Advisory · Search · Academy

Rare ability.
Put to work.

Strategic product advisory and senior talent search for growth-stage companies navigating inflection points.

Operating Thesis

Accountable leadership beats candidate volume. We partner directly with founders and product executives to solve operating friction and place transformative product leaders.

Three connected practices

One partner across strategic counsel, executive recruitment, and team capability building.

01 / ADVISORY

Strategic Advisory

Operating model design, product leadership transitions, and strategic guidance for founders and product executives facing inflection points.

  • Fractional CPO and interim product leadership
  • Product operating model and team topology
  • Strategy calibration and roadmapping cadence
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03 / CAPABILITY

Academy

Executive capability development and senior peer cohort learning through Product Leader Academy. An applied development engine that continuously qualifies top product operators.

  • Executive coaching for scaling product leaders
  • Team capability audits and strategic sprints
  • Active network of tested product operators
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Practitioner judgment over recruiting volume

Why founders work directly with Rarelevel instead of traditional staffing agencies.

Traditional Search Firms

  • Keyword-matching automated scrapers and candidate blasts
  • Junior recruiters screening executive-level product decisions
  • Transactional incentives disconnected from long-term team retention
  • Zero operating context on modern product delivery models
Leadership

Oscar Ibars

Founder & Principal
10+ Years Product Leadership
250+ Executive Network

Oscar partners with digital companies to build durable product organizations. Having held executive product seats and mentored hundreds of product leaders, he combines direct practitioner judgment with an active network of senior talent.

Through Rarelevel and its Academy practice, he bridges the gap between high-level company strategy and the executive talent required to execute it.

Every search and advisory engagement is personally scoped and delivered with founder-level attention.

Inquiries

Direct engagement.
No intermediaries.

Whether you need strategic counsel on product architecture or a scoped search for your next product executive, conversations start directly with our founder.

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