Your Next Hire: Issue 9
Announcing NEXT Cohort 2 and several exceptional candidates: CRO - B2C investor - E-commerce founder turned investor
In addition to some awesome candidates below, we’re also excited to announce that applications for the second NEXT cohort are now open 🎉
Pumped to continue building the NEXT community in an intentional way. Some stats on Cohort 1:
500 applicants
100 mid-career and exec-level job-seekers chosen
80% startup veterans and 20% pivoting into startups
40 live events hosted over 8 weeks (!), including
VC firms and recruiters looking for talent
Career coach workshops on every aspect of the job search
Recruiter AMAs and In Action practice sessions
And… small group peer masterminds, negotiation coaching, LinkedIn profile and resume reviews, compensation benchmark data, and access to job opportunities 🤗
Second cohort kicks off in early October.
Know an absolutely amazing, entrepreneurial person thinking about their next career chapter? Please forward this to them 🙌
More info at these LinkedIn and Twitter posts (likes/reposts/comments appreciated! 🙏) and at nextcareers.co
Now onto this week’s featured job-seekers below.
Want an intro to any of the below candidates? Just reply back or email YourNextHire@substack.com.
Have an open role you’d like to share with the NEXT community? Reply back or check out this page.
Your Next Hire: Issue 9
😎 Exited CRO, Strategy & Operations Leader
Hands-on operator with global experience (US, Europe and India) across early stage and pre-IPO category-defining marketplace and e-commerce companies.
What I'm seeking:
Sector: future of commerce, marketplaces, retail, creator economy, travel
Stage: Series A and onwards
Role: COO, GM, VP/Head of Bizops, Head of Marketplace
Location: NYC/Remote
🛠️ B2C VC and early-stage operator
B2C early-stage VC investor and operator, with 5 years pre-MBA experience in investment banking and strategy consulting.
What I’m seeking:
Sector: B2C startups/funds; led investments in food & bev, gaming, marketplaces, and DTC
Stage: Seed to Series C; or early-stage fund
Role: investor or chief of staff / bizops
Location: flexible - currently in NY but will relocate for right opportunity
Additionally: investor looking for a consumer-focused fund, but also excited to help founders with fundraising, sales and marketing, strategy, and financial/operating models
🤗 VC investor who previously founded and scaled e-commerce business
Former founder and current investor looking to go back to the operating side in Head of Sales / Revenue role
What I'm seeking:
Sector: e-commerce, fintech, software enablement
Stage: around Series A
Role: Head of Sales / Biz Dev / Partnerships
Location: flexible
Additionally: spent 7 years founding and scaling venture-backed e-commerce logistics marketplace before pivoting to investing
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 🙌