Schedule a call

Technology talent partner

From founding team to global scale.

JPS helps technology founders and leadership teams work out who the business needs next, find exceptional people and turn the company’s vision into a story the best candidates want to join.

Build your team How we work
20+ years in technology searchPre-seed to enterpriseUS · Canada · EMEA · APAC
Company build map Live growth path

PRE-SEED

Founding team

Founder · Founding Engineer

SEED

First functions

GTM · Product · Engineering

SERIES A

Leadership layer

VP Sales · Head of Product · Eng Lead

SERIES B+

Scale & expand

Functions · Markets · Regional leadership

Current brief

STAGESeries A
NEXT HIREVP Sales
MARKETNew York
OBJECTIVEBuild first GTM motion

The founder problem

Hiring can become a full-time job. Running the company already is.

The people you hire will shape the company. JPS gives hiring the focus it needs without turning recruitment into the founder’s day job.

  1. Your time

    Fundraising, product, customers and leadership do not pause while a search runs.

  2. Early hires

    The first people shape the culture, the product, the sales motion and how the company scales.

  3. Brand recognition

    The candidates you want are also talking to companies they already know and trust.

  4. Real competition

    Strong people usually have another option, and often more than one.

  5. The cost of a wrong hire

    An early mistake is not an empty seat. It changes the company.

How JPS thinks

We don’t start with the job description. We start with
the business.

The role, the profile and the search come after the business is understood.

  1. Understand

    Product, market, funding, customers, the current team and the outcome the next hire is expected to create.

  2. Challenge

    Whether the role is needed now, the level is right, and the target market is realistic.

  3. Define

    The mandate, the outcomes, the scorecard, the target companies, the geography and the hiring process.

  4. Tell the story

    Why this company, why now, and why the right person should take the risk.

  5. Search and engage

    Market mapping, direct sourcing and research. Judgement stays with people.

  6. Close

    Motivation, momentum, objections, the offer and how the founders are positioned.

The Talent Story

Great candidates don’t join job descriptions.They join stories.

An early-stage company rarely wins on name recognition alone. It wins when the right person understands the mission, the market, the timing, the people and what they could help build.

JPS learns the business deeply enough to make that opportunity clear — in outreach, candidate conversations and the close.

Candidate decision

Why should I join?

MISSIONWhy the problem is worth solving
MARKETWhy this moment matters
FOUNDERSWhy these people can build it
ROLEWhat the person gets to own
IMPACTWhat they can change or create
UPSIDEWhy taking the risk can be worth it
JOB DESCRIPTIONWhat the role is.
TALENT STORYWhy someone should care.

Founding & Fractional Talent

Build the right teambefore you build a Talent function.

JPS can operate as the senior Talent capability inside the business while hiring is too important to leave ad hoc — but still too early to justify a permanent internal team.

PRE-SEEDSEEDSERIES AEARLY SERIES B

Embedded support

Strategy and execution in one place.

This is not a hand-off to an external recruiter. JPS works alongside the founders and leadership team, gets inside the business, and stays close to the hiring decisions that matter.

01Founding Talent Partner

For first critical hires and early function building.

02Fractional Talent Lead

For a growing hiring plan that needs senior ownership before an internal function exists.

Explore Founding & Fractional Talent
  1. 01

    Work out what comes next

    Turn the growth plan into hiring priorities, role mandates and a realistic sequence of critical hires.

  2. 02

    Define what great looks like

    Calibrate level, background, outcomes, scorecards and target companies before the search starts.

  3. 03

    Own the search

    Market mapping, direct sourcing, personalised outreach, qualification and candidate management.

  4. 04

    Improve the hiring process

    Put enough structure around interviews, feedback and decision-making to move quickly without lowering the bar.

  5. 05

    Bring the market back to you

    Give founders live feedback on candidate expectations, objections, compensation and what competitors are doing.

  6. 06

    Help close the right person

    Maintain momentum, understand motivation and keep the company’s story compelling through to offer and acceptance.

The growth journey

The hiring model should change as the company does.

JPS is designed to flex with the stage of the business — from the first critical hires to embedded Talent leadership, international scale and specialist executive search.

  1. 01BUILDING

    Pre-seed / Seed

    Founding team

    The first critical hires need to raise the capability of the whole company.

    JPS ROLEFounding Talent Partner

    Define the hire, build the Talent Story, map the market and help the founder win the right person.

  2. 02SCALING

    Series A / B

    Build the hiring engine

    Hiring is increasing, but a permanent Talent function may still be too early.

    JPS ROLEFractional Talent Lead

    Own priorities, process, market intelligence and execution across multiple functions.

  3. 03EXPANDING

    Series B / C / D

    Functions and markets

    The company is adding leadership, entering geographies and building deeper functional teams.

    JPS ROLEScale & International

    Support new-market entry, regional leadership and specialist hiring across the US, Canada, EMEA and APAC.

  4. 04ESTABLISHED

    Growth / Enterprise

    Critical search

    Internal Talent exists, but some searches still need additional reach, judgement or confidentiality.

    JPS ROLESpecialist & Executive Search

    Partner with internal teams on leadership, niche, confidential and hard-to-fill searches.

The relationship can start with one critical hire and evolve as the company grows.

See how JPS supports scale

Capability

Built for the waytechnology companies scale.

One partner across the functions you are building, the technology markets you operate in and the geographies you need to enter.

01

Across the business

Functions we build

  • Leadership
  • Go-to-Market
  • Product & Technology
  • Customer & Delivery
  • Strategy & Operations
Explore functional coverage
02

Inside technology

Technology we know

  • AI, Data & Analytics
  • Enterprise Software & SaaS
  • Cybersecurity, Cloud & Infrastructure
  • Supply Chain & Industrial Technology
Explore technology markets
03

International delivery

Where we work

  • United States
  • Canada
  • EMEA
  • APAC

From first-market entry to regional leadership and functional team builds, JPS supports hiring across established and new geographies.

Explore international scale

Selected experience

Technology companies atdifferent stages of growth.

JPS combines early-stage operating understanding with more than two decades of search experience across established global technology markets.

Manhattan AssociatesSupply chain commerce
Flip CXVoice AI
DecagonAI customer experience
TokaIntelligence technology
ChainalysisBlockchain data
StrategyEnterprise analytics
RedisData infrastructure
ElemicaSupply chain technology
GitLabDevSecOps
Client

“It’s always been a pleasure working with JPS. They understand what I need and consistently deliver strong candidates for review — one of whom is now my top salesperson.”

CRO · Agentic AI

Start with the business problem

Who does your businessneed next?

Whether you are defining the role, struggling to find the right people or preparing to scale, the conversation can start before the job description is finished.

Schedule a conversation