Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Your board just approved an AI strategy. Now you need someone to actually run it. And you needed them yesterday. Here's what happens next at most companies: You brief a generalist headhunter. They send 15 profiles. Two have real AI experience. One ghosts after round two. Three months later, you're still looking, and your competitors already hired their VP AI. I've watched this play out dozens of times. PE firms losing a quarter of runway waiting for the right CAIO. Series B startups promoting an engineer to "Head of AI" and hoping for the best. DAX companies running AI initiatives with leaders who've never shipped a model to production. The problem isn't talent shortage. It's that traditional executive search firms treat AI roles like any other C-suite hire. They're not. AI leadership requires a different evaluation. Different networks. Different speed. That's why I built Beyond Chiefs, DACH's only dedicated AI Executive Search firm. All we do: → Place CAIOs, CTOs, VP AIs, CDOs, and CISOs → For PE/VC-backed companies, scale-ups, and enterprises → Across DACH One focus. Nothing else. What that focus gets you: 20000+ pre-vetted AI executives in our proprietary BeyondMatch platform Average time-to-placement: 29 days (placed VP AI in under 30) 13+ years in executive search, from Robert Half to Dwight Cribb to founding my own firm Harvard Business School We also offer fractional AI leadership for companies not ready for a full-time hire, and AI advisory to help you define what "AI leader" even means for your org. If you're a PE partner, VC operator, or CEO who needs an AI executive placed in DACH, not in 6 months, but this quarter: → DM me or book directly: beyondchiefs.com
Beyond Chiefs AI-First Executive Search for the Next Era of Leadership Beyond Chiefs helps organizations build AI-native leadership teams. We connect companies with world-class executives from Chief AI Officers and AI-First CEOs to AI Product Leaders and CISOs who can turn artificial intelligence into real competitive advantage. Through our AI-powered platform BeyondMatch, we identify and match transformative leaders faster and more precisely than traditional executive search. Whether fractional, interim, or full-time, our executive talent solutions help companies accelerate innovation and secure their competitive edge. What We Do AI-Native Executive Search We place leaders who know how to build AI-first organizations, not just manage technology. Flexible Leadership Models Fractional C-level executives Interim leadership during transformation Strategic advisors and board members Full-time executive placements AI-Powered Talent Intelligence BeyondMatch Our proprietary platform analyzes leadership experience, transformation track records, and strategic capabilities to identify executives capable of delivering 10x impact. Who We Serve Visionary Leaders AI and digital transformation executives Former founders and operators Leaders building portfolio careers across organizations Forward-Thinking Companies Startups and scaleups needing senior leadership without full-time commitments PE & VC portfolio companies scaling rapidly Established companies undergoing AI transformation Why Beyond Chiefs Access AI-first executive talent Faster, data-driven matching with BeyondMatch Flexible leadership without long-term commitments Leaders who drive innovation and exponential growth and with our product LabourX we augument Talent via AI!