Associate, Human Capital

Skills

About the Role

You will partner closely with investment and portfolio teams to drive key aspects of executive search execution, talent underwriting, portfolio talent management, and market intelligence initiatives. You will help advance more structured, data-driven talent processes across the platform, supporting a broad range of initiatives spanning executive hiring, talent diligence, portfolio monitoring, compensation benchmarking, network development, and firmwide talent programs. This is an opportunity to take on meaningful responsibility within a dynamic private equity environment, with exposure to senior leaders and critical talent decisions.

Requirements

• 2-4+ years of experience in executive search, talent, recruiting, or related environments
• Experience within healthcare, technology, growth products & services, private equity, or related sectors is strongly preferred
• Strong ability to build, develop, and maintain relationships with senior executives; comfortable representing the firm externally with credibility
• Demonstrated track record of proactive networking and pipeline development across relevant sectors
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority workstreams
• Demonstrated ability to operate with ownership and drive execution in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working with executive search firms or within a private equity environment is a plus
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize information into clear insights
• Comfort working with data systems and structured processes; detail-oriented with strong follow-through

Responsibilities

• Drive execution of executive searches in partnership with internal stakeholders and external search firms
• Maintain real-time visibility into candidate pipelines, search progress, and next steps
• Coordinate across search firms, candidates, and internal stakeholders to ensure efficient execution
• Prepare high-quality candidate materials and briefing documents
• Synthesize interview feedback and help guide decision-making
• Ensure consistent, high-quality execution across all searches
• Support pre-investment talent diligence, including research, assessment synthesis, and insight generation
• Partner with investment teams to evaluate management teams across healthcare, technology, and growth-oriented sectors
• Develop perspectives on leadership strength, gaps, and hiring needs pre-close
• Prepare materials and insights for internal diligence discussions and Investment Committee review
• Leverage network and market data to inform underwriting decisions
• Track and analyze CEO and senior executive performance across the portfolio, including quarterly updates and annual reviews
• Maintain structured records of executive assessments, development priorities, and performance insights
• Support CEO evaluation, succession planning, and talent reviews
• Track executive team composition, changes, and gaps across portfolio companies
• Help build a more proactive, data-driven view of leadership teams and talent needs
• Build and maintain relationships with executives, operators, and functional leaders across healthcare, technology, and growth-oriented sectors
• Develop pipelines for critical roles including CEO, CFO, CRO, CTO, CPO, Board, and other functional leadership positions
• Leverage the network to surface potential investment opportunities and generate market intelligence
• Support investment teams by providing talent-driven insights across companies, subsectors, and themes
• Conduct targeted research and market mapping across healthcare, software, internet, data infrastructure, and tech-enabled services ecosystems
• Maintain visibility into high-potential leaders and emerging talent across relevant sectors
• Ensure high-quality data capture and maintenance across Thrive, A5, and related systems
• Develop and maintain consistent templates for tracking, feedback, and reporting
• Improve visibility into talent pipelines, search progress, and portfolio insights
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, data integrity, and execution speed
• Support broader Talent team priorities that create more consistency, leverage, and shared insight across practices
• Support compensation benchmarking across roles, companies, and sectors
• Help maintain structured portfolio talent and compensation datasets
• Contribute to executive network development, nurturing, and management across practices
• Support portfolio-wide talent programs such as high-potential executive initiatives
• Help standardize best practices, tools, and reporting across the Talent team

Benefits

• Onsite gym
• Catered breakfast and lunch
• Fully stocked kitchen
• Team and office events