Design How You Hire Before You Scale Is Critical
Solutions for Founders scaling teams under 100 Employees:
(Hiring Strategy, Talent Mapping, and Leadership Hiring)
Solutions for Founders scaling teams under 100 Employees:
(Hiring Strategy, Talent Mapping, and Leadership Hiring)
Most Founders don’t struggle because they can’t find candidates, they struggle because they don’t have clarity on:
• What role to hire next
(“Do I need a Head of Sales… or a strong AE who can actually close deals?”)
• Whether they need a leader or a high-impact IC
(“Do I need someone to build the function—or just execute right now?”)
• Where the right talent actually sits
(“Are we even looking in the right companies or profiles?”)
• How hiring connects to growth
(“Will this hire actually drive revenue, product, or delivery—or just add cost?”)
That’s where mistakes happen—and where growth slows.

Get clarity on who to hire and when
Hiring starts before you open a role.
We define what your business actually needs so you’re not guessing between leadership vs IC or hiring reactively once growth hits.
→ Defining your next critical hire
“Do we need a Head of Sales or someone who can actually close deals right now?”
→ Leadership vs IC clar
Get clarity on who to hire and when
Hiring starts before you open a role.
We define what your business actually needs so you’re not guessing between leadership vs IC or hiring reactively once growth hits.
→ Defining your next critical hire
“Do we need a Head of Sales or someone who can actually close deals right now?”
→ Leadership vs IC clarity
“Do I need someone to build the function—or execute immediately?”
→ Role scope and success profile
“What should this person deliver in the first 90–180 days?”
→ Aligning hiring to business goals
“Will this hire drive revenue, product, or delivery or just add overhead?”.

Know where the right talent actually is
Most teams start hiring without understanding the market.
We map where the right talent exists so you’re not competing in crowded lanes or chasing the wrong profiles.
→ Target company identification
“Which companies actually produce the kind of talent we need?”
→ Adjacent talent pool discovery
“Are we
Know where the right talent actually is
Most teams start hiring without understanding the market.
We map where the right talent exists so you’re not competing in crowded lanes or chasing the wrong profiles.
→ Target company identification
“Which companies actually produce the kind of talent we need?”
→ Adjacent talent pool discovery
“Are we missing strong candidates from less obvious backgrounds?”
→ Role and skill alignment
“What experience actually translates to success in this role?”
→ Market insight before search begins
“Are we targeting a realistic profileor a unicorn?”)

Ongoing support to design and build your team
As hiring becomes more complex, structure matters. I work alongside you to guide decisions, define roles, and support execution for critical hires.
→ Hiring roadmap and sequencing
“What should we hire first and what can wait?”
→ Role definition and alignment
“Are we aligned internally on what th
Ongoing support to design and build your team
As hiring becomes more complex, structure matters. I work alongside you to guide decisions, define roles, and support execution for critical hires.
→ Hiring roadmap and sequencing
“What should we hire first and what can wait?”
→ Role definition and alignment
“Are we aligned internally on what this role actually needs to do?”
→ Interview structure and decision support
“How do we consistently evaluate candidates not just go with gut?”
→ Select recruiting execution when needed
"We need help finding the right person—not just more candidates.”

→ Starts after a job description is written
→ Focused on filling roles quickly
→ Relies on volume and outreach
→ Limited visibility into talent market
→ Success = placement

→ Starts with hiring strategy and clarity
→ Roles defined before search begins
→ Talent market mapped before outreach
→ Focused, high-signal candidate targeting
→ Success = better decisions and stronger teams
• Engagement begins with urgency
• Focused primarily on filling roles
• Success measured by placemen
• Limited structural alignment
• Engagement begins with design
• Roles clarified before search begins
• Hiring aligned to company stage and leadership capacity
• Success measured by decision quality and team coherence
We optimize decision quality not hiring volume.

After building hiring systems and leadership teams inside global organizations and early-stage companies, I saw a recurring pattern: as companies scale, hiring decisions become heavier and more complex yet structure often lags behind growth.
I built CCG Advisory to bring that level of hiring clarity and structure to founders without adding unnecessary complexity.
Across Microsoft, GitHub, PwC, Ford, IBM, and founder-led startups, I’ve operated inside high-stakes hiring environments where leadership decisions shape business outcomes. I’ve seen how structured sequencing, role clarity, and signal alignment separate intentional growth from reactive momentum.
CCG Advisory was built to bring that enterprise-grade hiring discipline into small, scaling companies without adding corporate bureaucracy.
→ Leadership hiring across
Microsoft | GitHub | PwC | Ford | IBM | Early-Stage Startups
→ Enterprise AI-driven sourcing and evaluation systems
→ Executive and high-impact IC hiring support
→ Architecture-first, selective recruiting approach
“Steve consistently delivers high-level talent strategies that create real operational impact. For startups and mid-sized companies looking to build teams, scale thoughtfully, and align hiring with business priorities, he brings both strategic clarity and execution discipline.”
“Steve helped us clarify the profile and structural fit for two key software engineering hires we had struggled to define. The difference wasn’t just sourcing — it was alignment to how the team needed to function.”
“Building a technical financial crimes sales team required a precise understanding of role expectations and market fit. Steve brought structure and focus to the process, enabling us to assemble a high-impact commercial team.”
Most founders don’t need a full engagement right away.
They need clarity first.
We define who to hire, why, and what success looks like.
We identify where the right talent actually exists.
We design and support hiring as your team grows.
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