Open Positions with Opal

Position

Head of Research, Full-time

Location

This position can be either hybrid and based in either San Francisco or New York City, or completely remote if the candidate has the right experience.

Reporting To

Ted Maguire

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university

• Strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy in work

• 1-4 years of executive search experience and familiarity with executive search methodologies

• Extensive experience sourcing top candidates and creating comprehensive candidate and company mappings 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think creatively

• Located in New York or San Francisco to be in person for client and candidate meetings

• Experience working in complex recruiting ATS environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Executive search experience at a top tier agency 

• Formal in-house recruiting experience is a bonus

• Prior experience interfacing with clients directly

• Experience with Coda software is preferred, but not required

Benefits:

• Hybrid or remote opportunity allowing for work-life balance 

• Opportunity to work as an independent contractor or W2 full-time employee

• Competitive compensation depending on experience 

• Office space in San Francisco available, soon to have in NYC as well

• Collaborative and intellectually open work environment

• Hands on leadership and mentorship to promote personal and professional growth  

• Full-time employees benefit from: 

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance with HSA options available 

  • 401k retirement plan

  • 32 Days total PTO per year 

Role Description

We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join our team as the Head of Research. The primary focus of this role is to own the candidate research function for the firm. The ideal candidate will be adept at identifying and sourcing high-caliber candidates and proficient in researching and mapping relevant companies for each new role we undertake.

More specifically, this means creating comprehensive company and candidate mappings using our in-house ATS built in Coda. An essential characteristic for this role is a deep passion for understanding relevant company and candidate ecosystems, as well as finding enjoyment in creating, sorting, and analyzing our candidate data. 

You will: 

• Source top talent by matching candidate capabilities and experiences with your clients’ desired candidate profiles. 

• Create comprehensive company market mappings, and record and rank relevant candidate profiles from those companies.

• Conduct comprehensive research to identify potential candidates for executive-level positions.

• Utilize various tools and methodologies to map out companies and identify key players in the industry.

• Use our software tools and databases to search through candidates and create highly targeted candidate mappings that align closely with the role specifications. 

• Update the search progress in our database for all ongoing searches including candidate meetings, client feedback, and other pertinent information. 

• Act as a positive and professional representative of the company, fostering strong relationships with both clients and candidates through low-ego communication and a customer-centric approach.

• Be able to understand highly technical company ecosystems, and highly technical functional roles.

About Us

Opal is an executive search and advisory firm based in New York and San Francisco. We partner directly with leading VC firms and startup technology companies to help place executives, angel investors, and formal advisors, along with creating events and building applications that assist them in matching the right executives to the right companies. 

Opal was founded by Ted Maguire who aimed to build a firm that takes a thorough and significantly more data centric approach to elevate the executive search process. We maintain a high-touch and highly personable experience with clients, and are maximally helpful to all candidates that we speak with. We value our integrity, and doing right by others in a long-term sense above all else. 

Before starting Opal, Ted was an Operating Partner at Khosla Ventures, where he focused on executive talent for over three years. At KV, he focused on the firm’s most critical and highly sensitive executive placements across a highly technical industry and multi-stage portfolio. Before Khosla Ventures, he helped found the in-house executive search function at Uber, partnering closely with the executive product organization. He began his career at Egon Zehnder, one of the world's largest private executive search firms, as a research analyst. 

Your Character:

An entrepreneurial spirit is key at Opal. You are eager to work at a growing firm and have an ownership mentality. You are a go-getter who is not overly afraid of risks, building from the ground up, and prioritizes collaboration and growth over ego. 

We strive to be efficient but never at the cost of work quality and client relationships. We are looking to find team members who are: genuine, curious, sincere, strategic, thorough, respectful, and intellectually open.

If this sounds compelling to you, or someone you know, please reach out to Kelly@Opalpartners.io.