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CIO & IT leadership
CIO, Head of IT and IT director appointments across enterprise technology, transformation, cyber, infrastructure and IT operations.
Sydney technology executive search
Hire the technology leader your next stage requires.
Spark is a Sydney technology executive search partner. We help CEOs, managing directors and founders hire CIOs, CTOs and senior technology leaders who fit the mandate and the organisation.
Since 2009
Australian IT recruitment
Sydney
Specialist market focus
Leadership
Executive search focus
Employer search
CIO, CTO, product, engineering, data and AI leadership for technology-enabled organisations.
The mandate comes first
A senior technology appointment is not a keyword match. It is a decision about where the organisation is going, and who can lead it there.
Spark begins with the business context: the change underway, the pressure around the role and the outcomes leadership must create.
That brief shapes the search, the conversations and the assessment, not the other way around.
Technology leadership
One specialist market.
Different leadership mandates.
The role title changes. The requirement does not: a leader who understands the technology, can work with the business and can move an organisation forward.
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CTO & engineering
CTO, VP Engineering and Head of Engineering appointments across technology strategy, software engineering, platforms and architecture.
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Data & AI leadership
Chief Data Officer, Head of Data and AI leadership appointments across data strategy, analytics, machine learning and responsible adoption.
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Product leadership
Chief Product Officer and Head of Product appointments across product strategy, customer value and commercial alignment.
Why Spark
Technology executive search, without the generalist layer.
Spark has worked in Australian IT recruitment since 2009. The focus is specialist technology talent and the leadership environments those people need to navigate.
Discuss your brief01
Role fluency
A working understanding of technology functions, role scope and the environments senior leaders are stepping into.
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Specialist networks
Long-standing relationships across Australian technology leadership, not a search starting from an empty database.
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Context before candidates
The business, culture, strategic goals and technology requirements are clarified before the market is approached.
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Direct accountability
Your brief is led by Luke Singleton, from the first conversation through the appointment process.
The search
A considered process for a consequential hire.
Enough structure to make the decision rigorous. Enough judgement to adapt the search to the organisation and the market.
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Understand the brief
Clarify the business context, mandate, leadership environment and outcomes the appointment must deliver.
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Define the search
Refine the capabilities, behaviours and technology experience that matter in your organisation.
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Engage the market
Use specialist technology networks and focused research to identify relevant leadership talent.
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Assess the fit
Evaluate experience, motivation and alignment before presenting a considered shortlist.
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Support the appointment
Stay involved through interviews, decision-making, offer management and the transition into the role.
Selected mandates
The brief changes.
The standard does not.
Examples from Spark’s published executive-search work across technology-enabled organisations.
“The right appointment should reduce uncertainty, not introduce more of it.”
That means being clear about the mandate, honest about the market and deliberate about who reaches the shortlist. It also means keeping candidate and employer journeys separate from the first click.
Business context Leadership fit Technology fluency Clear process
Employer enquiry
Start with the leadership brief.
Tell Spark about the role, the context and the outcome you need from your next technology leader. Luke will review the brief and respond directly.
Your information is used to respond to this employer enquiry and is not a candidate registration.
Prefer to talk? Call 02 8090 7788.