How to Hire the Roles That Matter
Practical playbooks for the highest-leverage hires a venture-backed company makes. Sourcing, screening, comp, and close mechanics for each role.
How to Hire a Founding Engineer
Equity story, target list, 21-day search timeline, and the closing playbook for product-zero hires.
Read the playbookHow to Hire an AI Engineer
Applied AI vs ML vs research engineer pools, comp benchmarks, and how to screen for real production LLM work.
Read the playbookHow to Hire an AI Research Engineer
Publication-driven sourcing, compute conversation, IP policy, and stealth-lab search mechanics.
Read the playbookHow to Hire a VP of Sales
Stage-matched calibration, motion fit, forecast credibility, and the backchannel reference playbook.
Read the playbookHow to Hire a Principal Scientist
Modality-specific sourcing, equity translation, and bench-vs-program-leadership calibration.
Read the playbookHow to Hire a Medical Science Liaison
Therapeutic area depth, KOL portability, region calibration, and launch-experienced pool sourcing.
Read the playbookHow to Hire a Director of Regulatory Affairs
Filing-path matching (IND / NDA / BLA / 510(k) / PMA), modality fit, and inspection-readiness screening.
Read the playbookHow to Hire a Bioinformatics Scientist
Biology vs engineering blend, data-type matching, compute strategy, and AI-bio pool sourcing.
Read the playbookHow to Hire — SaaS & Technology
Playbooks for the highest-leverage SaaS and technology hires — engineering, product, GTM, CS, marketing, ops, finance, HR, and executive.
How to Hire Software Engineers
A practical playbook for hiring senior and staff software engineers at venture-backed SaaS.
How to Hire Engineering Managers
How to calibrate, source, and close a first-line engineering manager at a scaling SaaS.
How to Hire Product Managers
How to hire product managers that match your stage, motion, and technical surface area.
How to Hire VP Engineering
A board-caliber playbook for VP Engineering search at Series A–D SaaS.
How to Hire CTOs
How founders and boards should approach a CTO search at venture-backed technology companies.
How to Hire Enterprise Sales Executives
How to hire Enterprise AEs, Strategic AEs, and enterprise sales leaders at B2B SaaS.
How to Hire Customer Success Leaders
How to hire CSMs, CS Directors, and VPs of Customer Success at B2B SaaS.
How to Hire Sales Engineers
How to source, calibrate, and close Sales Engineers at B2B SaaS.
How to Hire DevOps Engineers
How to hire DevOps engineers matched to your stack, on-call posture, and platform maturity.
How to Hire Platform Engineers
How to hire platform engineers building internal developer platforms.
How to Hire Solutions Architects
How to hire pre-sales and post-sales Solutions Architects at B2B SaaS.
How to Hire Technical Program Managers
How to hire TPMs matched to program scope, org shape, and engineering leadership.
How to Hire Revenue Leaders
How to hire VP Sales, CRO, and RevOps leaders at venture-backed B2B SaaS.
How to Hire Marketing Leaders
How to hire PMM, Demand Gen, Growth, and VP Marketing leaders at B2B SaaS.
How to Hire Finance Leaders
How to hire Controllers, VPs of Finance, and CFOs at venture-backed SaaS.
How to Hire HR Leaders
How to hire HRBPs, Heads of People, and Chief People Officers at venture-backed SaaS.
How to Hire Startup Executives
How to run a board-caliber executive search at venture-backed SaaS from seed through Series C.
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