Putting People First: Driving Inclusive Growth Through Strategic HR Leadership

The Client

Our client is a fast-scaling, private equity-backed data security company simplifying sensitive data protection for over 13,000 organizations worldwide. Since its founding in 2006, the company has become a trusted partner in securing data, identities, and infrastructure.

Backed by a top 20 private equity firm, the company is in a transformative phase, having made nine acquisitions in just two years. With product offerings rapidly expanding, leadership recognized that integrating teams and aligning talent strategy was mission-critical to sustaining momentum and delivering on their vision.

The Challenge

As the company scaled both organically and inorganically, it became clear that a global HR leader was needed to help architect the next phase of growth. The mandate was to identify a VP, Global Head of HR who could:

• Lead and develop an HR team of nine
• Create a scalable people strategy and integration playbook across M&A
• Champion DEI initiatives
• Design best-in-class talent processes, from recruiting and onboarding to performance management and development
• Align the HR function with business priorities across geographies and functions
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the executive team while driving day-to-day operational excellence

The ideal candidate had to balance long-term strategic vision with near-term, pragmatic execution—someone equally comfortable setting direction and rolling up their sleeves.

Our Approach

We focused our search on senior HR leaders from acquisitive, high-growth tech environments—especially those with prior consulting experience and exposure to human capital strategy, M&A integration, and organizational design.

Key candidate criteria included:

• Deep experience in recruiting, compliance, performance management, and org design
• A successful track record of leading through complex change, particularly post-acquisition integration
• Strong emotional intelligence and communication skills, with the ability to influence across a global matrix
• A passion for building inclusive cultures and driving DEI strategies forward
• A reputation for balancing empathy with operational rigor and holding teams accountable

We prioritized individuals who could drive results, navigate ambiguity, and align talent strategy to business value in a high-stakes PE-backed environment.

The Placement

We placed a dynamic HR leader with a global track record of delivering full-spectrum people solutions to high-growth, acquisitive organizations. Her experience included:

• Leading HR teams through rapid scaling and cultural integration across international markets
• Designing and implementing strategic HR frameworks in the context of organizational transformation
• Supporting business leaders through M&A, compliance, and organizational change
• Driving measurable impact on employee engagement, retention, and performance outcomes
• Deep experience across human capital functions, from talent acquisition to compensation and succession planning

A former consultant with strong HR transformation credentials, she brought both the strategic clarity and operational grounding the company needed to scale successfully.

The Outcome

Since joining, the new VP of HR has become a cornerstone of the company’s growth engine—integrating acquired teams, streamlining global people operations, and building the infrastructure needed to support continued expansion.

She’s helped formalize talent processes, built stronger DEI momentum, and acted as a thought partner to the CEO and senior leadership team. Just as importantly, she’s done it with high EQ, creating alignment and buy-in during a period of rapid change.

With this hire, the company gained a steady, strategic HR leader capable of keeping people at the center—even as the business continues to move at pace.