Reverse recruitment is industry-agnostic in method but industry-specific in execution. The vocabulary, the target lists, the keyword shaping — every detail changes by sector. Below: the verticals where I have the deepest sourcing networks and pattern recognition.
Customer Success, Product, Sales, RevOps, Engineering. From Series B startups to public software companies. Strong network across Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby ATS environments.
Risk, compliance, product, strategy, operations. Especially strong with banking → FinTech pivots, where translating traditional finance experience into FinTech vocabulary is half the battle.
Provider-side, payer-side, and digital health. Roles spanning clinical operations, product, regulatory, and commercial. Discrete sourcing approach for currently-employed clinical executives.
K-12, higher-ed, and workforce learning. Founder-to-corporate transitions are a frequent pattern here — translating scrappy multi-hat experience into structured Director / VP-level role narratives.
Consulting → industry transitions, and inter-firm moves. The challenge is usually narrative — translating "case work" into outcome-led accomplishment language that resonates outside firms.
Pharma, biotech, medical devices. Commercial, medical affairs, clinical ops, and regulatory paths. Senior-level confidential sourcing is a common need in this vertical.
The reverse-recruitment method generalizes. I've also run searches in real estate, manufacturing, marketing/agency, public sector, and non-profit. The intake brief comes before the diagnostic call so fit can be reviewed before any commitment — if I can't run a strong search in your space, I'll say so.
Complete intake first →Bring me the role and the constraints. I'll bring the playbook and the network.
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