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Executive Talent

Greylock Partners · San Francisco, CA, USA ·

Pay:
$79,800-$174,400/yr
Job type:
Full Time

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Talent Acquisition Operations Specialist

San Jose, CA $79,800.00-$174,400.00 6 days ago

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain a differentiated network of exceptional leadership talent across various functions, with a focus on individuals who excel in high-ambiguity, high-impact environments.
  • Partner with Greylock founders, investors, and search partners to drive the most critical executive searches, ensuring clarity on role definition, candidate signals, and the bar for excellence.
  • Identify rising leaders and proactively surface top profiles to the investment team and founders.
  • Assess candidates holistically across experience, leadership style, character, rate of learning, and long-term potential to guide founders toward thoughtful, high-conviction decisions.
  • Expand Greylock’s ecosystem by creating meaningful, trust-based connections between executives, founders, and investors.

Experience

  • 6-10+ years of recruiting experience in high-growth technology environments, with a track record of partnering with senior leaders on Executive, Product, or Engineering searches.
  • Deep understanding of early-stage dynamics and what “exceptional” looks like in zero-to-one leaders.
  • Collaborative and great attitude. Nothing is beneath anyone on the team.
  • Learner's mindset: comfortable with feedback.
  • Demonstrated ability to earn the trust of founders, executives, and investors through clarity of thought, intellectual honesty, and sound judgment.
  • High EQ with the ability to navigate complex personalities and situations with maturity and discretion.
  • A builder’s mindset, comfortable with ambiguity, proactive in creating structure, and energized by helping founders scale.
  • Detail-oriented and able to leverage various systems for efficiency.
  • Proven ability to maintain strong, long-term relationships with top-tier executive talent.
  • Experience in both search-firm and in-house settings is valuable, but not required.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

  • Other
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

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