Focus Sectors

Clarevant works with organizations in financial services, fintech, healthcare, insurance, and regulated industries. Most have reached a common inflection point: the data function has grown, the infrastructure is in place, and the organization now needs a leader who can govern it rather than improvise around it.

Our clients range from mid-market fintechs and regional financial institutions to biotech firms, large health systems, and global insurers.

Governance and Compliance

Regulatory pressure is often part of the picture. Basel IV, DORA, HIPAA, and model risk management requirements are reshaping what data governance means in practice, and what kind of leader can own it credibly.

So is internal demand. Analytics investments that haven’t yet delivered. AI programs that moved faster than the controls around them.

Talent Signals

Our candidates typically have significant experience in data management, analytics, or compliance, with a track record of building or transforming a function rather than inheriting a stable one. Many carry credentials that reflect the depth of the field: CDMP from DAMA, CDPSE from ISACA, or domain-specific certifications in privacy and AI governance.

They come from a range of career paths, including analytics leadership, data engineering, compliance, and management consulting, but they share a common capability. They can operate at the level of policy and the level of practice simultaneously.

  • Head of Data Governance
  • Head of Data Quality
  • Head of AI Governance
  • Director of Data Governance
  • Director of Analytics
  • Director of Data Strategy
  • VP of Data Governance
  • Chief Data Officer
  • Chief Compliance Officer

How it works

Every search is different. We treat every search as a bespoke consulting engagement with an in-depth needs assessment for the specific client situation.

  1. Recruitment
  2. Candidate presentation
  3. Interview scheduling
  4. Candidate offer

Our search process is designed to support you with key insights and communications at every phase of the search process.

Recruitment

We conduct direct outreach to candidates, which eliminates the stress and distraction of online application platforms. You are opting out of online job platforms, which force you to pay for premium placements and sift through mountains of applications.

Candidate presentation

Our team can engage even with passive candidates to ensure that initial conversations put your firm in the best possible light. We surface critical issues related to domain expertise, communication skills, intangibles, and alignment with company culture.

Interview scheduling

During the scheduling process for interviews, we can conduct preparatory calls with candidates and clients and debrief after each round. Our goals is to ensure that the time and manner of these sensitive conversations is aligned with both parties’ needs.

Managing offers

Our approach is to extend offers on behalf of our clients, which ensures that good-faith efforts in the hiring process are fruitful. Your time is too valuable to risk on candidates who are ambivalent about the search.