Talent Scout / Growth Associate
About The Position
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 strategy and execution determine whether or not they will succeed. Our backgrounds span building the founding/early teams at Kalshi, Traba, Actively, OpenDoor, Sola, Numeric, Arena AI, Avoca, Clay, Meta, and more. We're also a trusted talent partner to Conviction, support founders across their portfolio company from day zero. This is not a traditional recruiting role. It will span talent scouting, company building, operations, the essential pieces that give early stage companies lift off - working with founders as we assemble the first teams that matter. Why This Role Is a Big Deal: Early founders spend ~ 40–50% of their time on hiring — you’ll learn how the best do it. 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.
Requirements
- Early in your career but want exposure to high-growth startups and venture-backed founders
- Curious, resourceful, and comfortable operating without a script
- Don’t rely on LinkedIn alone — you enjoy finding people others miss
- Care deeply about your craft and have strong taste
- NYC-based and want to be plugged into the local startup ecosystem, in person
Responsibilities
- Identify exceptional engineers and builders before they’re actively looking
- Source creatively across GitHub, 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
