We work with high-growth founders and organisations to design modern executive office structures, then connect them with strategic operators who deliver venture-speed leverage.
A clear executive office never blurs these three roles into a generic brief. We map scope and operational depth before opening your search.
Every search follows a structured five-step calendar so you assess judgement and working rhythm, not just CVs.
Process wording TBCWe learn how you work, what is slowing you down and what the role must change.
Together we define the role: scope, reporting line, success measures and the right title.
We shortlist from our operator community and wider network, assessed for judgement, not just experience.
We run the process with you and help you compare candidates against the role you designed.
We check in with both sides through onboarding so the hire lands well.
We partner with founders and talent teams across industries — technology, biotech, healthcare, startups are frequent examples, never limits.
Scientific founders and healthcare leaders need operators who understand laboratory rhythms, regulatory rigor, grant timelines and translational research.
Alongside experienced operators from our community, COvia builds a dedicated pipeline of high-aptitude students and graduates from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), the IITs and peer institutions moving into Founder's Office, Chief of Staff and strategic operations roles in biotech and healthcare.
Professor and former Chair, Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science. 28+ years in biomedical research, 90+ publications, and adviser to biotech and healthcare startups and BIRAC selection boards.
Generalist recruiters screen for keywords. Our co-founders have spent over three decades sitting inside the executive offices you are hiring for.
Senior administrative business partner with 15+ years supporting C-suite leaders at Google, Citi, Credit Suisse, Nomura and DuPont. Writes The EA Edge and co-founded Giftwork Solutions.
Anticipation, agility and execution: clarity to chaos, structure to complexity, trust to every interaction.
20+ years across strategy, executive office operations, PMO and business operations at Aviva, IBM, Quintiles, Philips, Publicis Sapient, Flipkart and Pine Labs. Co-founded a biotech startup and founded an ed-tech venture.
Frameworks, pragmatism and people: clear structure, sound governance and teams that perform.
Straight answers on how we scope roles, run searches and partner across time zones.
Most searches start with a role-architecture conversation rather than a fixed job description. We audit where executive hours and follow-through are leaking across your calendar, then define the right title, scope, reporting line and 90-day outcomes before shortlisting candidates.
Commercial terms are structured around the seniority and scope of the role. Specific fee structures and retainer milestones are shared directly during our initial discovery conversation.
Timelines depend on role complexity, notice periods and location, though drawing from our practising operator community shortens cold outreach. Exact search schedules are agreed together once the role architecture is signed off.
COvia operates from Bengaluru and Auckland and partners with founders and organisations across India, Asia-Pacific and global remote-first teams for on-site, hybrid and fractional executive office roles.
Tell us what is sitting on the founder's desk today. Together we will map the right role architecture and next step.