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Digital and Technology Recruiting

Finding top technology talent ready to solve complex problems

Digital and technology headhunters who deliver innovative, experienced, value-creating talent

In today’s rapidly changing market, the path to technology leadership hinges on successful digital transformation. When these efforts stall, it’s rarely because of technology, and almost always because of people.

Market conditions often create intense demand for top talent in an already stretched talent pool. Top performers have more choices and bargaining power than ever before—and companies are feeling the shortage. 

That’s why identifying, recruiting and retaining top digital and technology talent is a major challenge facing organizations of all sizes. In this fast-paced and ever-evolving industry, businesses turn to the digital and technology recruiters at Korn Ferry. We expertly fill executive-level roles for digital and technology officers, including CIO, CTO and CISO roles. Our digital and technology recruiters also help businesses secure talent with skills that include cloud computing, data science, IT healthcare, enterprise resource planning (ERP), IT project management and software engineering—and more. 

We recognize that time is of the essence to succeed in the competitive digital and technology talent market. Whether you need top talent for an internal IT department or are a technology provider looking for the industry’s best candidates, our digital and technology recruiters understand how quickly the competitive parameters can shift. We can navigate these shifts to effectively and efficiently drive business results.

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Companies are struggling to keep pace with changes in technology, and tech strategies are pivoting from month to month. As a result, today’s IT leaders face major technical, operational, and managerial challenges—and that means it can be hard to find and retain top IT talent. The most successful companies are those that understand the challenges of IT recruitment and are prepared to adopt innovative staffing models that benefit all stakeholders. Korn Ferry technology recruiters are at the forefront of this transformation, providing direct hire and interim IT recruitment solutions for IT executives and professionals, both for single hires and at scale.  

Our global reach and access to candidate databases, assessments and Success Profiles—job analyses that highlight the skills, competencies and behaviors required to excel in a role—mean our IT recruiters can dig deeper to find talent ready to help you reach your goals.

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We offer a more personalized approach to IT candidate recruitment through our use of AI recruitment tools that allow self-scheduling, offering feedback and keeping candidates informed throughout the hiring process.

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We have the largest DE&I consultancy in the world. Our IT recruiters can give you instant access to top diverse candidates in every industry around the globe and help you avoid bias in your hiring processes.

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The IT organization is shifting from traditional infrastructure and applications to center on the digital transformation journey, and organizations need a new talent strategy to keep up. We help you recruit and retain top technology talent across the following digital domains.

  • Technology & Digital Officers

    The focus of the top tech leader is evolving from implementation to transformation. Samples roles we support include:

    • Chief Information Officer
    • Chief Technology Officer
    • Chief Digital Information Officer
    • Chief Digital Technology Officer
    • Chief Digital Officer
    • Chief Innovation Officer
    • Cloud & Infrastructure
    • Strategy & Architecture
    • Technology Delivery

  • Data

    Data is the currency of the digital journey. The future success of an enterprise will depend in part on its ability to leverage data holistically to deliver business outcomes. Samples roles we support include:

    • Chief Data & Analytics Officer
    • Data Science
    • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
    • Data Architecture
    • Data Governance

  • Product

    The productization of technology is fueling competition and disrupting traditional business models. Samples roles we support include:

    • Chief Product Officer
    • Digital Product
    • Product Innovation
    • Product Design
    • Product Development
    • Product Management

  • Security

    The increase in customer data and ways to access that data is forcing companies to rethink what they need to deliver to guarantee real security. Samples roles we support include:

    • Chief Information Security Officer
    • Business Continuity
    • Cyber Security
    • Data Center Disaster Recovery
    • Data Protection
    • IT Risk and Compliance

  • Engineering

    The need for speed in bringing new technology solutions to market has led organizations to invest in developing and leveraging in-house engineering teams. Sample roles we support include:

    • Product Engineering
    • Platform Engineering
    • Operations Engineering
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