What you’re up against
The Challenge in Defense & Aerospace Leadership
Programs are long, cleared talent is scarce, and the mission demands leaders who pair technical depth with security, compliance, and program discipline.
A scarce, cleared pool
The executives who combine clearances, program experience, and commercial acumen are rare, and rarely on the market.
The wrong hire
Engineering pedigree doesn’t prove someone can run a P&L, manage primes and subs, and lead under regulatory scrutiny.
Costly turnover
Leadership churn risks program schedules, customer confidence, and compliance. A second search at roughly 67 percent industry retention is costly.
A Top 10 Global Executive Search Firm
Built for Defense & Aerospace
A short list of firms we’ve helped staff
Trusted by Defense & Aerospace firms across North America.
Why TRANSEARCH
Three reasons clients trust us with their hardest searches
Defense & Aerospace leadership searches fail on chemistry, not credentials. The wrong cultural fit derails a strong résumé every time. Here’s how we take that risk off the table.
Partner-led, start to finish
You hire a partner, not a process. The senior partner who takes your brief is the same person who sources candidates, makes the calls, and walks you through every shortlist, no handoff to a junior associate the moment the contract is signed. One accountable owner, from the first conversation to the signed offer.
Honest counsel, even when it costs us
We’ll tell you when a search isn’t ready to launch, when your best candidate is already inside the building, or when the package on the table won’t move the leader you described. We’d rather protect the relationship than bill a search we don’t believe in.
The Orxestra® difference
A résumé shows you a track record. Orxestra®, our proprietary card-sort methodology, shows you fit: culture, performance, leadership, team, and integration. It’s the reason nine in ten of the executives we place are still leading two years on.
The part nobody screens for
The Fit You Can’t Read Off a Résumé
Our proprietary Orxestra® methodology measures the five things a résumé will never tell you.
Culture Fit
How a leader works, decides, and communicates, measured against how your organization actually operates.
Performance Fit
The outcomes the role must deliver, and the evidence a candidate can deliver them.
Leadership Fit
How a leader builds, motivates, and holds a team, and whether that style suits the moment you’re in.
Team Fit
Chemistry with the people around the role: peers, board, and the teams they’ll inherit.
Integration
A structured first-100-days plan so a strong hire becomes a successful one, not an expensive miss.
Beyond the interview
We Don’t Guess. We Measure.
Orxestra ®
The Orxestra® tools provide a unique perspective on culture, performance, leadership, and team ‘fit’, and help new leaders integrate quickly and successfully.
Hogan Assessments
With Hogan Assessments, you can be sure that you are hiring candidates that are a good fit for your company culture and will excel in their roles.
Accountability
How We Work
We take a small number of searches each year. The partner you meet at kickoff is the partner who calls you with shortlist decisions. No handoff to a junior team once the contract is signed.
We measure our work by who is still in the seat two years later. That’s why we’ll tell you when a search is not ready to launch, when an internal candidate is the right answer, or when the role you described will not attract the leader you described.
No junior bench
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How We Run a Search
One Partner. One Process. One Accountable Team.
- 01Kick Off2 weeks
- 02Long List2 weeks
- 03Short List3 weeks
- 04Interviews & Assessments5 weeks
- 05Offer & Integration2 weeks
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