About Axial Search
Axial Search is a specialist AI talent firm. We find the permanent executives, fractional AI leaders and technical specialists who carry organizations through AI transformation.
AI’s potential is undeniable. Yet many organizations are struggling to capture the value. The truth is that most transformations do not fail on technology; they fail when companies get the people part wrong.
Getting it right takes leaders who can cut through the hype, set direction and deliver solutions. Finding and assessing those people is a discipline of its own.
We help organizations build a talent strategy around their transformation agenda, then find the people who make it happen.
Experience you can build on
Our team of executive search and fractional AI executives brings experience from organizations including:
The right engagement for every stage of your AI build
Hire a permanent leader, embed a fractional executive, or build out the specialist team behind them — whichever your agenda calls for.
AI Executive Search
Retained search for the permanent leader who owns your AI agenda and makes adoption stick.
Explore AI Executive Search →Fractional AI Leadership
A part-time Chief AI Officer to set direction and prove the value before you commit to a permanent hire.
Explore Fractional AI Leadership →AI & ML Recruitment
Engineers, scientists and architects, assessed for technical depth and hired into your team.
Explore AI & ML Recruitment →How we think about AI leadership
Built from conversations with hundreds of AI transformation leaders and analysis of 250,000+ AI roles. Our Three-Lens Leader framework translates your specific transformation agenda into a tailored profile of the leader who can deliver it.
Explore the framework →Chief AI Officer
How we operate
Curiosity
Ask good questions, learn from every situation.
Data
Every decision grounded in evidence.
Simplicity
Banish complexity, be easy to work with.
AI-first
Automate without losing the human touch.
Turn AI ambition into lasting business value
Whether you're hiring your first AI leader or scaling enterprise transformation capability, we help you define, assess and recruit the people who make it stick.