Scion begins by defining the organization's strategic mandate, leadership requirements, business environment, stakeholder expectations, and desired outcomes. The team then maps the relevant executive market, directly recruits active and passive leaders, assesses candidates, supports stakeholder evaluation, and manages the search through finalist selection and close.

Scion recruits Chief Strategy Officers, EVP and SVP Strategy, Vice Presidents and Heads of Strategy, Chief Transformation Officers, corporate development leaders, strategic growth executives, PE value-creation leaders, strategic operations executives, and related enterprise strategy leadership.

The search begins with the strategic problem the executive must solve rather than the title alone. Discovery can examine growth objectives, transformation priorities, M&A activity, ownership structure, operating environment, board expectations, portfolio decisions, market conditions, functional relationships, and first-year outcomes.

Yes. Direct executive identification and outreach are core elements of retained search. Scion maps relevant leadership markets and engages accomplished executives who may be successful in their current positions and may never appear in an applicant pool.

Yes. Scion leads retained executive searches nationwide and can map strategy leadership talent across major U.S. markets, industries, ownership environments, and relevant adjacent sectors. The geographic strategy is customized to the client's requirements.

Yes. Scion supports confidential succession, executive replacement, investor-backed transition, transformation, and other sensitive leadership searches. Outreach can be structured around the confidentiality requirements of the engagement.

Assessment is tied to the specific leadership mandate and may include strategic judgment, enterprise strategy, financial and commercial acumen, transformation experience, M&A, executive influence, board communication, change leadership, cross-functional execution, industry relevance, organizational alignment, and long-term potential.

Yes. Scion supports private equity firms, portfolio companies, growth equity environments, venture-backed organizations, and other investor-backed businesses. Searches can be aligned to value creation, transformation, M&A, growth, operating improvement, or exit preparation.

Scion retained engagements include a service guarantee. In the rare event a placement does not meet expectations, the search may be reinitiated without an additional search fee, subject to the applicable terms and conditions of the engagement agreement.

Begin by sharing the role and whatever organizational context is appropriate. Scion can discuss the business priorities, leadership environment, timing, confidentiality requirements, target market, compensation considerations, and desired outcomes before establishing the search strategy and next steps.