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Interim CEOs

A Interim CEO typically costs $20,475/mo – $27,725/mo in total monthly compensation for a senior hire working remotely, with an upward skew for US-based and executive roles. On top of base, budget 10–25% for equity or bonus and roughly 15–20% fully-loaded overhead. Exzev charges a flat placement fee, not a percentage — pricing is transparent and shared upfront.

First shortlist lands in 48 hours. Most Interim CEO searches close between two and six weeks end-to-end, versus a market average of roughly 90 days for this role and location. The main drivers are interview throughput on your side and how tightly scoped the brief is — we guide both before sourcing starts.

Senior interim Interim CEOs have run the same scope at 3–5 companies and can diagnose in week one. Mid-level interims need onboarding and rarely pay for themselves on a 6-month engagement. For interim roles, the seniority premium is almost always worth it — you are buying pattern recognition, not hours.

If you are reading this page, fractional is likely the right answer: you get senior pattern recognition without the $350k+ all-in cost of a full-time exec. Typical engagements run 3–12 months at 2–3 days per week, and usually pay for themselves through avoided hiring mistakes in the first 90 days.

Yes. Our active talent pool for this role spans roughly 70 pre-vetted candidates across 30+ countries, most of them comfortable with async-first or overlap-based remote setups. We match candidates to your working hours, location preferences (EU, US, UAE) and compliance constraints (EoR, contractor, local entity) before they reach your shortlist.

Interim Interim CEOs are screened against their last three engagements: scope, outcome and references from the CEO who hired them. We also run a 30-minute live case on a problem we know from your brief. Only operators who have run the same scope at 3+ companies move forward.