I work with funds and the companies they invest in. Talent team members for the funds themselves. Software and leadership hires for early stage technology companies, investor-backed or bootstrapped.
Software and leadership hires for early stage technology companies, investor-backed or bootstrapped.
Retained search for the senior technical leadership roles. Get this hire wrong and you can lose a year. We take it seriously.
Technical depth plus genuine client-facing ability. One of the hardest combinations to find right now and one we've spent a lot of time thinking about.
Senior engineers through to technical leadership, plus the security, data and embedded specialists a growing product depends on.
Talent team members for VC and PE funds: the people who build leadership teams across a portfolio.
The senior talent leader inside the fund, working alongside the partners on the leadership teams their portfolio companies need.
The people who run senior searches across portfolio companies, often at CEO and leadership level. Search for the people who do search.
Many of the best fund talent people started in executive search. Knowing who they are, and who will thrive inside a fund, is the job.
Software engineers and engineering leaders, from specialist individual contributors to CTOs.
Talent professionals inside VC and PE funds, and in executive search, who are thinking about an in-house move.
A proper conversation about where you've come from and where you want to go, in confidence.
I will never send your details anywhere without your express permission.
Book a 30 minute call"I want to understand where you've come from and where you want to go. Then find the place where you'll do the best work of your career."Tom Offer · Offer Recruitment
We don't post jobs and wait. We go directly to the people we know and the people they know. Twenty-five years in a tight specialism means the network runs deep, built through every shift in the market: embedded to connected, connected to cloud, cloud to AI.
Good hiring is never just matching a CV to a spec. It's understanding what someone is like to work with, what they need to do well, and whether the two sides will still be happy in two years. That takes time and it takes genuine curiosity about people. It's what I've always done.
A reference is available on request from a senior professional at a leading UK private equity firm with direct experience of working with Offer Recruitment on portfolio company hiring.
I started in recruitment in 1999, placing COBOL and DB2 developers during the Y2K scramble. I loved it from day one: the calls, the connections, the satisfaction of putting the right person in the right room.
What kept me here was the people. I've always been drawn to the moment a conversation opens up. Hearing how someone got to where they are, what they're quietly ambitious about, what kind of place brings the best out of them. Then finding the client where that person doesn't just fit but genuinely thrives.
Twenty-five years on, that's still the job. The technology has changed beyond recognition. The way I work hasn't.
Off the water I'm an engineering and talent recruiter. On it, I'm part of the Khumbu grand prix racing team on a Cape 31 and Botin 56, aiming towards the Admiral's Cup 2027, and a keen wing foiler. A small crew where every person matters is a good education in hiring.
If you're building a team behind fresh investment, or the talent function that supports one, I'd be glad to talk. All enquiries are treated in strict confidence.
Book a Teams callStart with a conversation. I will never send your details anywhere without your express permission.
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