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Fintech executive search
Fintech executive search for payments, lending and banking technology.
Axiom Talent is a fintech executive search firm based in Buffalo, New York, placing leaders across payments, lending, banking technology and receivables throughout North America. A retained search delivers three to five scored candidates, usually inside three to four weeks, with the same partner from the brief to the hire's ninetieth day.
Which fintech roles does Axiom Talent recruit for?
Axiom Talent recruits fintech leaders from manager to SVP, with base salaries from $75K to $500K and above. The searches we run most often:
- Operations leadership: COOs, payments operations, lending operations and servicing heads.
- AI and automation: Heads of AI, AI implementation leads, fractional Chief AI Officers, automation and workflow engineers.
- Risk, compliance and legal: the hires that keep a regulated product defensible.
- Receivables and recovery: collections, recovery and accounts receivable management leaders.
- Technology: engineering and product leaders for banking and payments platforms.
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How long does a fintech executive search take?
Most of Axiom's retained fintech searches produce a shortlist inside three to four weeks. Specialist and leadership roles can run longer, and we say which one yours is at the brief stage, not halfway through.
- Brief. A working session, not a form. The role is mapped to your operational reality and written down so both sides sign off on the same profile.
- Source and score. AI-assisted sourcing across our network and the wider market, every candidate scored against your brief. A partner reads the strongest and calls them personally.
- Shortlist and close. Three to five candidates with full write-ups, references on request. We stay close through offer, signing and the first ninety days.
Retained, contingent or fractional: which fintech search do you need?
The right model depends on how senior and how hard to fill the role is. Axiom runs all three.
| Retained search | Contingent search | Fractional placement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Senior or confidential roles, and roles that have been hard to fill | Roles with a healthy candidate market | A senior skill you need now, part-time |
| How the fee works | Fixed fee against the role, staged across the search | Paid on hire | Quoted per engagement |
| What you get | A dedicated partner and a scored shortlist of three to five | Qualified candidates as they surface | An embedded specialist on a set term |
| Confidential searches | Yes | Rarely suitable | Yes |
How do you choose a fintech executive search firm?
Choose a fintech executive search firm on how it qualifies candidates, not on the size of its database. Five questions worth asking any firm, including us:
- Who will actually run my search? At Axiom, the partner you meet is the partner who runs it.
- How will you score candidates? Against a written profile you approve, not a keyword match.
- Do you know my regulator? Payments, lending and receivables each have their own exam culture.
- What happens if the hire doesn't work out? Every Axiom placement carries a guarantee period; if it fails inside it, we run the search again.
- Will I know the cost upfront? You should have the number in writing before the search starts.
Questions
Fintech executive search FAQs
What does fintech executive search cost?
Retained fintech search is a fixed fee against the role, staged across the search. Contingent, placement and fractional work are quoted per engagement. You have the number in writing before we start.
Do you run confidential fintech searches?
Yes. Confidential searches, including planned successions, run on a retained basis. The client is named only to qualified candidates at the right stage.
Where do you recruit?
Axiom Talent is based in Buffalo, New York and recruits across North America, for onsite, hybrid and remote roles.
Do you recruit for AI roles in fintech?
Yes. We place Heads of AI, AI implementation leads and fractional Chief AI Officers, and we use AI in our own sourcing. See exactly where.
Hiring in fintech?
Tell us the role and the constraint you're actually working against: timeline, band, the part that's been hard to fill. A real person replies.
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