Cognism

Cognism is Europe's leading B2B sales intelligence platform, trusted by thousands of revenue teams to find, engage, and close the right buyers faster. Built on a foundation of accurate, compliant contact data enriched with contextual buying signals, Cognism powers prospecting for some of the world's most ambitious sales organisations. Having established market leadership in EMEA, the company is now in the middle of a significant strategic evolution. That shift demands exceptional product and engineering leadership at the most senior levels.

Successful Projects

VP of Product Engineering (Warsaw, Poland)

With an ambitious growth agenda and a distributed engineering organisation spanning multiple European markets, Cognism needed a senior engineering leader capable of raising the bar on delivery, architecture, and team culture simultaneously. The search was conducted in close partnership with Cognism's senior leadership team across a rigorous four-round process. We identified and placed a leader with the technical depth, people leadership, and cross-functional experience the role demanded. Our partnership with Cognism continues, with active searches underway across product engineering leadership, and individual contributor roles.

Client Testimonials

Lindsey Grossman – Fractional CPTO at Cognism (x Stripe, Netflix, Wise, Intuit, Block)

"I've had the good fortune of working with Richard twice — first at Wise and then more recently when I was the fractional Chief Product and Technology Officer / Chief Strategy Officer at Cognism. Richard is one of the very best recruiting partners I've worked with. He takes the time to understand the business, asks thoughtful questions to help us hone in on must-haves vs nice-to-haves for a given role, and he builds long-term relationships based on trust and high-quality results — both with candidates and the companies that hire him. He also understands the nuances of product and engineering leadership roles as our industry faces rapid change in the context of AI. I no doubt look forward to working with him again in the future."