‘Grey Owl’
(noun) /ˌɡreɪ ˈaʊl/
A patient, precise hunter. The kind of recruiter who spots the people everyone else walks past.
The typical agency pitches you a senior partner, then hands the work to a junior recruiter you never meet. With Grey Owl, the person you talk to is the person doing the search. That's me. Start to finish.
See how we workA different kind of partnership
Grey Owl is founder-led, you will work with me directly. I have spent real time on both sides of hiring. I've been the in-house lead sweating a deadline with a budget and an anxious exec, and I've been the agency recruiter running pipelines across dozens of clients at once.
My experience mix makes your search more effective. I bring the executive search playbook to every role, not just the C-suite ones: mapping the market, reaching passive candidates, and assessing everyone the same way.
I've hired for Fortune 500 companies, EdTech leaders, PE-backed firms (KKR and Thoma Bravo, for example), YC startups, and Series A teams. I know what your stage actually needs, and what it doesn't.
Why Grey Owl
You will work directly with me. I will be the person on your first call, the person mapping your market, and reaching out to candidates. No hand-offs.
Work with meWhat we recruit
From your first sales hire to a global revenue team. My experience with GTM recruiting at scale inside enterprise SaaS shines here.
I specialize in sourcing the elite product and engineering talent required to build complex SaaS and EdTech architectures. From engineering infrastructure to product roadmap execution, I translate your technical requirements into high-impact hires who thrive in fast-paced tech environments.
Trained in executive search method, with real experience placing senior and C-suite leaders.
Engagement models
For critical and executive hires
A fully committed search partnership: market mapping, passive outreach, and structured assessment. Best when the role is senior or specialized and getting it right matters more than getting it fast.
Ideal for: VP and above, C-suite, and business-critical individual contributors.
Fee on successful placement
A lighter option when you already have a pipeline moving and want more sourcing power. You only pay when someone gets hired. This suits growth-stage teams watching burn.
Ideal for: mid-level roles, volume hiring, and pipeline support.
Not sure which fits? Start a conversation and we'll work it out together.
What clients say
“Grey Owl submitted a shortlist of genuinely on-profile candidates within a week of opening the search. They only sent people who matched what we actually needed.”
VP People, Series B SaaS