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TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. TRMs platforms enable investigators to trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure.
Hire the leaders who will define TRM’s next chapter.
As TRM’s founding Executive Recruiter, you’ll have the rare opportunity to shape the leadership team behind our next chapter, owning leadership and executive search end-to-end across GTM, R&D, and G&A.
You’ll also build our executive recruiting function from the ground up, defining how we find, assess, and win the very best leaders in the market. Your impact will extend far beyond individual hires. You will be a trusted search partner to our founders and executives, helping define each role and guiding high-stakes hiring decisions with sound judgment.
You will turn hard-to-reach leadership markets into exceptional pipelines through deep market mapping, an established executive network, original sourcing, and AI-assisted research.
You will represent TRM at the highest level, delivering an executive-level candidate experience that builds trust and excitement at every interaction.
You will build leadership recruiting at TRM from the ground up, establishing the processes, interview structures, scorecards, and operating rhythms that make exceptional senior hiring repeatable and scalable.
7+ years in executive search, with a track record of personally closing VP and/or C-level hires.
An established network of senior leaders and executives, with the relationships and credibility to open doors, generate warm introductions, and engage exceptional talent who may not be actively looking.
Fluency using AI throughout the search process, including market research, sourcing, candidate synthesis, and highly personalized executive outreach.
Exceptional sourcing instincts and the discipline to build leadership pipelines from scratch, rather than relying on inbound interest or agencies.
Experience hiring leaders across multiple functions, including GTM, R&D, and G&A, or within mission-driven, highly sensitive environments.
Recruiters are expected to drive their searches forward, surface risks early, and proactively bring solutions rather than wait for direction.
We work closely with hiring managers and leaders to challenge assumptions, use data to inform decisions, and hold a high bar for the talent we bring into TRM.
We stay closely connected, even while working remotely. Weekly hiring and sourcing syncs, team meetings, Slack, and strong documentation help us share context quickly, solve problems together, and learn from one another.
Most collaboration happens between 7am–12pm PT, and everyone maintains at least four hours of overlap with PT business hours so we have the flexibility of remote work without sacrificing speed or collaboration.
Within 72 hours of a new leadership search, you’ve aligned deeply with the hiring executive on the mandate, mapped the market, and identified 5–10 high-conviction leaders who sharpen our view of exceptional.
Within the first 2 weeks, you’re actively engaging exceptional leadership talent and bringing real-time market intelligence on candidate motivations, compensation, and competitive dynamics back to the hiring team.
Within your first 90 days, you’ve closed your first leadership hire and are already raising the bar on how TRM identifies, assesses, and wins exceptional leaders as we scale.
Application Instructions
Every application is reviewed by our Talent team.
Please also provide thoughtful and accurate answers to the application questions, as these will be used to evaluate your qualifications for the role.
If you send your resume directly to someone at TRM, we can’t guarantee it will reach the appropriate hiring team. Hiring Manager:
We are building a safer world. If something takes months elsewhere, it will ship here in days.
Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime. As a result, the way we operate requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.
Priorities and targets to change quickly as we experiment and iterate
A high level of personal ownership and accountability
Frequent, high-touch communication
Creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking
This environment is energizing for people who enjoy building, solving hard problems, and making progress in situations that are not always fully defined. Structure and solve problems
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We hire and grow against three leadership principles. We put customers first and move with speed, focus, and adaptability. We treat every plan like an experiment – test, ship, measure, and iterate quickly.
At TRM, we care deeply about our craft. We are looking for individuals who want their work to matter, who experiment with speed and rigor, and who take pride in building a safer world for billions of people. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply — we hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast.
Headquartered in San Francisco, TRM operates as a distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.Learn more about building tools for defenders.
Privacy Policy and Additional Information
By submitting your application, you agree to allow TRM Labs to process your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Because our hiring cycles for certain positions may span 24 to 36 months, we retain your personal information for up to 36 months from the date of your application. After that period, your data is deleted unless a different retention period is required or permitted by law.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with applicable data protection laws, you have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data at any time before that period ends. TRM uses its own internal tools for note-taking to ensure a consistent and confidential experience for all candidates.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this form.
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