Talent Partner – The Founders’ Bay
People & Performance

Talent Partner

Curate elite operators, decode culture signals, and build leadership systems that let ventures scale gracefully.

Location

Hybrid – Singapore / Remote (APAC friendly)

Commitment

Full-time

Reporting to

Director, People & Performance

Compensation guide

USD 140k – 185k + performance bonus

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Impact

You will compose founding teams, craft talent pipelines, and orchestrate leadership journeys that compound venture momentum.

Role blueprint

Your mandate

We are looking for a builder who fuses strategic acuity with executional rigor. Expect to orchestrate multi-disciplinary squads, shape narratives, and mobilise capital around unmistakable momentum.

  • ◆ Design signature hiring experiences that attract and close tier-one operators within 45 days.
  • ◆ Stand-up capability academies and coaching programs aligned to venture roadmaps.
  • ◆ Implement talent intelligence dashboards and predictive analytics on team health.

Experience signature

Experience signature

Bring a dossier that proves you have shaped outcomes inside high-velocity, venture-backed environments.

8+ years in executive search, venture talent, or leadership development roles.

Built high-performing teams inside venture-backed or hypergrowth environments.

Comfortable facilitating workshops, executive rituals, and culture interventions.

Impact scorecard

What success looks like

We measure your impact by the velocity, quality, and resilience of the ventures you unlock.

Ninety-day ramp success for critical hires across the portfolio.

Talent bench mapped one quarter ahead for priority ventures.

Launch of a culture pulse program with actionable insights each month.

First 90 days

First 90-day playbook

Signal how you orchestrate momentum from the moment you arrive. This is how we calibrate fit and rhythm.

Days 0–30

Audit venture org charts, current pipelines, and leadership rhythms.

Days 31–60

Redesign hiring scorecards, create talent narratives, and re-launch the experience blueprint.

Days 61–90

Close two mission-critical hires and roll out the leadership enablement cadence.

Collaboration

Collaboration matrix

You will move fluidly across desks to unlock compounded impact.

Studio Partners

Translate venture milestones into talent requirements and success profiles.

Innovation Hub

Align talent capabilities with experimentation roadmaps and skill stacks.

Founders & Operators

Coach leaders, mediate feedback loops, and champion performance rituals.

Application sprint

Application studio sprint

Every candidate completes a mini-sprint. Use it to show how you think, decide, and shape momentum.

  1. Design a candidate experience map for a Head of Growth hire entering the studio.
  2. Suggest diagnostics you would run to understand a venture’s culture DNA.
  3. Outline how you would activate alumni and operator networks to keep the bench warm.

Upload your sprint artefacts within the application form. We will review them alongside your resume and narrative responses.

Next step

Future profile activation

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to the Talent Desk to expand their profiles, schedule strategy sessions, and collaborate on live venture briefs.

Evaluation playbook

How we evaluate

We calibrate every candidate experience against our venture ambition. Expect thoughtful prompts, strategic conversations, and hands-on working sessions.

Narrative depth

We probe how you craft conviction, translate insights into action, and inspire stakeholders.

Execution velocity

We simulate venture sprints to gauge your bias for action, prioritisation, and operating rhythm.

Systems thinking

We listen for the way you connect talent, capital, product, and market signals into a cohesive system.

Cultural resonance

We explore how you steward trust, lead with empathy, and elevate the teams you join.

Take action

Ready to activate the Founders’ Bay ecosystem?

Show us your craft, your ambition, and the venture thesis you cannot stop thinking about. We operate with radical candour, shared ownership, and a love for category-defining outcomes.

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