Live Partner Search Desk & Mandate Dossiers
SVP of Engineering (AI Cloud)
Direct Partner mandate for a $1.4B AI hyperscaler. Requires architectural ownership of 24,000+ H100/B200 GPU cluster scheduling, multi-region inference reliability, and scaling the engineering org from 110 to 260 builders across San Francisco and Zürich.
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Ex-Anthropic Staff Inference Architect
“When our distributed training cluster hit a networking wall at 8,000 GPUs, she re-architected the Rust/CUDA scheduling layer in 19 days and cut token latency by 41%. Easily in the top two systems leaders I’ve worked with in 15 years.”
Engineering Vacancy Burn & Search Model Simulator
Quantify the exact ARR and product-roadmap burn of leaving executive or principal engineering seats vacant for 88+ days—and benchmark our 30% Retained Mandate (33/33/34), $15,000/mo Embedded Pod, and $35,000 Principal Flat Search side by side.
Live Cash & Equity Basis-Point Benchmarks by Stage
| EXECUTIVE / PRINCIPAL ROLE | 50TH PERCENTILE BASE | 75TH PERCENTILE BASE | 90TH PERCENTILE (TOP 1%) | EQUITY GRANT (BPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVP / VP of Engineering | $330,000 | $370,000 | $420,000 | 75 – 120 bps ($6M–$12M) |
| Principal AI Systems Architect | $310,000 | $350,000 | $395,000 | 45 – 85 bps ($3.5M–$8M) |
| Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) | $325,000 ($650K OTE) | $365,000 ($730K OTE) | $410,000 ($820K OTE) | 85 – 135 bps ($7M–$14M) |
| Chief Product Officer (CPO) | $315,000 | $350,000 | $390,000 | 65 – 105 bps ($5M–$10M) |
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MODEL 01 // PRINCIPAL & STAFF AI
Principal Builder Flat Search
$35,000 (flat fee • 0% salary inflation tax)
Fixed-fee extraction for Staff AI Researchers, Rust/CUDA Systems Architects, and Founding Engineers without 30% contingent inflation. Backed by our 14-Day Calibrated Slate SLA and 24-month replacement guarantee.
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MODEL 02 // C-SUITE & VP RETAINED (33/33/34)
Executive Boardroom Mandate
30% (first-year cash • 3 deliverable tranches)
Partner-led search tied to deliverable milestones: 33% Kickoff, 33% on 14-Day Calibrated Slate Delivery, 34% on Signed Executive Offer. Zero equity dilution, backed by a 24-month replacement guarantee.
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MODEL 03 // POST-SERIES A/B SCALEUP
Embedded Technical Pod
$15,000 (/ month • $0 per-hire commission)
Dedicated Principal Technical Recruiter + AI Sourcer embedded inside your Slack and Ashby ATS, closing 3–5 Staff/Senior hires per quarter with a 24-month replacement guarantee.
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Sovereign Slate
Retained Executive Search, Principal AI/Systems Extraction & Embedded Technical Recruiting Pods. 14-Day Calibrated Slate SLA • 96.8% 24-Month Stickiness.
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