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Blueprint Search Partners is a human capital resources firm dedicated to finding the best global talent to meet the unique needs of our clients.    We specialize in premium research, recruiting, executive search,

Blueprint Search Partners

Blueprint is a boutique research, recruiting, and executive search firm. We move quickly, but in a collaborative way. Our clients include early stage start-ups through Fortune class organizations. 

At Blueprint, we embrace diversity in a very big way and bake it in to everything we do. We empower our clients to see diversity as part of their very foundations and give them the tools needed to improve culture and performance. Learn more here: www.blueprintsearchpartners.com 

I lead the retained executive search arm of our firm and focus on Director level and above placements. I focus my search approach on high-touch partnerships, paramount responsiveness, and understanding my clients' needs from a nuanced perspective.

Managing Director - Founding Partner

The Pacific Firm

The Pacific Firm is a retained search firm. We specialize in the retail, consumer products, technology, and financial services industries and our clients include companies ranging from Venture-backed start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The Pacific Firm has been ranked a top 10 Bay Area retained executive search firm and has consistently ranked in the Top 100 women-owned businesses.

I focus on C-level and senior-level executive searches, board director appointments, succession planning, and in-depth senior executive management assessments. 

Additionally, I lead the the firm's recruiting team responsible for training, managing, and developing internal staff. This role requires a heavy mentorship component.

Director & Senior Executive Recruiter

Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) is a global leader in optical and routing systems, services, and automation software. We build the world’s most adaptive networks to address ever-increasing digital demands for richer, more

Cisco

Executive Talent Acquisition: CxO, EVP, SVP and VP talent acquisition across Cisco's entire portfolio - top 300 executive positions globally.

In-house executive talent acquisition, analytics, sourcing, and recruitment for Cisco's executive search arm: executive search, competitor intelligence, demand and succession planning, candidate pipelining, executive referrals, market intelligence research, and sourcing.

Strategic Programs Lead, Global Executive Talent Acquisition

Heritage Search Partners is a retained executive search firm.

Assignments are primarily for Board, Presidential, or Executive Officer positions in both emerging growth companies and large Fortune-class enterprises.

Specialization in venture-backed technology start-ups.

Senior Associate

Rémy Cointreau

Key Account Manager

Research Associate

Ann Wenzell

Experienced Pre-sales Deployed Engineer needed. 1+ years in solutions/pre-sales for technical products, CS degree from top 25, strong OOP skills. Familiar with AI dev tools (Codeium, Copilot). Must code, sell, and communicate tech clearly. Mountain View, on-site. Visa sponsorship available. Salary: $160K-$220K.

Ayush Jain

Guillaume Nozière

Christina A Pan, MS

Featured on the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.forbes.com/lists/ai50/?sh=4fa973cd290f">Forbes AI 50 list</a>, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space in just over a year, giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat assistants, and more.For over a year, Codeium has been integrated into your favorite IDEs, supporting more than 40 editors—including Visual Studio Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Eclipse, XCode, Jupyter, Vim/Neovim, and more offering features such as autocomplete, chat, and command to help accelerate development workflows.&nbsp;In November of 2024, we released the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://codeium.com/windsurf">Windsurf IDE</a> which is the first code editor developed around AI flows, allowing developers to seamlessly use AI to develop anything from brand new apps to million line codebases. Our state-of-the-art proprietary language models and custom inference stack allow us to deliver the best experience possible to our users.&nbsp;We're one of the fastest growing AI startups, focused on product, revenue, and customer experience. We work hard, and we operate with a high degree of trust, agency, and ownership.Media Highlights<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://codeium.com/blog/series-c-annoucement">Series C Announcement</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2024/08/13/this-ai-coding-engine-can-process-100-million-lines-of-code-at-once/">Forbes Startup Feature</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://codeium.com/blog/jpmc-codeium-hall-of-innovation">Inducted into the JPMC Hall of Innovation</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boNFuuCTaX0">The AI Company That Codes For You</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k82RwXqZHY8&amp;t=2606s">Called out in by Jensen in his CES Keynote</a></li></ul>

Codeium

As a Pre-sales Deployed Engineer at Codeium, you’ll help to transform customers' software development workflow through the use of our AI coding tools. You’ll collaborate closely with Sales to qualify and close opportunities, acting as the key technical advisor and product advocate.&nbsp;Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Present Codeium’s vision, benefits, and differentiators to stakeholders at every level, from developers to the C-suite.</li><li>Drive product discussions, conduct evaluations, and showcase how Codeium addresses diverse use cases.</li><li>Deliver technical training, create documentation and demos, and develop resources (blog posts, guides, videos) to help developers maximize productivity.</li><li>Provide critical feedback from customers to Product and Engineering, influencing the product roadmap and success strategies.</li></ul>Challenges<ul><li>How do we educate and onboard hundreds of large Enterprise customers?</li><li>How can we answer our customer's biggest questions?</li><li>What are the biggest problems we can solve for our partners and users?</li><li>How can we remain the best AI Company to work with?</li></ul>

Deployed Engineer (pre-sales)(Mountain View)

The candidate has to be exceptional for sponsorship to be an option. The one example where this happened, the candidate was a CS PhD from one of the top CS programs

Forward Deployed Engineer in SF, on-site. Requires strong customer interaction, technical background, coding skills (Python, Java, C++), startup experience. Responsibilities: build automations using AI language, manage rollouts, engage with enterprise clients. Must communicate effectively, own projects. Visa sponsorship available. Salary: $150K-$220K.

Ashutosh Ram

Shaayaan Sayed

<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="notion-link-token notion-focusable-token notion-enable-hover" href="https://withforge.com/">Forge</a> automates the most complex manual human processes using AI for the world's largest companies. The product lets you use English to describe your complex processes, and Forge then executes those reliably at scale. Processes that used to take people multiple hours to do can now be done in a fraction of the time at better-than-human quality. Anything that a person can do on a computer can be done by Forge, given your English instructions.Founded in 2023 and backed by Founders Fund and OpenAI, we're a team of exceptional builders who are changing how the world will work.

Forge

We’re hiring for a Forward Deployed Engineer (JD + info <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://in-the-forge.notion.site/Recruiter-Version-Forward-Deployed-Engineer-17e3f8e35a60808082acc0909fdffcf5">here</a>).You will be inside large companies building relationships (should enjoy talking to people and making magic happen), managing the operational rollouts (need to be organized and operationally excellent), and will most importantly be working in the Forge product to build automations.You should have a technical background with significant programming experience. Building in Forge entails using our new “AI programming language” that lets you mix structured programming control flow with unstructured English instructions.You should have the ownership mentality to do whatever is required to make the deployment successful.Parts of the role:<ul><li>Conduct extensive process mining with customers, breaking down complex ambiguous processes into precise, actionable steps</li><li>Leverage your programming ability to build robust automations using our AI-English-based programming language</li><li>Architect and implement solutions that can scale and work reliably</li><li>Work directly with customers to iterate on implementations and drive adoption</li><li>Scale deployments from initial pilot to full production volume</li><li>Define and document best practices that will shape how we deploy to future customers</li></ul>

Forward Deployed Engineer

Deployment Strategist in SF, on-site. Interface between engineering, product, and customers post-sale. Own customer relationships, manage cross-functional teams, develop engagement playbooks. Need entrepreneurial mindset, customer-facing experience, startup background. Visa sponsorship available. Salary: $170k-$230k. Avoid solutions engineers and Big Tech GTM. Prefer MBB consultants or cracked GTM at scaling startups.

Barrett Mistele

Jonathan Feldman

Sussy Pan

Decagon is building the most advanced conversational AI agents for the enterprise. Since starting the company, we've been on a tear, winning over customers like Duolingo, Notion, Rippling, Eventbrite, Webflow, BILT and many more. Our AI agents provide a human-like customer support experience that enables enterprises to better serve their customers and efficiently manage their customer experience organizations.We've raised $100M in total funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Accel, a16z, BOND Capital, A*, Elad Gil, and notable angels, including the founders of Box, Airtable, Rippling, Okta, Lattice, and Klaviyo.

Decagon

Deployment Strategists are critical to shaping how we work with, learn from, and best serve our customers. This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset, strong interpersonal skills, ability to earn customer love, and a passion for useful applications of AI. You should be excited to wear many hats, as this role will be a combination of many role functions such as an Engagement Manager, Product Manager and Operator.You will develop expertise in understanding customer pain points, be at the forefront of applying AI to large-scale problems, and work with our engineering team to build the products and features that best serve our customer needs.Responsibilities:<ul><li>Own every facet of the customer relationship and implementation from pre-sale to post-sale</li><li>Manage cross-functional teams across GTM, Engineering, and Product to drive customer adoption and maximize value</li><li>Develop scalable playbooks for customer engagement and integrate feedback into product development efforts</li><li>Identify and analyze key customer pain points, translating them into actionable solutions</li><li>Track and optimize customer success metrics to drive retention and long-term partnerships</li></ul>

Deployment Strategist

Arphie seeks a results-driven Founding AE in SF. Hybrid: 3+ days/week in-office. Visa: No sponsorship. Comp: $90K-$130K. Requirements: B2B SaaS, $20K-$40K ACV deals, 2+ years AE, 80%+ self-sourced deals, 100%+ quota attainment. Responsibilities: Acquire new logos, develop sales strategies, collaborate with leadership.

Jacob Bratton

Bradford Peters

Drew Kluender

Arphie is building the next generation platform for collaborative intelligence between go-to-market and product/engineering teams, and backed by top-tier VCs.

Arphie

Arphie (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.arphie.ai">www.arphie.ai</a>) is building the next generation platform for collaborative intelligence between go-to-market and product/engineering teams, and backed by top-tier VCs.As Arphie’s first sales hire, you will work closely with the leadership team to shape and execute the strategic direction of our sales initiatives in the US. We are looking for a results-driven leader with a proven track record in B2B SaaS sales who will help lay the foundations of our sales strategy &amp; organization. The ideal candidate will come in, learn how we’ve done founder-sales and achieved rapid ARR growth, and build upon our existing sales playbook to develop a repeatable sales motion from sourcing pipeline outbound, to first call, to closed won. They will also be a key contributor in defining what our sales organization will look like as we continue to grow and expand.This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the fast-growing AI collaboration intelligence market.

Founding Account Executive

Founding Account Executive (AE)
Job Description
Location: San Francisco
Type: Full Time
Department: Sales

Arphie (www.arphie.ai) is building the next generation platform for collaborative intelligence between go-to-market and product/engineering teams, and backed by top-tier VCs.

As Arphie’s first sales hire, you will work closely with the leadership team to shape and execute the strategic direction of our sales initiatives in the US. We are looking for a results-driven leader with a proven track record in B2B SaaS sales who will help lay the foundations of our sales strategy & organization. The ideal candidate will come in, learn how we’ve done founder-sales and achieved rapid ARR growth, and build upon our existing sales playbook to develop a repeatable sales motion from sourcing pipeline outbound, to first call, to closed won. They will also be a key contributor in defining what our sales organization will look like as we continue to grow and expand.

This is a unique opportunity to be a part of the fast-growing AI collaboration intelligence market.

About Arphie:
Arphie is building the next generation platform for collaborative intelligence between go-to-market and product/engineering teams.  
Arphie’s founders met at Harvard over a decade ago while studying CS, ML & business
The team has industry expertise at leading companies like Palantir, Uber, AWS, McKinsey, Microsoft, Scale AI, and Asana.
Company is well-capitalized, and backed by top-tier VCs (can share details in intro conversations)
Since starting commercialization in Feb 2024, the team has seen rapid ARR growth on founder led sales & primarily inbound

What you’ll do:
Acquire new logos and develop and implement innovative sales strategies to surpass revenue targets
Build pipeline via outbound, inbound, conferences, etc. 
Run sales cycles from first meeting to close with an annual quota
Evaluate market landscape, trends, and dynamics to translate overarching plans into focused sales initiatives, partnerships, and campaigns.
Work closely with founders, product & engineering to ensure feedback loop between what we’re hearing in the field and our development team is tight 
Continuously enhance the sales methodology by integrating insights into playbooks, templates, and best practices. Identify process enhancements to streamline sales productivity and ensure consistency 

Qualifications:
2-5 years of AE experience closing mid-market deals in B2B SaaS
1-2 years of BDR/SDR (outbound) experience in B2B SaaS
Strong focus on growing accounts and net new business development opportunities
Proven track record of quota achievement in a fast-paced environment

Key Characteristics:
Sales Aptitude - Track record of sales success, with high slope
Hunger to Source - While a portion of the opportunities you develop will be from a healthy pipeline of inbound leads, the expectation is self-sourcing a portion of your pipeline as well 
Curiosity & Willingness to Wear Multiple Hats – Excitement and willingness to absorb and learn, with strong intellectual curiosity
Aligned with Arphie’s Core Values - Hunger, curiosity, grit, and kindness

Logistics: Hybrid.  We’re excited about candidates who want to contribute to our in-office culture 3+ days a week.

Compensation & Benefits: Our total compensation package is a blend of salary, quota-based compensation, equity & benefits. 
       We are committed to paying fairly and aim for these three elements collectively to be highly competitive with market rates.  Equity - on top of the position’s compensation, equity will be a major component of the total compensation.  We aim to offer higher-than-average equity compensation for a company of our size and communicate equity amounts at the time of offer issuance.        Benefits: 
Equity package
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance (fully covered for employee)
Paid parental leave
401(k) plan
Unlimited PTO
Health, wellness, commuter benefits 

We’re excited about candidates who want to contribute to our in-office culture in SF 3+ days a week.

Account Executive needed in SF. Must be from a top school/GPA, 5+ years post-college, top sales performer, excelled in competitive domains (e.g., varsity sports), and worked at leading startups (Stripe, Notion, etc.). In-person 5 days/week. Visa sponsorship available. Salary $90K-$120K + uncapped commission. Drive new business for Paraform with CEO & growth head.

Paraform is a recruiting marketplace that connects companies with specialized recruiters to fill their hardest roles. By centralizing this process, we enable faster and more cost-effective hires—turning months of hiring into days.Incredible teams at the most exciting companies are being built with Paraform; Including Scale AI, Ramp, Palantir, Applied Intuition and many more.We've grown extremely fast in the past year to more than 8 figures in ARR and are backed by Silicon Valley's finest like the founders of Canva, YouTube, Instacart, Eventbrite, Doordash, Twitch and more.We see the future of recruiting as being fractional and powered by AI and believe we're best positioned to finally solve it.

Co-founder 

Paraform

Paraform helps the world's most important companies hire the best talent.Ramp, Palantir, Decagon and 100+ other category-leaders trust Paraform to hire their hardest engineering, AI &amp; ML, and go-to-market roles. Hundreds of billions are spent on recruiting per year, and our AI-enabled recruiter marketplace is the fastest-growing product in the market: We've 10x-ed in the past year to mid 7-figures in ARR with a small, close-knit team and have a clear path to 10x again in 2025.We're hiring a driven Account Executive to close new business for Paraform.As an early business hire, you'll work closely with our co-founder/CEO and head of growth to expand Paraform's global footprint, and build a world-class sales team.You'll not only crush our current pipeline and close mid-market and enterprise deals, but help build out the playbook and continue Paraform's exponential growth. Folks need to be willing to grind, but we also need creative thinkers who have high clockspeed, can implement time-saving structure &amp; process, and generate new ideas that accelerate growth.Our value prop to you:<ol><li>Unlimited career trajectory – we're growing 30% MoM and will be promoting AEs to General Managers of new verticals as we expand in 2025.</li><li>Competitive base salary + uncapped commission</li><li>Equity in one of the most profitable + fastest-growing startups in the past decade, backed by top tier VCs</li><li>Learn alongside founders with previous successful exits</li><li>Build a network of leaders of the world’s most important companies, positioning you for a future VP of Sales role</li><li>Work with cutting-edge AI sales technologies built by our in-house growth engineering team</li></ol>You might be a great fit if this sounds like you:<ul><li>Growth-minded, creative, scrappy and comfortable building your pipeline from scratch</li><li>Have done something most people haven't – started a company, won a hackathon, qualified for the Olympics, etc.</li><li>Direct communicator with low ego</li><li>Previously cold-outbounded your way into at least one incredible opportunity you had no business getting</li></ul>

CS undergrad from top 25 program. No job hoppers. 9+ months solutions/pre-sales engineering with technical products, preferably developer tools. Strong OOP skills, pair-programming ready. Communicate tech concepts clearly. Sales-oriented, executive presence. Excited for AI dev tools. On-site in Austin, TX; visa sponsorship available. Salary: $160K-$220K.

Deployed Engineer (pre-sales)(Austin)

Location: San Francisco, CA. Work Type: On-site. Visa: No sponsorship. Salary: $90K-$150K. Looking for ex-startup founders with high ego and exceptional achievements, top university alum, defensive but methodical and detail-oriented. Must excel in operations, systematizing processes, and driving success in early-stage environments. High energy, great product sense, and entrepreneurial mindset required.

Anushree Singh

Paraform’s customer base is growing exponentially (hundreds of new customers per month) and you will be on the front lines of ensuring that these customers become passionate, lifelong Paraform partners leaving them with the thought - ‘how did we ever manage without Paraform?’Every customer comes to us with their #1 problem - hiring. They need to build an engineering team of 8 with secret clearance based in D.C. in under a month, hire a Head of Growth to scale post-$20M Series A, or find enhanced rock weathering scientists in LATAM for a research project. You will be responsible for leading strategic projects that solve this problem.This is a mission-critical role. You’ll own end-to-end customer engagements, from building relationships to ensuring seamless project delivery and quality. You'll leverage Paraform’s top recruiters, driving revenue and aligning operations with customer needs. Acting as the voice of the customer, you’ll advocate for an exceptional <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mastersofscale.com/brian-chesky/">12-star experience</a> to advance their goals while working cross-functionally with sales, product, engineering, and founders. This dynamic role combines operations, growth/revenue, account management, and problem solving to deliver exceptional outcomes and inspire results at the core of Paraform’s mission.We are excited to assemble an exceptional strategic projects lead team.

Strategic Projects Lead

In-person in SF at our office in North Beach

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