Partner-led search for marketing and growth leaders

Every growth target comes down to the right leader in the right role.

I start with the destination: what this role must create in the first 12 to 24 months, grounded in the business problem and where the organization is headed. That clarity speeds the process.

Outcomes are the point

Outcomes are the point

Outcomes are the point

95
95
95

%

%

%

offer acceptance*

offer acceptance*

40
40
40

%

%

%

promoted with expanded scope*

promoted with expanded scope*

98
98
98

%

%

%

search completion*, industry average 76%†

search completion*, industry average 76%†

100
100
100

%

%

%

referral-based,
93% repeat clients*

referral-based,
93% repeat clients*

The judgment

The judgment

The judgment

Did they cause the growth, or ride the wave? Do they learn faster than the market moves? That’s what I look for underneath the process: the mandate beneath the brief, the trajectory beneath the resume.

Who this is for

Who this is for

Who this is for

Corporate, agencies, and PE portfolio companies, VP through C-level. It works best when there’s a business problem to solve, not a seat to fill.

The destination before the search.

The destination before the search.

I start with what the role must create, not the spec as given.

I start with what the role must create, not the spec as given.

An iterative process.

The spec gets sharper as we learn, not looser.




The spec gets sharper as we learn, not looser.

Partner-led, no handoffs.

The same person who understands the business problem interviews the finalists. Handoffs cost time, information, and ultimately the right fit.

The same person who understands the business problem interviews the finalists. Handoffs cost time, information, and ultimately the right fit.

Razorfish. Korn Ferry. Now this.

I’ve been the hiring manager with a vague brief, the candidate reading a generic spec, and the recruiter trying to make both sides work. TMG was built around what it takes to get them right.


Placement is not the finish line. What happens after the start date is.

Kristian Paul Schwartz

Kristian Paul Schwartz

Founder, Partner

(404) 594-2000


Founder, Partner

(404) 594-2000


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*Internal TMG metrics, 2014–present

†Industry benchmark: Clockwork Recruiting, Executive Search Performance Benchmark Report, November 2024

©2026 The Montgomery Group. All rights reserved.

*Internal TMG metrics, 2014–present

†Industry benchmark: Clockwork Recruiting, Executive Search Performance Benchmark Report, November 2024

©2026 The Montgomery Group. All rights reserved.

AI & Data Policy

*Internal TMG metrics, 2014–present

†Industry benchmark: Clockwork Recruiting, Executive Search Performance Benchmark Report, November 2024

©2026 The Montgomery Group. All rights reserved.

AI & Data Policy

*Internal TMG metrics, 2014–present

†Industry benchmark: Clockwork Recruiting, Executive Search Performance Benchmark Report, November 2024