Talent Scout​/Growth Associate

Working directly with top founders & investors

We work alongside some of the most ambitious early-stage startups in New York — often at the exact moment when talent decisions determine whether a company becomes great or disappears.

Our background spans founding and early talent leadership roles at companies like Kalshi, Traba, Actively, Opendoor, Sola, Numeric, Arena AI, Avoca, Clay, and Meta. We’re also a trusted talent partner to Conviction
, supporting founders across their portfolio from day zero.

This role is not a traditional recruiting role. It’s closer to talent scouting, company building, and early-stage growth — working with founders as they assemble the first teams that matter.

• Early founders spend ~
  40–50% of their time on hiring — you’ll learn how the best do it, and why
• You’ll see how generational companies are built from the ground up
  , starting with talent
• You’ll work alongside founders and partners with investments from Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Conviction, BCV, and Amplify
• You’ll build judgment, taste, and a personal network that compounds for years
• If you’re curious about founders, startups, or the venture ecosystem — this is one of the fastest ways to get close to the action.

• Identify exceptional engineers and builders before they’re actively looking
• Source creatively across Git Hub, niche technical communities, Twitter/X, private networks, and emerging platforms
• Develop a sharp instinct for signal vs. noise in early-career and senior technical talent
• Build and maintain high-quality talent maps for critical early-stage roles
• Track relationships over time — this is long-game relationship building, not transactional outreach
• Write thoughtful, human outreach that resonates with top builders
• Tell compelling stories about companies, founders, and problems worth working on
• Act as a trusted connector between high-caliber talent and top founders
• Help candidates think through tradeoffs (stage, risk, learning curve, upside)
• Make warm, thoughtful introductions — quality over quantity

• You’re early in your career but want exposure to high-growth startups and venture-backed founders
• You’re curious, resourceful, and comfortable operating without a script
• You don’t rely on Linked In alone — you enjoy finding people others miss
• You care deeply about your craft and have strong taste
• You’re NYC-based and want to be plugged into the local startup ecosystem, in person