Your Next Hire: Issue 8
FAANG Product Eng - COO - CS and Partnerships leader - startup operator returning to VC
And we’re back! Kicking off this newsletter again after a break to host 40+ live events over the past eight weeks for the 100 job-seekers going through the inaugural NEXT cohort. It’s been amazing to see how they’ve supported each other through the search 🤩
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Now onto this week’s featured job-seekers below.
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Your Next Hire: Issue 8
👾 FAANG Product Engineer transitioning to early-stage
Product engineer with 3 years of experience at FAANG and Unicorns. Worked across the entire stack: mobile, web, server, ML.
What I’m seeking:
Sector: consumer
Stage: very early / pre-seed to seed
Role: product engineer
Location: Los Angeles or Orange County
Additionally: long term goals include building my own company
🎉 Startup operator shifting back to VC
Product Strategy and BizOps leader with previous venture investing experience.
What I’m seeking:
Sector: generalist VC fund
Stage: early-stage VC investing in pre-seed through Series A
Role: senior associate or chief of staff
Location: flexible - currently in Chicago but will relocate for right opportunity
Additionally: skilled researcher and people connector; leveraged swiss army knife skillset to build and lead strategic initiatives for multiple early-stage startups
🤯 FAANG + growth-stage CS and partnerships leader
CS and Partnerships leader most recently at growth-stage web3 startup and previously in FAANG client solutions.
What I’m seeking:
Sector: deep experience in fintech and web3
Stage: Series B and onwards
Role: CS, partnerships, account manager
Location: SF
Additionally: 5+ years pre-MBA experience at top banking firm
🐻 Seasoned operator and generalist 'athlete'
Marketing agency COO built career in professional services businesses (consulting, marketing agencies, advertising sales) looking to pivot more formally into startups.
What I’m seeking:
Sector: AI, blockchain, data & analytics, proptech
Stage: Series A to C
Role: GM, COO, chief of staff, bizops
Location: NYC or remote
Additionally: I love addressing business-critical opportunities without a playbook, equipped with data-backed and agile decision-making
Interested in an intro to someone?
Reply back or email YourNextHire@substack.com with info about the potential role, and we’ll forward it to them for a double-opt-in intro 🙌