Our Story
Helping people and companies reach their full potential
Riviera is a global driver of innovation, solely focused on placing technical executive leadership talent in the crucial areas of product management, software engineering, IT, AI/ML/Data, security and design.
Since 2001, our vision has been to deliver the best service and experience to our clients and candidates, with a mission to help people and companies reach their full potential. As the go-to talent partner for leading private equity investors, venture capitalists, public companies, and innovative companies globally, we’ve expanded our practices, grown to over 120 team members, and have placed talent in over 25 countries.
Our values guide our work every day.
What we believe in
Empathy
Learning and understanding our customers’ needs to produce better results
Grit
Going the extra mile and exceeding expectations – it’s part of our company DNA
Pride
Loving what we do and sharing our successes with every single one of our customers
Transparency
Forging open and honest relationships to foster better experiences for everyone
Diversity matters
We deeply value diversity, and it is always an important part of the discussion when we approach recruiting. It has been proven that diversity in the workforce drives value creation–and we ensure each search has this as a foundational priority.
We recognize and understand the realistic baseline of the potential candidate population is critical to informing the search strategy. Mapping all of the search criteria for our clients ensures that we present the best candidate pool possible. This includes skills, culture aspects, and diversity considerations.
Today’s technology talent pool has room for growth
Only
of executives in tech are women
Only
of software engineering degrees are awarded to people who identify as Latino
Only
of software engineering degrees are awarded to people who identify as Black or African American
Driving progress
We place
more women than the current industry make up
More than
of our placements are women or professionals of color
Over
female representation in product management placements
Our locations
Riviera is the best-in-class recruiting firm in the US & EMEA with offices in 5 locations and boots on the ground in major tech hubs globally.
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Bozeman
New York City
Providence
London
Learn more about our work in EMEA.
SutroX: leading search technology
Our proprietary technology, SutroX, combines our deep recruiting expertise with innovative AI and machine learning. It’s the operating system behind every search and placement, netting important intel on why a candidate is a match and effectively limiting false positives while maximizing positives.
Join the Riviera team
We’re always looking for exceptional talent–and that means at Riviera as well as outside our walls. Our people-powered innovation starts with you, come join us!
