Your Trusted Partner for

Exceptional Hiring

CloverHires is a boutique, outcomes-based search firm for private equity, venture capital, and privately-held companies.

Go beyond simply filling your open roles.

The right talent is hard to find—like a four-leaf clover. At CloverHires, we partner with sponsors, owners, and executive teams to identify, attract, and close high-impact leaders for Strategy, Operations, and Commercial functions, strengthening businesses for the long term.

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Our Talent Solutions

  • Retained search. Executive search. Leadership hiring. Strategy. Operations. Commercial. Private Equity. PE. VC. Venture Capital. SaaS. Industrial Services. Professional Services. Manufacturing. Consumer. Consulting. Consultant. Business Partner.

    Search Partner

    ENGAGED SEARCH

    Standard Fee: 20% + $2,500/engagement

    We specialize in finding and attracting mission-driven leaders. Our approach matches talent to your objectives, leading to better strategy, better culture, and better business outcomes.

    ✓ Talent Market Map

    ✓ Strategy | Operations | Commercial

    ✓ Director/VP + Strategic Leadership Hiring

  • RPO. Hiring-as-a-Service. Recruiting-as-a-Service. Embedded Partner. Talent Acquisition. Executive Recruiter. Recruitment Vendor. Talent Partner. Talent Solutions.

    Embedded Partner

    HIRING-AS-A-SERVICE

    Standard Fee: $15,000/month

    We operate as an extension of your team, providing embedded, on-demand hiring partnership for the business. Whether leading a project or supporting, our services help you scale with confidence.

    ✓ Dedicated Business Partner

    ✓ 2-Month Contract Minimum

    ✓ Multiple Roles + Surge Capacity

  • Talent Sourcing. Executive Sourcing. Resourcing. Pipeline Enrichment. Top-of-funnel. Quality. Candidate. Applicant. Profile Quality. Shortlist.

    Sourcing Partner

    PIPELINE ENRICHMENT

    Standard Fee: $5,000/project

    Our talent sourcing offering enriches your top-of-funnel pipeline with market intelligence, high-intent signal, and alignment targeting that augments the gap in qualified candidates.

    ✓ Role Strategy Pack

    ✓ 4-Week Sourcing Sprint

    ✓ Available Credit for Search Upgrade

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Expertise in Hiring Excellence

Bryan Payne. Executive Search. Hiring Partner. Search Partner. Talent Acquisition Partner. More than a headhunter.

We’ve seen firsthand how hiring strategic, operational-savvy leaders can be a catalyst for long-term growth.

With experience placing strategy & ops leaders across 40+ countries, CloverHires stands ready to elevate your hiring outcomes.

Our Operating Principles:

Relationship Building at Our Core

We build lasting relationships with our clients, partners, and candidates—knowing the value of making consistent deposits into our social capital.

Business Partnership as Our Approach

We don’t operate as outsiders. CloverHires works as an extension of your team, bringing curiosity, collaboration, and a player-coach mindset to every project.

Ownership Mentality as Our Ethos

We operate with the notion of a return on impact for every partnership, project, and hire we work on—enabling us to think like owners and care deeply about results.

Exceptional Hiring as Our Result

We enable businesses to attract and hire world class candidates, using streamlined processes and agile thinking to match the right talent for your teams.

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