The Role
Kanbrick is growing, and so is the opportunity to build a differentiated talent capability across our businesses. We partner with a small number of companies for the long term, adding two to four businesses each year, while continuing to grow our own team.
We're looking for someone who loves building. Someone who sees an opportunity to create a better system, is comfortable starting with a blank page, and enjoys experimenting, learning, and improving as they go.
You'll be part of a small team with real ownership over how we identify, engage, and hire exceptional talent. Your work will span four areas:
Build scalable leadership pipelines
Identify and develop networks of exceptional operators across the functions and industries most relevant to our businesses. Build market maps, sourcing strategies, and proactive pipelines so we're developing relationships with talented people long before there's an open role.
Grow the Kanbrick Talent Network
Help design and grow a differentiated network of senior leaders who want to stay connected with Kanbrick. Experiment with how we build relationships, connect people with our broader community, and create value for talented operators over time. Turn what works into a repeatable program that can scale.
Help our businesses hire exceptional leaders
Partner with our team and business leaders on critical searches, from defining what success looks like to identifying, assessing, and closing candidates. Bring curiosity, commercial judgment, and rigor to the process. Use every search as an opportunity to strengthen the network and improve how we work.
Build better tools, processes, and ways of working
Develop practical systems that make us more effective as we grow. Use AI, automation, and data to improve how we find talent, manage relationships, and learn from our hiring work. Test new approaches, measure results, and build playbooks the broader team can use.
Requirements
We're looking for an entrepreneurial builder who is energized by the opportunity to create and scale something, not simply operate an established recruiting process.
Your background might be in a high-growth or founder-led company, an investment firm, a talent or venture platform, or an entrepreneurial operating role where building teams and networks was part of your responsibility. What matters most is what you've built, the judgment you bring, and how you approach solving problems.
You will do well here if you:
- Have built something from scratch. You've created or meaningfully improved a talent pipeline, network, recruiting program, or operating process, and can demonstrate the impact.
- Know how to find and engage exceptional people. You're creative and resourceful in identifying talent, building relationships, and developing pipelines beyond people actively looking for jobs.
- Think like an owner. You're naturally curious about businesses, their strategies, and what makes leaders successful. You take initiative, solve problems, and follow through.
- Build relationships for the long term. You enjoy connecting with talented people, understanding their ambitions, and finding opportunities to create value, even when there's no immediate transaction.
- Bring strong judgment and analytical thinking. You can evaluate people against the outcomes a business needs, distinguish evidence from impression, and communicate your perspective clearly.
- Are excited about AI and new ways of working. You've experimented with technology and automation to improve how work gets done and enjoy testing new approaches.
- Thrive in a small, collaborative team. You're comfortable rolling up your sleeves, sharing ownership, learning quickly, and working directly with senior leaders.
Experience supporting senior hiring is valuable, but we're equally interested in candidates who have demonstrated the ability to build scalable talent capabilities in entrepreneurial environments. You'll help build the infrastructure for a talent network that spans our partner businesses, with proactive pipelines for critical leadership roles, a consistent way of engaging exceptional operators, and practical tools that allow a small team to achieve outsized results.
This role reports to our KBS People team lead and is based in Nashville or Charlotte, with regular travel to our partner companies and Kanbrick events.
