Retained and contingent search for manufacturing, engineering, fintech and life-sciences employers — headquartered here, hiring nationwide.
ETHOSLINK is a nationwide executive search firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. We run mandates across the United States — and because this is home, we know the Carolinas industrial corridor better than a firm flying in for the day. This page covers that local market. For the full picture of what we do and where, start with industries we serve.
There is the industrial base — precision machining, metal fabrication, plastics and packaging, consumer products manufacturing — spread across Mecklenburg, Iredell and Union counties and down into upstate South Carolina. And there is the financial technology economy that grew up around the banking sector without being the banking sector. Most search firms here pick one. Our client list runs through both.
Director of R&D and new product development, senior manufacturing engineering, quality planning and NPI, mechanical engineering, cost analysis, contracts and regulatory reporting.
Plant supervision and production leadership, accounting and finance for privately held manufacturers.
Manufacturing and tooling engineering for precision manufacturers serving regulated markets. Duncan, Greenville and Spartanburg corridor.
Area sales leadership for pharmaceutical, biotech and industrial manufacturers selling into the Southeast.
Manufacturing and engineering leadership hires are geographically constrained in a way that software hiring is not. The candidate has to be on the floor. That means the real pool is a commute radius, not a national database — and knowing which plants in that radius are stable, which just changed hands, and which are quietly bleeding talent is the whole job. We recruit this corridor every week. See the full industry breakdown →
Two of our 16 active searches (12%) sit outside the Carolinas — current mandates run in Colorado, Mississippi and Washington and fully remote. We work with US-based clients and place US-based candidates anywhere in the country. If you found this page because you are hiring in Charlotte, good. If you found it and you are hiring in Denver, that works too. See every industry we serve →
Yes. Manufacturing and industrial is our largest practice and the Charlotte metro is where most of it runs. Current local searches include Director of R&D for new product development, senior manufacturing engineering, quality planning and NPI leadership, mechanical engineering, plant supervision in Mooresville, and manufacturing and tooling engineering in upstate South Carolina.
Both models, one firm. We run retained executive search for pivotal leadership hires and contingent search for roles that do not warrant a retainer. We will tell you which one your role actually needs.
No. ETHOSLINK is a nationwide executive search firm that happens to be headquartered in Charlotte. Current mandates run in Colorado, Mississippi and Washington and fully remote, in addition to the Carolinas. We work with US-based clients and place US-based candidates across the country.
We generally stay out of traditional retail and commercial banking. Our financial services work in this market is fintech and marketplace side — digital lending, insurance marketplaces, consumer finance platforms and digital financial services.
Privately held and multi-entity manufacturers, PE-backed platforms, venture-backed startups and publicly traded companies. Small and mid-market businesses are our center of gravity.
Charlotte-based, operator-led, and on the ground in the market you're hiring in.