Executive Recruiter

The posting, as TRM Labs wrote it

BUILD A SAFER WORLD.

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. TRM's platforms enable investigators to trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure.

Hire the leaders who will define TRM’s next chapter.

The caliber of TRM’s leaders defines how far and how fast we can go. As TRM’s founding Executive Recruiter, you’ll have the rare opportunity to shape the leadership team behind our next chapter, owning leadership and executive search end-to-end across GTM, R&D, and G&A.

You’ll partner directly with our founders and executive team to identify, engage, and close exceptional leaders who raise the bar and multiply the impact of the teams around them. You’ll also build our executive recruiting function from the ground up, defining how we find, assess, and win the very best leaders in the market. Your impact will extend far beyond individual hires. You’ll shape who leads TRM for years to come.

The impact you will have

• You will shape who leads TRM, owning and closing VP, Head of, and executive searches across GTM, R&D, and G&A that set the trajectory of entire organizations.
• You will be a trusted search partner to our founders and executives, helping define each role and guiding high-stakes hiring decisions with sound judgment.
• You will turn hard-to-reach leadership markets into exceptional pipelines through deep market mapping, an established executive network, original sourcing, and AI-assisted research.
• You will represent TRM at the highest level, delivering an executive-level candidate experience that builds trust and excitement at every interaction.
• You will build leadership recruiting at TRM from the ground up, establishing the processes, interview structures, scorecards, and operating rhythms that make exceptional senior hiring repeatable and scalable.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years in executive search, with a track record of personally closing VP and/or C-level hires.
• Deep experience in high-growth startup environments, with an understanding of what exceptional leadership looks like as organizations scale quickly, roles evolve, and the business operates with speed and ambiguity.
• An established network of senior leaders and executives, with the relationships and credibility to open doors, generate warm introductions, and engage exceptional talent who may not be actively looking.
• Experience owning retained-style leadership searches end-to-end, from defining the search and mapping the market through assessment, references, and close.
• The executive presence and credibility to partner directly with founders and senior leaders, challenge their thinking when needed, and navigate high-stakes decisions with conviction.
• Fluency using AI throughout the search process, including ma

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