Talent Strategy
- • Hiring roadmap design aligned to business milestones
- • Role calibration and leveling for critical hires
- • Headcount planning and sequencing by priority
- • Founder and executive partnership on hiring decisions
Strategic Advisory
Hiring advisory for seed and early-stage startups
High-impact recruiting leader and talent operator focused on building and scaling talent functions from the ground up. I help founders and executive teams translate business strategy into hiring roadmaps, sourcing architecture, and org design that supports rapid, high-quality growth.
Role
Strategic Advisor
Since
June 2017
Organizations I have supported
Wonders • DoorDash • Eventbrite • Exact Data • Instawork • GoPuff • Habitat Company • Swoon
What this looks like in practice
- • Partner with founders and executive teams on hiring roadmaps, role calibration, and search strategy.
- • Build recruiting systems, interview design, and tech stacks that improve speed, signal, and process consistency.
- • Launch targeted recruiting programs that improve candidate quality, hiring efficiency, and diversity outcomes.
- • Step in on a contract or advisory basis when a team needs senior recruiting judgment without a full-time buildout.
Capabilities and focus areas
Execution Systems
- • 0→1 recruiting process and operating cadence
- • Interview architecture, scorecards, and decision quality
- • Funnel instrumentation, KPI design, and reporting
- • ATS/workflow optimization for speed and consistency
Sourcing and Market Reach
- • Outbound-first sourcing architecture
- • Talent market mapping and competitive targeting
- • Employer narrative and role-positioning strategy
- • Pipeline quality improvement across priority functions
Org and Team Scaling
- • Recruiting team design and capability buildout
- • Hiring manager enablement and interview training
- • Cross-functional alignment on talent priorities
- • Systems that balance hiring speed with quality bar