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# VP, Talent Partner at Turn/River

- **Company:** Turn/River
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $345k–$355k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-04-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/turn-river/c8a6a57a-13cc-44a7-90cf-39c95fa4a4b7/application

**Skills:** Executive Assessment, Organizational Design, Leadership Development, Talent Strategy, Compensation Plan Design, Performance Metrics, Quota-setting, Territory structure, Coverage modeling

> The VP, Talent Partner works directly with portfolio companies to assess, design, and strengthen executive and go-to-market organizations. This hands-on role focuses on leadership assessment, organizational design, and commercial performance, advising CHROs and executive teams on talent strategy and scaling.

## Job description

## About Turn/River

Turn/River Capital is a private equity firm that applies a proprietary growth engineering strategy to investing, partnering with software businesses to accelerate growth and build enduring value. The firm’s team of equal parts investors and operators provides hands-on operational support and the flexible capital to systematically scale marketing, sales and customer success at its portfolio companies. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Turn/River has $5.6bn in committed capital and invests globally with a focus on North America and Europe.

## About the Role

Turn/River is seeking a VP, Talent Partner to work directly with our portfolio companies to assess, design, and strengthen their executive and go-to-market organizations. This role sits at the intersection of talent strategy, organizational design, and commercial performance — with a primary focus on executive and go-to-market teams. You will bring deep expertise in executive search best practices, leadership assessment, and org design — and you will apply that expertise in service of one outcome: teams that scale faster and perform better. You understand how to evaluate whether an executive is the right person for the next stage of growth. You know how to structure a go-to-market org for efficiency. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who loves rolling up their sleeves, thrives in ambiguity, and can credibly advise both a CHRO and broader Executive team.

## Key Responsibilities

- Define (and for key roles, run) the executive hiring process across portfolio companies.
- Partner with portfolio company CHROs to assess organization health and recommend structural, talent, and capability improvements.
- Design and conduct assessments of executive & GTM leaders, making clear, time-pressured recommendations on whether leaders are right for the next stage of growth.
- Design and evolve org structures aligned to stage, growth goals, and business model — including spans of control, coverage ratios, and role architecture.
- Advise on hiring profiles, interview processes, and onboarding approaches for critical GTM roles.
- Identify repeatable talent and org design best practices that can be leveraged across the Turn/River portfolio.
- Act as a visible, trusted representative of Turn/River with portfolio leadership teams.

## Qualifications

- 10+ years of experience, with meaningful depth in People, Talent, or Organizational Effectiveness — significant exposure to GTM and sales organizations is a plus.
- Ability to assess executive leadership with rigor: making clear, defensible recommendations on leadership fit within 30-60 days of engagement.
- History of working closely alongside a CHRO or CPO, with proven ability to influence without authority across complex org change initiatives.
- Nice to have: Exposure to commercial environments with fluency in comp plan design, quota-setting, territory structure, and coverage modeling.
- Nice to have: Prior experience as a Talent Partner, Operating Partner, or VP Talent at a PE or VC firm — or equivalent experience conducting executive assessments in a high-stakes, time-pressured context.

Location

- San Francisco, hybrid work model

## Compensation

- The annual base salary range for this role is $345,000 - $355,000, taking into account numerous variable factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and organizational requirements.
- This role is eligible to participate in the Turn/River carry program and a discretionary bonus program.

## Benefits and Perks

The below benefits are offered to full-time employees based out of our San Francisco office:

- An opportunity to make an impact across multiple high-growth tech firms
- Competitive salary and discretionary bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance covered 100% for employee & dependents
- Flexible vacation policy
- 401K matching
- Paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- Health and Wellness benefits
- Household Services benefits
- Home Office benefits
- Annual Home Office Equipment Reimbursement
- Donation matching
- Work from home Monday & Friday
- Energetic work environment with snacks and weekly team lunches 3x per week, centrally located near multiple public transit lines
- A company that enjoys having fun: holiday parties, annual company offsite and retreat, annual summer "work from anywhere" month

Turn/River provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, natural hair styles, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under any applicable state, or federal leave act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other characteristic or status protected by state or federal law.

## About Turn/River

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Turn/River is a software investment firm that applies a proprietary growth engineering strategy, partnering with B2B software businesses to accelerate organic revenue, scale operations, and build enduring value in the AI era.
- **Entity Type**: Private (private equity / venture capital firm)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Venture Capital & Private Equity, Software Growth Investing, AI Platform Transformation
- **Target customers**: B2B – portfolio companies (mid-market and large software businesses seeking operational scaling); the firm does not sell a product directly to end users.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We aim to accelerate organic growth for each company we invest in and transform them from beloved products to AI platform leaders with the revenue and capital efficiency to match.” [turnriver.com](https://turnriver.com/)

## Products & Services
As an investment and operational platform, Turn/River’s offerings are not traditional products but structured capabilities:
- **“Growth Engineering” System**: A repeatable set of small changes across marketing, sales, and customer success, designed to drive transformative, metrics‑backed growth for portfolio companies.
- **Hands‑On Operational Support**: A dedicated team of software operators (marketers, sellers, developers) who work side‑by‑side with portfolio leadership to build best practices in AI, product, finance, and GTM.
- **Flexible Growth Capital**: Equity investments from acquisition‑stage to large‑cap (e.g., $4.4B take‑private of SolarWinds), with a focus on North America and Europe.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private investment firm; manages funds, not publicly traded)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue (firm’s own) estimated at **$38.3 million**; headcount **85** (+26.8% YoY) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/turn-river-capital)
- **Notable Investments & Acquisitions**: SolarWinds (acquired Feb 2025, $4.4B), Tufin (acquired Apr 2022, $570M), Huddle (acquired Aug 2017, $89M), Recruiterbox (Mar 2018), STARLIMS.
- **Growth Signals**: Named one of GrowthCap’s “Top Growth Investors of 2025” and “Top Women Leaders” (Maggie Miller); active job postings up 50% quarter‑over‑quarter; 12 open roles at time of research.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator‑Investor Model**: Team composed of both investors and former software operators who have built billion‑dollar businesses – not just capital providers.
- **Proprietary Growth System**: A data‑driven, repeatable playbook for increasing organic revenue and capital efficiency, proven across multiple portfolio exits.
- **AI‑First Focus**: Explicit strategy to help portfolio companies evolve into AI platform leaders, leveraging in‑house expertise in AI agent engineering, data science, and digital marketing.
- **Scale & Speed**: Ability to underwrite and close large‑cap deals (e.g., $4.4B SolarWinds) while providing the same hands‑on support to earlier‑stage software companies.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Deepening AI capabilities across the portfolio; expanding headcount in engineering, data science, and GTM roles; continuing to acquire and scale software businesses in observability, security, and IT management.
- **Future direction**: Building a growing network of “AI‑native” portfolio companies; extending operational playbooks into generative AI and agent‑based products.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Core values of Respect, Innovation, Integrity, Drive, Collaboration, and Social Good. Emphasis on data‑driven decisions, transparency, and learning from missteps. [turnriver.com/careers/](https://turnriver.com/careers/)
- **Employee Reviews**: 4.4/5 on LinkedIn (17 reviews) – Culture 4.2, Compensation 4.6, Career 4.6, Work‑Life 4.2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/turn-river-capital)
- **Work Environment**: Headquartered in San Francisco (555 Mission St) with a hybrid‑friendly culture (offices in SF; some remote roles visible on careers page). Offers equity and competitive salaries.
- **Engineering & AI Focus**: Roles like VP, Agent Engineering; Manager, AI Agent Operator; Senior Manager, Data Science – signals strong internal AI/tech culture.
- **Perks & Culture Highlights**: “Social good” volunteering partnerships (e.g., San Francisco Education Fund); regular team events; commitment to diversity of background and perspective.

## Sources
1. [turnriver.com](https://turnriver.com/)
2. [turnriver.com/careers/](https://turnriver.com/careers/)
3. [turnriver.com/careers/openings/](https://turnriver.com/careers/openings/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/turn-river-capital](https://www.linkedin.com/company/turn-river-capital)
5. [turnriver.com/meet-our-team/](https://turnriver.com/meet-our-team/)

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