Issue No. 12 —The Talent Foundry

Bridging the gap between talent and startup gems in the hidden job market. 

As we come into the holiday season, there’s still plenty of exciting roles, and startups looking for talent.

In this edition:

• Who’s hiring: ~40 roles across Biz Ops & Strategy, Chief of Staff, Product and Marketing

• Who’s raised: 15+ new raise announcements

• What we’re reading: 3 articles to help you operate successfully in the startup world and find your next thing.

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Who’s Hiring

🚀 Biz Ops & Strategy

• Director, Business Ops & Strategy  (Marketplace Growth) at Jerry.ai (AI car insurance marketplace, Growth Stage, Remote) – Lead strategy and operations to scale insurance business to 10B

• Senior Forward Deployed Operator at SuperDial (AI-powered healthcare revenue cycle, Seed, SF) – Increase trial-to-paid conversion and optimize customer journey end-to-end

• General Manager - Australia at Dandy (Dental industry OS, Series D, Remote) – Build Dandy Australia from ground up and own country P&L as GM

• General Manager - France at Dandy (Dental industry OS, Series D, Remote) – Build Dandy France from ground up and own country P&L as GM

• General Manager - Spain at Dandy (Dental industry OS, Series D, Remote) – Build Dandy Spain from ground up and own country P&L as GM

• Director of BizOps at Notabene (Crypto payment infrastructure, Series B, Remote) – Design and run operating system for fast-scaling business with measurable impact

• Deal Strategy and Operations Manager at Zip (AI procurement platform, Series C, Remote) – Drive deal strategy and operations for enterprise procurement platform

• RevOps Manager at Notabene (Crypto payment infrastructure, Series B, Remote) – Build and optimize revenue operations across global sales organization

🧭 Chief of Staff

• Chief of Staff to the Chief Product Officer at Filevine (Legal workflow technology, Growth Stage, Salt Lake City) – Partner with CPO on highest priority initiatives across product organization

• Chief of Staff to the CEO at Clipbook (AI media intelligence platform, Seed, Remote) – Drive strategic initiatives and operational excellence as CEO trusted partner

• Deputy Chief of Staff, Revenue at Filevine (Crypto payment infrastructure, Series B, Remote) – Lead customer success motion across Americas for institutional clients

• Chief of Staff to the CEO at EliseAI (Enterprise software, Early Stage, India) – Lead enterprise data analytics function for global organization

• Chief of Staff to the CMO at EliseAI (Tech company, Early Stage, Remote) – Drive data science strategy and execution at staff level

• Chief of Staff, Enterprise at swordhealth (AI search engine, Series B, SF) – Design and run evaluations for AI search and retrieval systems

📈 GTM / Growth / Marketing

• Product Marketing Manager at Console (AI agents for IT support, Seed, NYC) – Shape how Console story is told and drive new product launches to market

• Founding Marketer at Mandolin (AI clinical infrastructure for treatments, Seed, SF) – Define brand image and marketing strategy as first marketing hire

• Director of Revenue Operations at Highbeam (AI-powered business banking, Series A, NYC) – Build revenue operations foundation powering sales, marketing, and CS engine

• Vice President of Sales at Highbeam (AI-powered business banking, Series A, NYC) – Lead and scale SMB/MM sales organization for fast-growing fintech serving top brands

• Founding Enterprise Account Executive / GTM at Clipbook (AI media intelligence platform, Seed, Remote) – Own enterprise GTM motion and drive expansion across communications and public affairs

• GTM & Partnerships at Bobyard (AI for construction estimating, Seed, SF) – Own market entry, secure early customers, and build strategic partnerships

• Founding Growth Marketer at Clipbook (AI media intelligence platform, Seed, Remote) – Define marketing strategy and execution as first marketing hire at profitable startup

• Founding Revenue Operations Lead / Associate at Clipbook (AI media intelligence platform, Seed, Remote) – Build RevOps foundation from scratch to power Series A growth trajectory

• Director of Revenue Operations at Rasa (Conversational AI platform, Series C, Remote) – Drive operational efficiency across sales, marketing, and customer success globally

• Head of Sales, North America at Rasa (Conversational AI platform, Series C, Remote) – Own and scale North American enterprise business as senior sales leader

🧪 Product

• VP, Product Management & General Manager - AI & Platform at Outreach (AI sales engagement platform, Growth Stage, Seattle/SF) – Own product vision for AI automation platform serving 7,000+ global enterprise customers

  Head of Marketplace Automation & Growth at Jerry.ai (AI car insurance marketplace, Growth Stage, Remote) – Lead marketplace automation and growth strategy scaling from 5M to 50M customers

  Sr. Product Manager, AI Capabilities at Zapier (AI-powered automation platform, Growth Stage, Remote) – Define vision for AI Capabilities team building core intelligence across Zapier

  Product Manager at Console (AI agents for IT support, Seed, NYC) – Define and ship products for AI automation platform serving Webflow, Ramp, Cursor

Pre-Seed

• Ciphero closed $2.5M Pre-Seed to secure enterprise AI with real-time validation.

Seed

• Red Queen Bio raised $15M Seed to develop AI-driven biosecurity safeguards.

• Gambit Cyber raised $3.4M Seed for AI-native threat exposure management.

Series A

• Neurable raised a $35M Series A for EEG-integrated brain-health wearables.

• Truemed brought in $34M Series A to enable HSA spending on wellness products.

• FINNY secured $17M Series A to automate prospecting for financial advisors.

Series B

• Boom Supersonic raised $300M to continue their work on supersonic passenger jets.

• SanegeneBio closed $110M Series B for RNAi-based gene therapies.

• Lovable raised $330M Series B for AI-powered no-code software development.

Series C

• $50M for Esusu’s (NYC) mission to create a more perfect financial system.

• K2 Space (CA) raised $250M for their satellite manufacturing operations.

Series D

• $140M for Fal (San Francisco) to continue building GenAI for image/video/audio.

• Erebor Bank secured $350M Series D for crypto-native banking services.

• ZeroAvia raised a $150M Series D round to scale its hydrogen-electric aviation engines.

Series E

• $462M for Fervo Energy to develop next-gen geothermal energy.

• $200M for Harness (San Francisco) to build DevOps tools for AI.

As we head into a new year, now is a great time to review 2025 and plan for 2026 to hit the ground running. Sahil Bloom suggests thinking about: What changed your mind, what gave you vs drained energy, what “boat anchors” can you eliminate? Career clarity comes from reflection, not just momentum.

Here’s some reading to help you adapt

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Team @ The Talent Foundry