Your next role should move your career, not just your title.
INC'D represents senior candidates, operational executives and functional leaders across PE-backed essential services. Join the network privately, tell us what you have built and define what would make your next career move worth taking.
We work with companies and leaders across the United States and Canada.
The right role is more than a job description.
A larger title can still be the wrong move.
- Platform stage
- Sponsor behavior
- Role clarity
- Capital structure
- Integration philosophy
- Reporting line
- Equity mechanics
All of these affect whether a role builds or stalls a career. We help you understand the role behind the title, and we tell you when the fit is not there.
Why candidates work with INC'D.
Private, not invisible
Joining the network is not a public declaration that you are looking. Your details are held by INC'D and never sent to a client without a relevant conversation and your permission.
Discreet. Known. In the flow.
Relevant contact
We work only in PE-backed essential services. That means fewer generic approaches and more conversations grounded in the operating world you already know.
Preparation with context
When you enter a process, we prepare you for the actual platform, sponsor, interviewers and business problem, not a generic list of interview tips.
Market intelligence
We share what we know about compensation, equity, severance, platform stage and the way similar roles are being structured.
Representation through the close
We help both sides surface the points that decide an offer: package, scope, reporting line, change-of-control, timing and expectations.
A relationship beyond one process
Whether or not a particular role closes, your profile stays active only for as long as you want it to. Update it when your scope changes or pause it at any time.
Come as you are. Tell us what you've done.
We're more interested in your work than whether you look the part.
How it works.
Build your private profile
Tell us your current remit, operating scale, verticals, functions, PE experience, geography and what you would consider next. A résumé helps; structured information makes the profile more useful.
We review it
Every completed senior profile is reviewed by the INC'D team. We may contact you to understand your track record and preferences in more detail.
Relevant opportunities reach you
You may hear about an advertised executive vacancy, a confidential search or a senior role still being shaped. We will explain why your experience may fit before asking whether you want to enter the hiring process.
You remain in control
Your identity is not put forward without your agreement. You decide whether and when a conversation becomes an introduction.
Executive roles we recruit for.
Our word.
We do not ghost.
During a process, you receive a clear update, even when the answer is no. Outside a process, we will not manufacture noise to look busy.
Join before the right role opens.
The strongest job searches usually begin before either side is under pressure.