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How Altius Search Group hires
Truth index
C 61/100
Median time to fill
33 days
Ghost roles
65%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Altius Search Group scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 62 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 65% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 33 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Altius Search Group is an executive recruiting firm based in Portland, Oregon, specializing in equipment finance and financial services, with additional practices in healthcare and hospitality. Since 2005 it has worked nationwide with banks, independent finance companies, captive lenders and other lenders, as well as resorts and hotels, handling searches from defining the role through interviews, offer negotiation and placement. Its current searches cover vendor business development, direct originations and regional sales roles in equipment finance, lease administrators, capital markets associates, account executives, executive chefs, catering sales managers and event managers.
News
Specialist or Generalist? How Equipment Finance Leaders Should Hire for Market Expansion
Equipment Finance leaders expanding into a new market must decide whether deep vertical expertise or broad, adaptable origination experience will produce better results. Here is how to match the hire to the strategy and platform.
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Featured Opportunity: Lease Administrator - Equipment Finance
Altius Search Group is recruiting an experienced Equipment Finance Lease Administrator for on-site opportunities in Irvine, Scottsdale, Las Vegas, and Chicago. Base salary: $80,000-$95,000.
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Financing the AI Buildout: The Talent Capabilities Equipment Finance Teams Need Now
AI investment is driving substantial Equipment Finance demand. Here are the sales, credit, asset-management, and execution capabilities lenders should evaluate before entering technology-heavy markets.
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Featured Opportunity: Direct Origination - Equipment Finance
Advanced robotics and manufacturing equipment representing a remote direct origination equipment finance opportunity.
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Interview Insights: How to Explain Why You're Leaving Your Current Employer
The best answer to "Why are you leaving?" is concise, professional, and forward-looking. Learn how to explain layoffs, short tenure, advancement, compensation, and other career transitions without undermining your candidacy.
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Equipment Finance Spotlight: Commercial Credit Analyst
Commercial Credit Analyst equipment finance job spotlight from Altius Search Group
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What Top Equipment Finance Originators Look for in a New Platform
Experienced equipment finance originators evaluate more than compensation. Credit appetite, products, execution, leadership, and platform support can determine whether they succeed.
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10 Employee Incentive Ideas That Strengthen Engagement and Retention
Recruiting Insights employee engagement and retention ideas
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Interview Insights: Turning Skill Gaps Into Career Growth
Interview Insights from Altius Search Group about continuous learning, adaptability and turning skill gaps into career growth.
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Equipment Finance Job Spotlight: Vice President - Direct Originations
Altius Search Group is recruiting a Vice President - Direct Originations for a growing Equipment Finance company. Remote role focused on direct middle-market and commercial relationships.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Altius Search Group over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
43/100
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$100k
Typical range
$32k – $150k
Open positions
60
40
Jobs
Junior
10%
Middle
22.5%
Senior
45%
Architect
22.5%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 4 | $83k | $80k – $95k |
| Middle | 9 | $95k | $52k – $120k |
| Senior | 18 | $120k | $54k – $150k |
| Architect | 9 | $150k | $83k – $150k |
Highest paying role
VP, Direct Originations | Equipment Finance | MW
$150k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Altius Search Group
By role, level and city, against the market · 60 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
60/100
Growing
Open positions
62
2 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
34 days
faster than 37% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hospitality
26% ▲
Finance
19%
Sales
16% ▲
HR
13% ▼
Management
13% ▲
Operations
10% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: Knoxville
Oct 2026
New location: Sun Valley
Oct 2026
New location: San Francisco
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Sep 2026
New location: Petaluma
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Minneapolis
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
This company is a staffing agency: the cities below are where its clients hire, not its own offices.
Cities
15
Hiring now
15
Countries
1
Busiest office
Portland
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Portland
United States
HQ
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Irvine
United States
8 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 75% remote 10-50 est. staff $119k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Finance, Operations
Atlanta
United States
7 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 43% remote 10-50 est. staff $93k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Hospitality, HR
Los Angeles
United States
5 open roles 10-50 est. staff $86k Avg Salary
hires for Hospitality, Marketing
Costa Mesa
United States
4 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $84k Avg Salary
hires for Hospitality, Sales
Louisville
United States
3 open roles 1-10 est. staff $80k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Marketing
Phoenix
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% remote 1-10 est. staff $105k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Field & Service
Irving
United States
2 open roles 50% remote 1-10 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Starkville
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $103k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Hospitality
Knoxville
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $72k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Hospitality
Houston
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 1-10 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Saint Petersburg
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $85k Avg Salary
hires for Hospitality
Oregon City
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
San Francisco
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $100k Avg Salary
hires for Hospitality
Sun Valley
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $85k Avg Salary
hires for Hospitality
Earlier presence
Memphis, United States
Sarasota, United States
Oak Ridge, United States
Petaluma, United States
