Growth & Private Equity Executive Search
ON Partners is a premier executive search partner to growth equity and private equity firms, helping investors build high-impact leadership teams that accelerate value creation across their portfolios.
Empowering investors with the leadership advantage—trusted to deliver the executives who turn capital into growth and strategy into results.
Not just trusted—relied on. Every time.
With a partner-led, high-touch model, clients gain direct access to seasoned partners who lead every search from day one to day done.
Our boutique structure enables speed, agility, and precision. This hands-on approach fosters a deep understanding of client needs, delivers elite talent quickly, and ensures unmatched responsiveness.
A human-first executive search experience.
Our Growth & Private Equity Expertise
We work closely with investment professionals to place executives at both the fund and portfolio company level—including CEOs, CFOs, Operating Partners, and functional leaders across technology, sales, marketing, product, operations and more.Â
Our partner-led model is tailored to the speed, precision, and alignment required in investor-backed environments.
With deep experience across all stages of the investment lifecycle—from first institutional capital to exit—we understand the dynamics, challenges, and talent profiles that drive performance.Â
Whether supporting a transformational CEO search, building a full executive bench for a newly acquired platform, or placing internal operators within the fund, ON Partners has delivered thousands of agile leaders who can scale companies, navigate change, and deliver strong outcomes for investors.
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Our Work
Welcome to the most referred name in executive search.
and the numbers back it up
%
of our clients return for a second search
%
of new business comes from referrals
out of 5 star rating from clients and candidates
We’re the Top Growth & Private Equity Executive Search Firm
ON Partners is ranked as one of the most prominent private equity recruiting firms in the nation.
Our partners can identify agile, insightful, and forward-thinking leaders to propel your fund forward.
We have proven results with placing private equity executive leaders across a range of industries, including technology, consumer services, product, marketing, industrial, and more. The innovative private equity leaders we place in our recruiting processes build out commercial capabilities to drive demand generation and top-line revenue, improve sales processes and structures, and implement new strategies.
Think of our partners as a team of MVPs who are free to build their own portfolios and team up to give you the best combination of marketplace expertise, prioritized consulting, and a wider range of top candidate networks.