Capabilities
Talent Advisory
Assess. Benchmark. Move Faster.
Turn AI ambition into an organizational plan that holds up
Talent Advisory helps teams set the bar, test internal readiness, and create real options, whether that means promoting, redesigning the seat, or building bench strength ahead of change.
The work is informed by 25 years of technology leadership search and placement experience across VC-backed, PE-backed, and public companies.
How we can help
Market-calibrated talent assessment
Get an unfiltered, market-calibrated view of what your team can deliver next, where gaps sit, and what to change.
What teams use it for:
- Internal succession and promotion decisions
- Role redesign for AI-readiness mandates
- Leadership readiness and development planning
- Board-facing confidence on talent risk and coverage
Validated shortlists of Director+ tech and product leaders
Built through role-specific market mapping, proprietary data, and ongoing outreach that keeps a qualified bench available when timing shifts.
What teams use it for:
- Succession planning and backup coverage for critical Director+ seats
- Time-sensitive growth or transformation hires when speed matters
- Pre-built talent pools for net-new roles where the market is thin
- Market mapping to define what is realistic for the role, level, and location
- Narrowing from broad pool to true finalists, including backchannel validation
Organizational, board & leadership architecture strategies
Design the leadership system that makes execution easier.
What teams use it for:
- Org design and leadership architecture
- Succession readiness
- Board and advisor strategy
- Hiring strategy and candidate experience
Trusted by technology leaders across VC, PE, and public companies
Josh Narva
Partner, Head of Talent Advisory
Experience:
- Talent Advisor, Office of the CEO, Google
- Global Head of Talent, Sonos
- Early employee at two Sequoia-incubated startups
- Heidrick & Struggles (Sand Hill Road)