintech
Fintech, payments infrastructure, insurance, wealth management, and specialty finance at every stage from VC to PE ownership.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare services, medical devices, biopharma, digital health, and healthcare IT across venture-backed, mid-market, and large-cap PE.
Energy & Commodities
Energy, utilities, infrastructure, and commodities businesses undergoing VC- and PE-driven transformation.
Principal Product Manager
The Person Behind
Alder Search
Ryan Ollerenshaw
Alder is named for a tree known for one thing above all else: its roots hold ground that would otherwise give way. Ryan has spent 16 years applying that same principle to product leadership recruitment for VC and PE — placing the product leaders who stabilise, scale, and deliver returns for investors and their portfolio companies.
Across hundreds of mandates spanning CPO, Head of Product, VP Product, and Principal Product Manager searches, he has become embedded in the VC and PE product ecosystem — not as an advisor, but as someone who understands the pace, the pressure, and the precision these environments demand.
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