VPs and Directors do not apply to jobs. They get introduced to headhunters.
Knock. for executives is a private service that maps the top executive headhunters in your sector, drafts you in their voice, and reaches out on your behalf. We do the search-firm research, the executive-summary tailoring, and the warm-intro brokering. You take the call.
$0 while you search. If you have not signed an offer within 90 days, you owe nothing. Otherwise: 10% of first-year base, capped at $30,000.
Book a 20-min intro call →Founder reads exec briefs personally. No deck, no pitch, no sales-rep handoff. Or if you would rather send a brief in writing first: 6-question intake form (3 minutes).
- Tech / SaaS / PLG: True Search, Daversa Partners, Heidrick & Struggles tech, Riviera Partners, ON Partners, Bespoke Partners
- FMCG / Consumer: Egon Zehnder consumer, Spencer Stuart consumer, Heidrick consumer, Russell Reynolds CPG
- Pharma / Life Sciences: Egon Zehnder LSx, Heidrick life sciences, Spencer Stuart healthcare, Korn Ferry pharma
- Financial Services / Fintech: Heidrick FS, Spencer Stuart FS, True fintech, Daversa fintech
Three things happen.
Not a list of URLs. A description of what you are looking for: the role, the geography, the hard nos. We take it from there.
One page, per client. Six roles, six tailored CVs, six named decision-makers, six ready-to-send messages.
We file the application; you make the human introduction. Recruiters trust real candidates, not automated outreach, so the LinkedIn message stays in your voice and stays in your hands. We draft it; you send it. Five minutes per role.
Every Monday. Until you land.
One private briefing page. One URL. Lives at knock.works/b/your-name. Refreshes weekly. Below is what lands on it, and when.
Three actions a week.
The work on your side is small but specific. We remove the part that takes time; you do the part that requires you.
Not all six. The first two get your attention. Send the connection requests to the named recruiters using the messages we drafted - copy buttons on each one. Five minutes total.
When a recruiter accepts your connection, send the second message within 24 hours. It is already calibrated to your voice. Small edits fine; full rewrites are not.
When a recruiter responds, forward the thread to us. We draft your follow-up inside four hours. The second message is where most candidates lose the thread; we make sure you do not.
That is the whole job on your side. Two messages to send, one to forward. Maybe 30 minutes a week, spread across days. We do everything else.
You pay only when you land.
Executive search firms charge the hiring company 30-33% of your first-year compensation. They work for the employer. We charge 10% of base salary, you, so we work for your interests. Cap is set higher than our Director tier because exec offers run $300-500K base, and the work involves more research per role.
Headhunter mapping for your sector and geography, executive-summary tailoring per intro, ghostwritten outreach in your voice, calendar coordination, recruiter call prep. All included, all free until you sign an offer.
Charged once, only when you sign an offer sourced through Knock. Capped at $30,000 regardless of total package, so a $500K base offer still costs you $30K, not $50K. Invoiced 30 days after your start date.
If you have not signed an offer within 90 days of your first briefing, the engagement closes and you owe nothing. This clause exists so you can say yes today, even when your current role makes the search feel uncertain.
What "sourced through Knock" means. A role we put on your briefing page, or a recruiter we introduced you to, that turns into your offer. Roles you found on your own do not count.
Cancel anytime. Single-line reply to your engagement email. Your briefing page stays live for 30 days after, then closes.
Pause for interviews. 30 days at no charge. No notice.
Who this is for, and who it is not.
For
- VPs, SVPs, Senior Directors, and C-1 operators with P&L ownership, multi-function teams, and a public profile worth protecting.
- Operators who do not have time to chase headhunters, and who know their next role will not come from a job board.
- Quiet searches. We never ping your network, never list you on a database, never post on your behalf.
Not for
- Anyone who wants high-volume job-board applications. That is a different segment of our service.
- Anyone unwilling to take a 20-minute headhunter call. The whole product depends on you being responsive once we open the door.
- Anyone wanting a public course or playbook. We do not publish ours.
Operator-led, AI-leveraged. Trialed with two senior operators.
Knock. is a Switzerland-based service for executives in transition. We pair a proprietary AI pipeline - search-firm mapping, executive-summary tailoring, outreach drafting in your voice - with a small operating team that owns the judgment work: which firms cover your sector seriously, what your one-page exec summary should foreground, when to push a recruiter and when to wait. What stays human is the judgment: which firms cover your sector seriously, what your one-page exec summary should foreground, when to push a recruiter and when to wait. The cap is six executive clients at a time. That is what keeps the judgment specific.
Currently trialing with two senior operators at VP and Senior Director tier. References available on request after a first call.
The fine print, in plain English.
We cap at six concurrent clients. Two engagement slots open this quarter. When all six are working, new intake pauses until a placement opens a slot. If you write in while we are full, we tell you the same day and hold your spot.
The AI pipeline scrapes, scores, and drafts. It never ships. Every shortlist, every CV tailoring choice, every recruiter message gets a human pass before it leaves the building. The 6-client cap exists so that pass is real, not perfunctory.
Every application has a one-hour HOLD window after we render the PDFs. Every outbound LinkedIn message stays in your voice and your hands. We never name you to a search firm or a hiring manager without your explicit written approval. A standard mutual NDA covers both directions, signed before any client artifact moves.
All client data sits in a Google Workspace tenant hosted in the EU region (Frankfurt). Only the operating team has access; no contractors, no analytics platforms, no model-training pipelines. Deleted on written request or after 90 days of engagement inactivity. GDPR (EU) and nLPD (Switzerland) compliant.
Send a paragraph about what you are working on. We will reply within one business day if it fits.