Specialist recruitment · Boston, MA
We place the people your roadmap depends on.
Cohort Talent Partners is a boutique search firm for product, finance, engineering and executive hires. Real shortlists in five days, a human on the phone, and a 90-day placement guarantee.
128 open roles this week
Updated every Monday across five practices
Product
Finance
Engineering
Executive
For employers
Hire the fifth candidate you actually want
Retained and contingent search across product, finance, engineering, healthcare and executive leadership — with a shortlist you can defend to your board.
- Curated shortlist of five in five business days
- Salary benchmarking and market mapping included
- 90-day placement guarantee on every retained search
For candidates
Move for the right role, not just any role
Join a network where a consultant who knows your specialism represents you — with honest advice on comp, level and the market you are stepping into.
- One consultant, one specialism, no résumé spam
- Confidential introductions to named hiring managers
- Interview prep and transparent salary-band guidance
Specialist desks
One partner per market, working it every day — never a generalist juggling ten unrelated briefs.
Five-day shortlists
Five referenced, genuinely interested candidates within five business days of the brief.
Salary intelligence
Live benchmarking on every search, so offers land right the first time and candidates say yes.
90-day guarantee
If a retained placement leaves inside 90 days, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
The specialty index
Five desks, deep networks
01
Product & Design
Product managers, PMMs, researchers and design leaders for scale-ups and enterprise teams.
312 placed
02
Finance & Accounting
Controllers, FP&A, revenue and CFO-track hires for venture-backed and PE-owned companies.
268 placed
03
Engineering & Data
Backend, platform, ML and engineering-leadership roles, from senior individual contributors to VPs.
401 placed
04
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Clinical operations, regulatory, quality and commercial roles for biotech and medical-device firms.
184 placed
05
Executive Search
Confidential retained search for C-suite, VP and board appointments across every practice we run.
96 placed
The numbers behind the shortlist
Placement outcomes we stand behind
18
Median days to hire
94%
12-month retention
5
Days to first shortlist
1.4k
Placements since 2011
How an engagement runs
From brief to guarantee in five moves
01
Brief
A 45-minute intake to lock the scope, level, comp band and the story that sells the role.
02
Shortlist
Five referenced, genuinely interested candidates delivered within five business days.
03
Interviews
We coordinate loops, prep both sides and keep momentum so good people don’t slip away.
04
Placement
We manage the offer, counteroffer and resignation so your new hire starts on the agreed date.
05
Guarantee
If a retained placement leaves within 90 days, we run the search again at no additional fee.
Live this week
Featured open roles
Product · 21 open
Finance · 33 open
Engineering · 48 open
Executive · 12 open
VP of Product
Series C fintech · Boston, MA · Hybrid
$220k–$260k
Corporate Controller
PE-backed manufacturer · Providence, RI · On-site
$165k–$190k
Staff Platform Engineer
Health-tech scale-up · Remote (US) · Full-time
$210k–$240k
Chief People Officer
Confidential · Cambridge, MA · Executive search
$280k+
They sent five candidates. We hired three of them over eighteen months — and the first is now running the whole function.
Marisol Tran
Chief Operating Officer, Halden Robotics — Somerville, MA
The people who do the placing
Practice leads, not account managers
Jonas Weber
Managing Partner · Executive Search
18 years in retained search. Former Head of Talent at a Boston growth fund. AIRS Certified.
Priya Nadkarni
Partner · Finance & Accounting
Ex-Big Four recruiter placing controllers and CFOs. CPA (inactive), SHRM-SCP.
Devon Ellery
Partner · Engineering & Data
Former staff engineer turned recruiter. Speaks fluent architecture-review. LinkedIn Certified.
Harper Osei
Partner · Product & Design
Placed product leaders at three unicorns before joining Cohort. AIRS CIR, ICF-ACC coach.
What hiring teams say
Trusted across the hiring table
“We had burned two months on a VP Finance search before Cohort took the brief. Their shortlist came back in four days, every candidate was interested, and our new controller started six weeks later. This is what retained search is supposed to feel like.”
Marcus Reyes — CFO, Beacon Grid Energy (Boston, MA)
“Devon actually understood the platform role. Candidates arrived already briefed on our stack, and the offer stage never wobbled. Two years on, both hires are still here and both have been promoted. Retention like that pays for the fee twice over.”
Aisha Bello — VP Engineering, Nimbus Health (Cambridge, MA)
NAPS Certified Personnel Consultants
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SHRM Corporate Member
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MassBio Partner
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EEO-Committed Employer Partner
The Cohort Brief
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Questions we hear a lot
Before you send the brief
How is your fee structured?
Retained search is billed in three stages — engagement, shortlist and placement — at a percentage of first-year base. Contingent search is billed only on a successful hire. We share exact figures on the intake call, in writing, before any work begins.
How quickly will I see a shortlist?
For retained searches in our core practices, expect a first shortlist of five within five business days. Executive and highly specialized mandates can take longer; we agree a realistic timeline with you at brief.
What does the 90-day guarantee cover?
If a retained placement leaves or is let go within 90 days of their start date, we re-run the search once at no additional professional fee. The specifics are written into every engagement letter.
I’m a candidate — will you share my details without asking?
Never. We only submit your profile to a named employer after you have approved the role, the company and the compensation. Your search stays confidential, including from your current employer.
Do you work outside the Boston area?
Yes. We are based in Boston and know the New England market deeply, but we place roles remotely and nationally across all five practices, and we support relocation where a role requires it.
Start the conversation
Brief us on a role, or join the network.
Hiring managers get a scoping call within one business day. Candidates get matched to a consultant who actually works their specialism — no résumé black holes.
Find the desk
Talk to a consultant
We are a five-minute walk from South Station. Drop by for coffee, or reach the practice desks directly.
Office
142 Congress Street, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02110
Hours
Mon–Fri · 8:30am–6:00pm ET
Evening candidate calls by appointment
Reach us
+1 (617) 555-0142
desk@cohorttalent.example
Service area
Greater Boston & New England on-site; remote placements nationwide.
Send a brief
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- Scoping call within one business day
- No obligation and no fee to talk
- Confidential for candidates and employers alike