Senior roles we headhunt

Headhuntly headhunts senior marketing, digital, technology and C-suite leaders in Australia. These are the roles we’ve always placed. Today each of them comes with an AI layer, so we look for people who already use it well. We also hunt the new AI titles, such as Chief AI Officer and AI Compliance Officer.

Each guide covers what the role is now, what good looks like, when a headhunt beats a job ad, and how the search runs. How the fee works is on how it works. Pay context from our own placements is in the salary guide.

Which roles does Headhuntly hunt?

• CMO. The senior marketing leader, now expected to run AI tools and data within the team.
• Head of Digital. Owns the website, apps, data and digital channels, and now the AI tools that run across all of them.
• CTO. Owns the technology strategy, the engineering team and, now, the call on which AI to build, buy or avoid.
• COO. Runs the business day to day, and now owns where AI and automation change how the work gets done.
• Head of Growth. Owns customer and revenue growth through fast testing across marketing, product and sales, now at AI speed.
• Chief AI Officer. The executive who owns how the business uses AI, from strategy and spend to risk and results.
• AI Compliance Officer. Makes sure the business uses AI within the law, its own policies and its appetite for risk.
• Fractional CMO. A senior marketing leader on a part-time or contract basis, often brought in to set how AI fits into a lean marketing team.
• Fractional CTO. A senior technology leader on a part-time or contract basis, often brought in to make the first serious AI and architecture calls.
• eCommerce Director. Owns a trading P&L across platform, promotion and inventory, with AI now running through search, pricing and service.

Not on the list? If it’s a senior role that needs a headhunt, it’s likely something we can help with. We’ll tell you if you’re better off advertising.