Find the people responsible for a function—not just one exact title
The same responsibility can sit with a CMO at one company, a VP of Growth at another, and a founder at an earlier-stage business. Searching one title creates a tidy list and quietly misses the people who actually own the work.
Describe the function, realistic title variants, and the companies that qualify. Coherence researches current public sources and returns people-and-company matches with evidence you can verify.
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How do you find the right decision maker at a company?
Search for responsibility rather than assuming one universal title. Include reasonable title variants, company criteria, and evidence showing the person currently holds the role. For early-stage companies, explicitly allow a founder when the function has not yet become a dedicated executive position.
A public title does not prove authority for a particular purchase. It is a starting point for understanding organizational ownership and deciding what additional qualification is appropriate.
Describe the function and the company together
The same title can mean different work at different companies, so person criteria and company criteria belong in one brief.
Define the responsibility
Name the function, problem, team, or initiative the person should own instead of relying on one title keyword.
List realistic titles
Include executive, vice-president, head-of, director, and founder variants appropriate to the company stage.
Require current role evidence
Ask for the public source, current title, company, and date checked so stale biographies are visible.
Confirm the person and the responsibility separately
A current title establishes employment context. It does not always establish ownership of the initiative you care about.
- Confirm the person currently holds the role using a reliable public source.
- Check the company still satisfies the requested stage, category, and geography.
- Review public role descriptions, interviews, or announcements for evidence of functional ownership.
- Do not infer private contact data, protected traits, or willingness to be contacted.
Important boundary: The tool organizes public professional information. It does not provide private personal data, verify purchasing authority, infer protected characteristics, or autonomously contact anyone.
Frequently asked questions
Can I search for several possible titles?
Yes. Provide the responsibility and realistic title variants in one brief. Verify the actual remit because the same title can describe different work across companies.
Does a title prove someone can approve a purchase?
No. A title and public role evidence help identify likely functional ownership. Budget, authority, need, and timing require separate qualification.
Does the tool find private emails or phone numbers?
The workflow is designed around public professional evidence and source-linked research. It should not be used to infer or expose private personal contact information.
Can I save matched people and companies?
Eligible people and company results can carry into a free Coherence workspace with the research context for review and organization.
Try the research question you actually care about
Edit the example above or start with a blank brief. The free Lead Finder returns source-linked public-web research before asking you to create an account.
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