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Engagements

Four ways to work with us.

Senior AI and engineering hires closed in 3 to 6 weeks — with 86% offer acceptance and retention that lasts. Pick the engagement model that fits your stage, your budget, and the hire you're trying to close. One principal accountable across all of them.

3–6 weeksTime to fill
86%Offer accept rate
100 Plus hiresFTE & contract
Founder-ledEvery engagement

Embedded recruiting, on your terms.

Most firms tier their work by deal size. We tier ours by the shape of the problem you're solving. A founding ML hire is a different engagement than scaling a 12-person GTM team — so we don't price them or run them the same way.

Four engagement models cover most of what AI and tech startups actually need. Each has a clear scope, a clear outcome, and a clear shape. No long-term contracts. No mystery scope creep. One principal accountable from first call to close.

If your need doesn't fit cleanly into one of these — we'll tell you and shape an engagement that does.

01 — Founding Hire

One critical hire. Closed in weeks.

For the founding engineer, head of AI, first sales hire, or single named search that has to land — and has to land right.

3–6 weeks 86% accept Retained search
What's included
  • Full intake, ICP definition, and comp benchmark before sourcing starts
  • Hand-sourced pipeline — no database spam, no junior recruiter handoff
  • Screening, interview coordination, and reference checks
  • Offer strategy and close support (where most firms drop the ball)
  • Replacement guarantee if the hire doesn't work out in the first 90 days
Engagement shape Flat retained fee · single role · 3–6 week target
Start a founding hire
02 — Embedded RPO

Multiple roles, ongoing. We run your hiring.

For startups scaling 3–15 hires across engineering, AI, or GTM. We embed inside your hiring process and run it end-to-end.

Multi-role Ongoing Full-cycle ownership
What's included
  • Full-cycle recruiting across your active roles — sourcing through close
  • Weekly hiring manager partnership and pipeline reviews
  • ATS ownership (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, others) and reporting
  • Comp strategy, offer strategy, and candidate experience design
  • Live market intel — every week, on every open role
Engagement shape Monthly retainer · 20–40 hrs/week · 3-month minimum
Explore embedded RPO
03 — Fractional Recruiting Leader

Talent leadership without the full-time hire.

For companies that need recruiting strategy at the leadership level — without yet hiring a full-time VP Talent. Strategy plus selective tactical ownership.

Advisory + tactical Weekly cadence C-level partnership
What's included
  • Talent strategy: org design, hiring plan, sequencing, build-vs-buy
  • Hands-on ownership of 1–2 named senior searches at a time
  • Recruiting team coaching and process buildout (interview loops, scorecards)
  • Executive partnership — direct to CEO, CPO, or founder
  • Market intel and comp guidance on every offer that goes out
Engagement shape Weekly cadence · 10–20 hrs/week · 6-month minimum
Explore fractional
04 — Search Strategy & Advisory

The playbook. Without the execution.

For teams that have recruiting capacity but need the strategy. Build the plan for a function you're about to scale — we hand it back to your team to run.

Project-based Strategy-only 2–6 weeks
What's included
  • ICPs and role scorecards for every position in scope
  • Comp benchmarks and offer strategy calibrated to market
  • Sourcing playbooks — where candidates live, what works in this segment
  • Interview loop design and scorecards
  • Employer brand audit and recommendations
Engagement shape Project fee · 2–6 weeks · strategy deliverables only
Start a strategy engagement

Not sure which fits? Here's the short version.

Most founders know the role they need to fill. Fewer know the engagement model that fits how they actually want to work. This is the quick read.

One critical hire, you want it done

Founding Hire. Flat retained fee, 3–6 week target, replacement guarantee.

Scaling 3–15 roles, no recruiter in seat

Embedded RPO. Monthly retainer, we run your hiring end-to-end.

Pre-VP Talent stage, need leadership

Fractional Recruiting Leader. Strategy plus selective tactical, weekly cadence.

You have a recruiter, you need the plan

Search Strategy & Advisory. Project fee, we build the playbook, you run it.

Talk through your hire.

A 30-minute call: what you're trying to hire, where you are today, and which engagement model gets it closed in weeks instead of quarters. No pitch decks.

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