Leadership isn't only at the top.
The directors, senior managers, and specialists who run the teams that deliver, hired with the same rigor as the boardroom, for every level below VP.
What we do
The roles that sit between strategy and execution, hired with structure, not a scramble.
Director-level search
We scout for the senior operators directly below VP, the people a new executive needs in place to actually deliver the plan.
Management hiring
Manager and senior-manager roles run with real assessment, not resume-forwarding, at a cadence that keeps momentum.
Team build-outs
Standing up or scaling a function fast: multiple aligned hires mapped, assessed, and closed as one coordinated effort.
Specialist & technical hires
Hard-to-find functional and technical talent, evaluated for how they'll operate inside your specific team.
Same standard as the flagship. Built for the layer below it.
Allport Talent runs on the assessment discipline behind Allport Partners, the principle that behavior is a pattern you can read, not a gut call. What changes at this level is the shape of the work: more roles, faster cycles, and hiring that has to scale without turning into a resume conveyor belt.
Calibrate
A sharp brief up front: what the role must deliver, and the traits that actually predict it.
Assess
Structured evaluation of judgment and fit, the same rigor, tuned for speed at this tier.
Expert audit
Independent subject-matter experts interview down-selected candidates to validate real technical depth, the check most firms leave until your own interviews. Especially vital for specialist and technical hires.
Deliver
A shortlist we stand behind, and coordination across every hire when you're building a team.
Every assessment runs through the Allport Index, the group's proprietary scoring framework, which fuses each input into one role-calibrated read of fit and risk. A situational-judgment simulation, the Allport Signal, is in development for the below-VP layer.
Two firms, one standard.
Allport Talent and Allport Partners are two halves of the same group, one assessment philosophy, split cleanly by seniority. The titles tell you which firm you need.
Board · C-suite · SVP · VP · Head of
Retained executive search and leadership advisory for the most consequential, confidential appointments.
Hiring VP and above? Allport Partners ↗Director · Senior Manager · Manager · Specialist
The operational leaders who run the teams, hired individually or as full team build-outs.
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