MitchelLake Group — Talent for Innovation
Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions

MitchelLake · Into North America

US Market Entry Executive Search

Entering the United States is a commercial problem before it is a hiring one. The first US leaders decide whether a company that works at home can win in the largest, most competitive market on earth. MitchelLake builds that leadership, the revenue engine, the product presence and the operators who make a US business real, not a satellite office.

Which roles do companies hire first when entering this market?

Across 20 delivered North America mandates, the leadership brief concentrates in revenue & sales, general management and product. Of those, 9 were the company's first appointment in that market.

  • 7 Revenue & sales
  • 7 General management
  • 1 Product
  • 1 People
  • 1 Finance
  • 1 Technology
  • 1 Data & AI
  • 1 Marketing

At what stage of expansion do these mandates land?

  • 9 at first entry into the market
  • 8 at building the team out
  • 2 at global scale
  • 1 at scaling across the region

The leadership we have placed