Executive Search · India & UAE

Right Leaders.
Real Results.

Marketing, sales, BD, and operations leaders for jewelry and D2C brands. Sourced from competitor companies. Benchmarked on real pay data.

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01 / Market Signal 82% of employers can't find the right senior talent
02 / Cost of Failure 200% cost to company due to a wrong senior hire
03 / Hidden Reality 35% comp gap hidden from CTC slips at legacy brands

// Talent sourced from India's leading consumer & jewelry brands

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§01 · The Problem We Solve

Four ways growth-stage brands lose months and money on hiring.

What we verify before a single job description gets written.

01 /
25–40%

The Budget-Reality Gap

The typical ask above current CTC. We map the market before you lock a budget.

Market Mapping First
Budget
₹18L
Ask
+40%
02 /
200%

Authority Without Mandate

The cost of replacing a senior hire brought in to "transform" but never given real authority to act.

Mandate Defined at Offer
1× Hire
+
1× Replace
=
Salary Cost
03 /
35%

Actual Pay v/s CTC

The difference between actual pay and CTC at legacy brands. We verify bank credit, not slips.

Real Compensation Data
CTC Slip
₹9L
Actual
₹13.3L
Reported Cash / Unreported
04 /
03

The Passive Candidate Problem

Performance Marketer, BDM, Founder's Office, the hardest roles to fill in 2026. None of these people are job-hunting.

Direct Headhunting
Performance Marketer0% Applying
Business Dev Manager0% Applying
Founder's Office0% Applying
§02 / Live Tool

What other companies are
actually paying.

Pick a role and your store count. Get a live compensation range from our 2025-26 market mapping across Category A, B, and C jewelry & D2C brands. Play with the tool below.

  • 15 Roles
  • 3 Store Tiers
  • 2 City Tiers
  • Live Data
Live · BCXO Terminal v.2025-26
Typical Annual CTC
₹13L to ₹22L
Brief Us on a Mandate /
§03 · How We Work

The best hire you can make is not looking for a job.

The best hires aren't applying anywhere. They respond to a confidential, well-researched approach, before any job description exists.

01
Week 1–225%

Market Map Before Mandate

We confirm what the role pays across your category and city before you lock a budget.

Deliverable Category & City Pay Data
02
12–24 mo view50%

Define What the Role Must Deliver

Outcomes, authority, and KPIs for the next 12–24 months, before writing a job description.

Deliverable KPIs & Authority Scope
03
Week 3–875%

Direct Headhunting, Intermediary-Led

We approach people already at scale inside competitor brands, candidates self-select in before your name is disclosed.

Deliverable Confidential Shortlist
04
Offer Stage100%

Mandate Defined at Offer

A realistic uplift is 25–30%, not the 40–50% many brands blindly offer. We give you that number upfront.

Realistic Uplift 25–30% · not 40–50%
§04 · Roles We Fill

We place across the full growth org.

Three function families. Deep specialisation inside each. These are the roles that decide whether a growth-stage brand scales or stalls.

A / Marketing

Marketing

  • Performance Marketer (D2C and value segment)
  • Online / E-commerce Marketing (mid to senior)
  • Brand and Marketing Lead
  • Social Media Manager
  • Organic / Content Marketing
Annual CTC Growth-Stage · Tier 1
₹4L₹25L
Jr. Perf MarketerBrand Lead
B / Sales & Retail

Sales & Retail

  • Sales Associate to Store Manager
  • Area Sales Manager / Area Business Manager
  • Regional Sales Manager
  • Zonal and National Sales Manager
  • National Sales Head
Annual CTC Growth-Stage · Tier 1
₹2L₹60L
Sales AssociateNational Head
C / BD & Franchise

Business & Franchise Development

  • Business Development Manager (expansion)
  • Senior BD / Expansion Head
  • Franchise Development Lead
Annual CTC Growth-Stage · Tier 1
₹12L₹50L
BDMSr. BD / Expansion Head
D / Strategy & Ops

Strategy & Operations

  • Founder's Office / Strategy Generalist
  • Growth and Strategy (ISB / MBA, 2-4 yrs)
  • Operations / Sales Mid-Management
  • Business Head / General Manager
Annual CTC Growth-Stage · Tier 1
₹11L₹60L
Ops Mid-MgmtBusiness Head / GM
§05 · Why a Specialist

A generalist recruiter sends you resumes. We send you a read on the market.

Four things a category specialist knows about your market before any conversation about a candidate begins.

→ 01

We Know the Migration Patterns

Talent is moving from BlueStone and CaratLane into growth-stage brands. We know who's movable and what pulls them.

→ 02

We Know the Relocation Barrier

Surat and Thane-based brands face a conversion challenge, not a sourcing one. We structure Core-Flex relocation that actually closes.

→ 03

We Know the Expectation Gap

Candidates ask 20–40% above current CTC. We flag the inflated asks before they cost you a boardroom meeting.

→ 04

We Know the Market Context

India's gems & jewelry market is scaling from $101B to $169B by 2030. This hiring need is structural, not cyclical.

§06 · What Clients Say

Field notes from our clients.

★★★★★ 350+ Client Ratings
"

We needed a performance marketer who had actually operated under real ROAS pressure in our price range. Boardroom CXO came back with candidates from the exact brands we benchmark against. The shortlist was sharper than anything we had seen from a generalist firm.

Founder
D2C Jewelry Brand
4.9 / 5.0
"

We had budgeted at a number that no serious BDM would have moved for. Boardroom CXO told us that before we ran the search, and told us what the market actually looked like. We adjusted, ran the search, and closed the hire in under 60 days.

Founder & CEO
Consumer Brand
4.9 / 5.0
"

We were at the 30-store stage and needed a senior BD head who had done this before. Every candidate Boardroom CXO presented had direct franchise and expansion experience from comparable brands. No learning curve, no compromise.

CEO
Growth-Stage Jewelry Brand
5.0 / 5.0
§07 · Insights

From inside the market.

View All Articles
Headhunting passive candidates in jewelry
Headhunting June 2026

Why the Best Performance Marketers in Jewelry Are Not on Naukri

The pool of marketers who have operated under real ROAS pressure in the Rs. 5,000–60,000 price range is thin, and none of them are job-hunting.

Read Article →
Compensation gap at legacy jewelry brands
Compensation Data June 2026

The Hidden Comp Gap: Why Jewelry Brands Keep Losing Candidates at the Offer Stage

A candidate at a legacy brand citing Rs. 12-15 LPA is often earning Rs. 16-20 LPA in total. If you benchmark against the CTC slip, you will lose the hire.

Read Article →
BDM hiring for jewelry franchise expansion
Franchise Expansion June 2026

Why Good BDMs Are Never Available, And How Growth-Stage Brands Can Still Hire Them

Good BDMs, the ones who can identify locations, negotiate leases, and execute store launches, are held tightly by their employers.

Read Article →
§08 · Next Move

Tell us the role.
We'll tell you the market.

Brief us on a mandate and we will come back with a market map: what the role pays across your category, who is movable, and what offer structure actually closes, before you commit a budget.