EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Hire the leader who can build and run your Brazil operation.
SIBRA conducts confidential Brazil leadership searches for country managers and senior functional leaders. The search combines market mapping, compensation calibration, structured assessment, stakeholder coordination and local candidate engagement.
- Best fit
- The hire will define or run your Brazil operation
- What changes the answer
- Seniority and scarcity of the mandate
- Recommended next step
- Start a Confidential Search
Use this when
- The hire will define or run your Brazil operation
- Discretion matters to you or to the candidates
- You need a market map, not a list of applicants
- Compensation and equity structure need local calibration
Do not use this when
- The role is a specialist individual contributor — use recruitment
- You need many hires quickly — use RPO
- You are not yet sure Brazil is the right market — start with evaluation
How it runs
Implementation, with owners and inputs
| Stage | Owner | What we need from you |
|---|---|---|
| Mandate definition | SIBRA search partner | Strategy, mandate, success measures |
| Market mapping and calibration | SIBRA research team | Target companies and compensation band |
| Confidential approach and assessment | SIBRA search partner | Assessment criteria and panel |
| Shortlist, references and offer | SIBRA search partner | Decision timeline, offer structure |
| Onboarding and first-90-days support | SIBRA account operations | Operating plan and reporting lines |
What drives the price
We publish the factors rather than hiding them. Your quoted numbers come from approved data and are verified before you plan around them.
- Seniority and scarcity of the mandate
- Retained structure and stage payments
- Compensation band and variable structure
- Confidentiality and research depth required
- Assessment and referencing scope
Compare with the adjacent models
- Recruitment
The role is senior but not confidential leadership
- Soft landing
You need country representation before a permanent leader
- Find + Employ
The leader must also be employed without your entity
Brazil specifics
What is different about doing this in Brazil
- Leadership compensation in Brazil includes structured variable pay and benefits expectations that differ from US norms.
- Country-manager candidates are assessed on building an operation, not only on managing an existing one.
- Searches are conducted in Portuguese with English-language reporting to your panel.
- The employment route for the leader is confirmed alongside the search.
Typical roles and functions
- Country manager
- Managing director
- Finance director
- Engineering leadership
- Commercial leadership
Proof and attribution
SIBRA publishes only approved client results. Where a comparable program was delivered by another Gracemark Global Group company, it is attributed to the group and explained in terms of the Brazil operating model. How we document results.
Next step
Start a Confidential Search
Send the roles, scope or objective. A Brazil specialist comes back with the model, the cost structure and the launch sequence — not a brochure.
Executive Search: questions buyers ask
How long does an executive search take?
Leadership searches typically run over several months, dominated by mapping, discreet approach and senior notice periods. A dated plan is agreed at mandate stage.
Is the search retained?
Confidential leadership searches use a retained structure with staged payments tied to search milestones.
Can you employ the leader for us?
Yes, through an employment route if you have no entity, and we plan the transfer to your entity when it exists.
Do you provide compensation benchmarking?
Yes, calibrated to the specific mandate, sector and city rather than a generic national average.
How do you protect confidentiality?
Approach protocols, controlled disclosure and named-account protection are agreed before the market is touched.
What if the market says the mandate is unrealistic?
We report that early, with evidence, and propose changes to scope, compensation or structure.