Executive search for IT Leaders.

Leveraging our well-established brand and extensive IT network to find your next IT leader in Brisbane, Canberra and across Australia.

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Find IT leaders to guide your business forward.

Our executive search team specialises in IT executive search in Brisbane, Canberra and across Australia, connecting organisations with experienced CIOs, CTOs and senior technology leaders.

Through long-standing relationships and ongoing engagement with the market, we often know your next IT leader before you have an open position.

An IT leader talks to an Exclaim IT Connections partner about an executive role. They are sitting in a small office. The recruiter is wearing a blue suit and has his back to the camera. The candidate is wearing a navy jacket and white button up shirt and gesturing with his hands as he talks about his skillset and experience.

Executive IT roles we recruit.

We support organisations with IT leadership recruitment in Australia, placing leaders with the ideal mix of skills, experience, vision and character to meet your strategic objectives. 

  • Chief Information Officers
  • Chief Digital Officers
  • Chief Technology Officers
  • IT Directors
  • Heads of IT
  • Programme Managers
The Exclaim IT executive search methodology stages are approach, advertise, assess, select and support

The Exclaim Executive difference.

Over many years, we’ve established an executive search methodology that ensures a successful IT leadership appointment.

01 Approach

We engage internal applicants where appropriate and connect with our established network of senior IT leaders across Brisbane, Canberra and Australia.

03 Assess

Shortlist CVs, conduct internal interviews and run assessments to refine our selection.

05 Support

Provide printed candidate profiles and summaries, plus a tailored interview plan. Then, support reference checks and onboarding.

02 Advertise

Advertise the executive IT roles across a range of relevant channels using strategic messaging.

04 Select

Present candidates who demonstrate leadership capability, commercial acumen, technical competency and communication skills.

A strategic approach to IT executive search.

IT executive search in Australia is different from general IT recruitment. 

For a start, the need for partnership and strategic alignment is far greater when searching for executive appointments.

True leaders are a rare commodity, and the business stakes are high. So, that’s why it’s so important to go with an IT recruitment service you can trust to deliver.  

The Exclaim Executive team keep a finger on the pulse of Australia’s IT C-suite. They frequently connect with IT leaders and stay up-to-date with market trends, projections, and evolving executive role requirements. 

Our dedicated executive search consultants have a sound understanding of:

  • Tech and digital. We may not be IT specialists, but we know how tech and digital professionals tick and the environments they operate in. We also have a conceptual understanding of each role within a team.
  • Your industry. IT requirements differ across each sector. So, whether you’re in manufacturing, insurance, banking, utilities, government services or another industry, you can be assured we’ve collected data and insight into your market needs.
  • IT leaders. After many interactions, we’re acutely aware of your next leader’s needs, wants, frustrations and motivations.
  • Your business objectives, team and cultural landscape. We believe in partnerships over transactions. So, we get to know your organisation inside out. This knowledge ensures we ask the right questions to identify leadership fit and capability. 

You don’t have to go it alone when building your team. We’ve formed long-term relationships with an extensive network of highly-skilled, experienced and verified IT leaders.

So, we either know someone with the technical and interpersonal skills you’re looking for in your next leader or can quickly reach out to our connections to find that person.

Our tried and trusted methodology is flexible enough to work with your hiring processes and unique role requirements.

 

A typical candidate attraction strategy includes:

  • Sending out invitations to internal applicants and incumbents
  • Reaching out to our network
  • Advertising strategically

We then assess CVs against: 

  • Leadership capability
  • Commercial acumen
  • Technical competency
  • Ability to communicate with and manage stakeholders effectively

Following CV screening, we generally:

  • Conduct internal interviews using a questioning framework developed in consultation with your team.
  • Establish an assessment tool for scoring responses to each question.
  • Provide a shortlist of applicants to your team for review.
  • Offer online personality profiling for each shortlisted candidate on request.
  • Develop a list of questions for use at final interviews. 

Final interviews usually include a staff panel and invited subject matter experts. Before each panel interview, we generally:

  • Provide each interviewer with a candidate profile and personality profile summary.
  • Supply a list of tailored questions based on each candidate’s psychometric profile. (These additional questions enable follow-up exploration.)

Once you’ve identified the preferred candidate for the position, your dedicated executive search consultant will assist with reference checks and onboarding.

From vision to reality

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