Board Director
Co-Founder
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Chief Product Officer (CPO)
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
Head of Demand Generation
Head of Customer Acquisition
Head of eCommerce
Head of Business Development
Head of Operations
Head of Human Resources
Head of Talent Acquisition & Culture
Vice President of Partnerships
Vice President of Sales
Vice President of Finance
Vice President of Marketing
Vice President Product
Vice President Engineering
Vice President People/HR
Vice President of Customer Success
Vice President of Development
Vice President of Growth
Vice President of User Acquisition
Vice President of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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6 Reasons to Hire IQ PARTNERS
We’ve placed almost 1,000 people with private equity, venture capital, startup, and scaleup companies in Blockchain, Fintech, Insurtech, Salestech, Healthtech, Traveltech, Marketingtech, SaaS companies, hardware & devices organizations, and emerging tech.
Someone great at the bootstrap stage may not be the right person for a successful Series B. We help you find the right people for the right price at the right time.
97.1% of candidates and clients rate our professionalism and industry knowledge as ‘Above Average’ or ‘Outstanding’.
We know that when you’re in fast-growth mode, dollars are few and budgets need to be flexible. That’s why we offer startups flexible recruitment compensation plans including retained or hourly arrangements.
81% of our clients are repeat customers.
From Toronto to Waterloo to Silicon Valley to Oulu, Finland, we’ve staffed tech private equity, venture capital, and startup teams in Canada and around the world.
We help growth companies hire better, scale faster, and grow smarter.
We know that you got into this to build a lasting legacy. To grow a business by doing what you do best. But right now, there aren't enough hours in the day or dollars in the bank to do everything. And while hiring the right people is critical at this stage, it’s not your core competency and you can’t afford to get sidetracked. Not now.
That’s where IQ PARTNERS private equity recruiters come in.
With networks that are deep and wide, recruiters who are 100% dedicated to private equity, venture capital, and startup, and our SMART candidate assessment tools, we take the hard work off your plate. We thoroughly canvas the market, score hundreds of candidates against your needs and present the options to you via clear, data-driven talent maps so you can make the most informed decision possible. The result is a manageable list of top candidates that are right for you so that you can focus all of your time on making your company great.
We bring years of experience and a disciplined approach to our process. Our clients will vouch for its success.
We complete formal briefing documents to deliver a professional presentation of your company and the opportunity to prospective candidates.
We conduct market research to source premier talent in the industry.
We interview and qualify candidates using a Topgrading interview style and present detailed candidate assessments for each shortlisted candidate.
We complete and present formal references on selected candidates.
We debrief all non-selected candidates.
We follow up on all placements at 30, 60 and 90 days to ensure a smooth and successful transition for both the client and the candidate.
Companies often default to promoting top performers to management positions. The issue—just because a person is good at their job doesn’t mean they have the skills to effectively manage people. Use this guide as a hiring checklist to help you better assess team leaders and hire future organizational leaders.