Your Next Hire: Issue 7
NEXT community update + tenured Product, Bizops and Customer Success leader candidates
We took the past couple weeks off from writing this newsletter, since the response to the NEXT community announcement totally blew us away with nearly 500 applicants!
Most of the inaugural cohort is now finalized leading up to our May 31st kickoff, but we’re still welcoming additional people on a rolling admissions basis.
Know someone absolutely amazing who is searching for their next startup role? I’d be grateful if you send them my way! 🤩
Want to recruit from the cohort? More info here 🙌
Now onto this week’s featured job-seekers below.
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Anthony
Your Next Hire: Issue 7
🚀 Exited founder, GM and product leader
15+ years experience as a Product leader in 0-1, scale-ups and turnarounds; currently product strategy consultant. Has led software teams ranging from 3 to 150+ people at both his own startups and multinational corporations.
What I’m seeking:
Sector: flexible; most excited about consumer, media & entertainment
Stage: Series B or later
Role: VP+ leadership roles in product, strategy, or operations
Location: LA or remote
Additionally: built products and international businesses from 0-500M+ users; led product, engineering, design, content and GTM teams
🎯 Seasoned founder, ops & strategy leader
Two-time founder with experience building and leading teams across India, Africa, and the US to turn visionary ideas into multi-million dollar category-defining companies.
What I’m seeking:
Sector: excited about foodtech, logistics, edtech, and marketplaces
Stage: flexible
Role: Director+ roles in bizops / revops / special projects; chief of staff
Location: remote
Additionally: also open to VC roles
⛵️ B2B SaaS customer success leader
B2B customer success leader with remote operations specialty
What I’m seeking:
Sector: B2B SaaS
Stage: roughly Series A to C (generally 20-200 employees)
Role: Director of Customer Success or similar roles
Location: remote-first roles
Additionally: major plus for remote companies that enable periodic in-person gatherings
Interested in an intro to someone?
Reply back or email YourNextHire@substack.com with some info about the potential role, and we’ll forward it to them for a double-opt-in intro 🙌