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Security: FORGEROCK (now Ping Identity)

Enterprise Identity & Access Solutions

70+ Hires
Global GTM build & Executive Search
$2.3Bn exit

About our client

ForgeRock - provides a digital identity platform that helps organizations securely manage customer, workforce, and device identities across web, mobile, and cloud environments. The platform enables authentication, single sign-on, identity governance, and fraud prevention, allowing businesses to deliver secure and seamless user experiences at scale.

The Challenge

ForgeRock needed to transition from early traction to enterprise-scale growth.

Key issues:

  • Inconsistent hiring quality from previous vendors
  • Need to scale enterprise sales globally
  • Lack of a trusted, embedded talent partner
  • Shift toward outcome-based, enterprise selling

Our Approach

We evolved from contingency recruiter to fully embedded global talent function.

We:

  • Deployed a dedicated team embedded in the business
  • Defined success profiles for each growth stage
  • Delivered global hiring across 10+ countries
  • Built continuous talent pipelines aligned to revenue goals
  • Trained leadership on structured, high-conversion interviewing
  • Acted as market-facing brand ambassadors

Results

Over 8 years:

  • 60+ strategic hires globally
  • Built GTM teams across Europe, US, APAC
  • Delivered exec leadership hires (SVP, VP level)
    • SVP Sales, EMEA
    • SVP Engineering, Global (California)
    • SVP Professional Services, Global (Texas)
    • VP Product Management (California)
    • VP Sales Central US and Healthcare (Chicago)
    • VP Sales West US (California)
  • Hired 30+ enterprise AEs globally
  • Hired 10 pre-sales Solutions Architects globally
  • Built new 10 person global strategic customer success outcome team

Impact

  • Improved quality of hire and revenue productivity
  • Reduced time-to-hire and cost per hire
  • Shifted GTM to enterprise, MEDDPIC, challenger sales model
  • Established ForgeRock as a destination employer

Outcome: Scaled global GTM organisation from Series C funding through to $2.3Bn acquisition.