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Executive search at the speed you're building.
Meridian is the executive search partner for companies built at AI speed — Big-Four search craft, an AI research layer no legacy firm has built, and pricing you see before you sign.
- Slate by day 30
- 12-month replacement guarantee
- Published pricing — no black box
- Every candidate human-verified
The AI-native alternative to legacy executive search.
Built for companies moving too fast for a six-month, opaque, one-size-fits-all process — and unwilling to hand a $250K search to an unproven tool. Nobody has combined Big-Four craft, a real owned AI platform, and transparent pricing at the true executive tier.
Big-Four search craft
Retained-search rigor and board-level judgment, run by the recruiter who owns your mandate — never a research pool or a generic SDR.
An AI layer no legacy firm has built
An owned sourcing and mapping engine that reads 800M+ profiles against a structured spec — disclosed to every candidate, verified by a human before you see a name.
Pricing you see before you sign
Published, structured fees in a category defined by opacity. You know what a search costs and how long it takes before anything is signed.
Four ways to work with Meridian.
One firm, four interlocking motions — from a single confidential board search to an embedded recruiter inside your fund's portfolio. We meet you earlier than a Big-Four firm ever would, and stay longer.
Retained Executive Search
C-suite, board, and VP+ confidential mandates. A full retained process, published pricing, and a 12-month replacement guarantee.
See the search processEmbedded Recruiting
A dedicated, AI-augmented Meridian recruiter placed inside your hiring motion — or your fund's portfolio — on a monthly subscription.
Fractional Recruiting
Part-time embedded support for seed and Series A teams that need senior recruiting craft before they need a full search.
Intelligence Products
AI candidate maps, market intelligence, and salary benchmarking. Flat-fee, delivered in weeks, credited toward a retained search.
AI-Accelerated. Human-Verified. Always Disclosed.
The premium fee is priced for human judgment at the moments that matter. AI's job is to buy back the hours that judgment used to be buried under — never to make the call.
Candidates are told.
Every candidate is told when and how AI is used in their evaluation. Consent-based and FCRA-aware, by design — not by disclaimer.
A human signs off.
No AI-generated score or ranking reaches you without review and sign-off from the recruiter running your search. Judgment is never automated.
Everything is logged.
Every scoring decision is recorded and auditable. Compliance is not a policy page — it is the architecture the platform is built on.
What AI does not do: make the final recommendation · run references unsupervised · negotiate an offer · represent Meridian to you. That is what your fee is for.
You'll know what a search costs before you say yes.
A premium firm that publishes real numbers is a first at this tier — priced at the accessible end of the premium band, deliberately below the Big Four's ceiling.
A search you can see, from day zero.
Discovery
A structured intake with the partner who runs the search.
Long list
AI reads 800M+ profiles against your approved spec.
The slate
A short list of 3–5, every score human-verified.
Placed
Offer, close, and a 12-month replacement guarantee.
Leadership for companies built at AI speed.
Your first CISO.
Security leadership for VC-backed software and the underserved mid-market — with a fractional-CISO bridge when a full-time hire isn't yet right.
The C-suite your round needs.
Series A–C companies building leadership — from VP Engineering and Head of AI through CRO, CFO, and CEO — at the pace funding demands.
Regulatory leadership that holds.
Chief Compliance and regulatory searches, where domain credibility and a 105-day market are the standard, not the exception.
Roles placed
CEO · CFO · COO · CTO · CRO · CMO · CHRO · CISO · CCO · Chief AI Officer · VP Engineering · Head of AI · Board Directors
Let's talk about the leadership your next chapter needs to see.
A confidential conversation with the partner who would run your search — never an SDR. We'll tell you what it costs and how long it takes before anything is signed.
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Every engagement is confidential
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Meridian places the leaders. BasePoint — our sister company under North Bridge Path LLC — builds the operational teams beneath them: offshore staffing and virtual assistants that keep businesses running. Two divisions, one ecosystem.
