VP, Talent Partner

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.
• Conduct rigorous executive assessments of executive & GTM leaders — making clear, time-pressed 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.
• Serve as an executive coach and thought partner to GTM leaders navigating scale, leadership transitions, and performance pressure.
• Advise on comp philosophy, OTE structures, and incentive design with enough depth to credibly challenge or validate what finance and sales leadership have built.
• Advisory on hiring profiles, interview processes, and onboarding approaches for critical GTM roles.
• Help teams establish clear performance expectations, metrics, and feedback loops.
• Identify repeatable GTM people and org 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 a plus.
• 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-pressed context.
• 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.