Leadership Hiring for Growth-Stage Brands
Shape Search is an operator-minded recruiting firm focused on companies navigating scale
What We Do
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As companies grow, leadership responsibilities evolve. We support mid-to-senior searches that bring clarity, ownership, and operational maturity to teams entering their next phase of scale.
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Growth exposes capability gaps across key functions. We conduct targeted searches across Product, Marketing, Sales, Finance, HR and Operations — ensuring leadership depth keeps pace with brand ambition.
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For companies expanding across North America, Asia, Europe, or the Middle East, leadership demands broader perspective. We support searches that require cross-market alignment, cultural awareness, and operational consistency across regions.
Meet the Founder
Owen Deng is the Founder and Principal Recruiter of Shape Search. Before entering recruitment, he held executive roles in growth-stage companies, where he built teams, led cross-functional initiatives, and made hiring decisions that directly affected execution speed and business outcomes. That operator experience shapes his approach to search. Owen understands how founders evaluate risk, how growth-stage priorities shift under pressure, and how a single leadership hire can either unlock momentum or stall progress.
