About Us
Discover our Story and Our Team
OUR PASSION IS SIMPLE:
Helping companies build the layer beneath the C-suite. The leaders who actually make growth happen.
“After 20+ years in search, I’ve learned the real gap isn’t at the C-suite. It’s the layer just below. That’s why Priority Search Management exists: to help companies hire these critical roles with speed, rigor, and long-term fit.”
— Chris Lacy, Founder
Why We Exist
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Because every hire carries risk and the “missing middle” is too important to get wrong.
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Because growth-stage companies need partners who move fast and maintain high standards.
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Because this leadership layer is overlooked by both contingency and traditional executive search yet drives the majority of execution, revenue, and cultural impact.
BUILT FOR THE ROLES THAT
MATTER MOST
Priority Search Management was created after two decades across both sides of the search industry:
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Contingent search taught us speed, adaptability, and hands-on partnership.
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Executive search taught us rigor, structure, and deep candidate evaluation.
We took the best of both and built a model focused entirely on the leaders in between: the managers, directors, and high-impact contributors responsible for turning strategy into results.
These roles carry enormous operational and revenue responsibility. They’re often treated as “next tier” hires but they are the engine of growth.
OUR MODEL TODAY
A search approach designed specifically for high-growth companies:
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Completed with discipline and urgency
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More rigorous than contingency
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Purpose-built for mid-to-senior leadership roles
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Aligned to your business outcomes, not just activity
After 20+ years, we’ve refined a process that helps companies hire difference-makers - faster, smarter, and with less risk.
