Pacific Search Firm

Pacific Search Firm is a specialized executive recruitment firm based in San Francisco, providing recruitment services exclusively to renewable energy, grid infrastructure, and advanced industry companies. Founded in 2015 by Sabrina Dove, the firm has over 15 years of clean energy recruitment experience and serves as a trusted partner to startups throughout their journey from pre-revenue to successful exit.

Pacific Search Firm specializes in executive and senior recruitment for companies in the renewable energy, grid infrastructure, and advanced industry sectors. The firm is retained exclusively by clients to recruit executive, senior leadership, and senior technical talent through a human-centered approach combined with rigorous due diligence, enabling rapid scaling for growing companies.

The firm's founder and principal, Sabrina Dove, works closely with early-stage founders, growth-stage leadership teams, and venture capital partners to drive critical appointments across commercial, technical, and operational functions. With a proven methodology and premium level of due diligence, Pacific Search Firm conducts in-depth investigations and vetting processes that impress candidates and save clients' time while allowing candidates' strengths to shine.

Pacific Search Firm operates on core values of collaborative partnership, curiosity, face-to-face engagement, and thoroughness. They prefer to visit client companies in person to understand company culture, technology, challenges, and what makes positions compelling for top performers. The firm stays actively engaged with the clean energy community through hosting roundtable discussions, speaking at industry events, and maintaining close relationships with top-tier talent.

The firm has a successful long-term track record of helping startups grow and scale, with most clients beginning their partnership when they were under ten employees. Pacific Search Firm recruits the first key leaders in niche technical areas, enabling clients to secure their next round of funding and reach their growth goals. Their approach is grounded in professionalism, discretion, and deep respect for the relationships that drive long-term success.